MOUNTAIN EPIC.
Two Christchurch Men Marooned. FOUR DAYS OF PRIVATION. Camped 37 miles inland from Hammer, two Christchurch school teachers, Messrs L. B. Newton and I. Skipworth. were caught by the storms of last week and for four days endured the greatest hardship. They had penetrated well ‘ into the mountains in search of deer, and when the storm suddenly came upon them they were marooned with no hope of getting back. Flooded rivers cut off any retreat and heavy snow and severe frost added to their trials. With the temperature well below freezing point, the two men lived for four days without firing and with very little food. Their diet consisted of rations of bread and treacle. In these conditions the men experienced extreme privation and they were beginning to give up hope when a fortunate change in the weather brought finer conditions. With the floods subsiding the men were able to make a slow and painful journey back to civilisation. The two men reached Christchurch on Friday night, thankful and counting themselves lucky to have escaped from the trap that the storm had caught them in.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20624, 27 May 1935, Page 7
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