Lives saved
1
Hiking
Mountain
Medical emergency
Normal conditions
A Solo Hiker's Rescue in Glenorchy Queenstown
-79.471254409972°S, -132.40625°W
Posted on June 12, 2023 by Karen
What happened?
A couple of our lady friends had decided to go for a day hike in Glenorchy Queenstown. At the last minute, one of the ladies couldn’t go, so Karen herself decided she would go on her own.
We did advise her this wasn’t a good idea, but she was going to go anyway as she had taken time off work. My wife said, “okay then, if you’re going to go, please take my husband’s locator beacon with you.”
She wasn’t going to, but we made her take it anyway.
On that Tuesday morning, my wife rang me that she’d got a phone call that my locator beacon had been activated. According to the team on the phone, Karen had fallen down a bank, breaking her ankle and damaging her leg.
The rescue helicopter was there within about half an hour to save her. Karen had already started to get cold, wearing all her clothes that she had with her. I don’t know what would’ve happened if she did not have the ACR ResQLink 400 beacon with her as she lives alone, and it would’ve been very late before anybody realized she hadn’t made it home.
Words of wisdom
Always carry your personal locator beacon on you. You never know when you may need it.
Thank you note
Thank you to the rescue teams and ACR for helping to save a friend.
Rescue location
Glenorchy, Queenstown
Rescue team
Paramedics
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