Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Attempts by rescuers to carry out CPR on the two Central Otago based guides killed in an avalanche this morning, were unsuccessful.

Fresh details have emerged of the dramatic mountain rescue on Mount Hicks, near Aoraki/Mt Cook, after an avalanche engulfed three climbers.

The two guides were killed, but Jo Morgan, the wife of Gareth Morgan, miraculously survived after setting off her personal locator beacon, then reportedly dug her way out.

Area Commander Inspector Dave Gaskin spoke to media late this afternoon.

He says the deaths will have a dramatic effect on a community already reeling from the deaths of three people in a helicopter crash in Wanaka two weeks ago.

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