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Otago rescue chopper, Huxley Valley

madpom
madpom • 27 January 2009 16:33
Otago rescue chopper, Huxley Valley

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The otago recue chopper up the Huxley, called using an EPIRB (beacon) upon finding a party wioth an injured member requesting evacuation.

Chopper had spent 1hr searching up the wrong valley before finding us - a clear recommendation to purchase a GPS fitted model if you can afford it.

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Comments

  • barry2 Takes the search out of search and rescue
    5 May 2011
  • Skiwio7 Skiwio7 Agreed! for the $200 odd difference in price, it saves a lot of time, money and occasionally lives. We (SAR) *love* the GPS enabled beacons ;)
    11 February 2009
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