Three trampers have been rescued from Mount Taranaki today, two of them with serious injuries and one of them trapped by icy conditions.<\/p>\n
Police received a report at around 10am today that three trampers needed rescuing from different parts of the mountain, Taranaki Police Acting Sergeant David Bentley said.<\/p>\n
“Two of the trampers were seriously injured, and one was stuck due to icy conditions,” he said.<\/p>\n
A search and rescue operation was launched, with a helicopter tasked to locate the trampers. But adverse weather meant an alpine team member had to be winched in above the group and walk down on foot to reach them.<\/p>\n
Once conditions cleared, the rescue helicopter was redeployed to complete the operation.<\/p>\n
All three trampers were located and taken off the mountain by about 4.30pm, and transported to receive medical attention.<\/p>\n
Bentley thanked the community organisations involved in the rescue, including the Ruapehu Alpine Rescue Organisation, Taranaki Alpine Cliff Rescue, and St John.<\/p>\n
“Without the Taranaki community rescue teams’ efforts today, and had the weather not cleared in time, it was very likely the situation would have ended tragically,” he said.<\/p>\n
Bentley urged only extremely experienced and competent climbers to visit the area in current conditions.<\/p>\n
“If you are heading into alpine or remote areas, please ensure you are an experienced tramper, as anything can occur on the mountain,” he said. <\/p>\n
“Plan carefully and carry appropriate emergency equipment, including a personal locator beacon.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three trampers have been rescued from Mount Taranaki today, two of them with serious injuries and one of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,16715,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-522494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-taranaki","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}