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The New Zealand Rescue Coordination Center holds "grave concern" for the missing Australian climber on Mt Aspiring, near Wanaka.
A spokesman told the Otago Daily Times at 11:15 most 28-29 year old members of the alpine cliff rescue team at French Ridge hut found the equipment of the Elderly man.
"What he did, is that he's equipped lightly for a quick climb and return. "Although he was well equipped for the trip, he was riding slightly equipped and most of his equipment – his heavier cold weather gear, sleeping bag, food and the like – are at the cabin and not with him. "
The man (in his late twenties) unleashed his beacon at the edge of the Bonar Glacier yesterday at 12:15 pm
The beacon was last seen in the afternoon.
The weather is still too bad for a helicopter or a rescue team on foot to reach it.
It is hoped that they will spot a break in the weather during the da A backup spokesman said yesterday that the police had been warned around 8 am that the man was in delay after leaving for the ascent of the mountain on Friday
. He was found Monday at noon and his vehicle was found in the parking lot where he left it.
The Rescue Coordination Center resumed searching after activating the beacon
The spokesman said that slowly, throughout the afternoon before s & # 39; s 39; install at Quarterdeck Pass, about 2300m above sea level.
A rescue helicopter from Aspiring flew to Wanaka to search for an alpine rescue team. Due to bad weather, the helicopter could not reach the location where the mountaineer was at dusk.
Last night, two members of the rescue team were dropped at Aspiring Hut to observe a break that would allow them to reach the air conditioning. ber.
– Mark Price / Sean Nugent
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