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Rescue crews reach Blue Mountains canyoner

kuu
29-Jan-2013
9:32:01 AM
Rescuers are walking him out of the Bowens Creek area (near Mount Wilson).

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-29/canyoner-in-distress-in-blue-mountains/4488178

E. Wells
29-Jan-2013
10:04:11 AM
geeeez, i was thinking about going to 'look' at a canyon yesterday, just to watch it roar!
One Day Hero
29-Jan-2013
10:08:31 AM
"rescuers say he is suffering mild dehydration......."

I call bullshit!

rodw
29-Jan-2013
11:06:40 AM
Serioiusly WTF..canyoning in with that system coming in we had yesterday.....wasn't even like a freak storm or anything..it had been coming for a week.

hangdog
29-Jan-2013
2:46:32 PM
On 29/01/2013 One Day Hero wrote:
>"rescuers say he is suffering mild dehydration......."
>
>I call bullshit!

Thought the same thing when i heard this.
Tex
30-Jan-2013
8:34:47 PM
A few facts...

He was dehydrated. That's what happens when you drink bad (creek) water and spend the next 24 hours vomiting.

He intended to do a single day canyon on the Saturday, when the weather was nowhere near as bad. Unfortunately his plan didn't eventuate and he spent the next two days trying to self-rescue in very poor weather. Only once he thought he had no other option did he set off the PLB.

rodw
31-Jan-2013
8:42:13 AM
Wow sounds like he had an epic...glad hes okay.
patto
31-Jan-2013
9:13:41 AM
Yes sounds epic. Respect to him for his effort of self rescue/reliance. My initial reactions were similar to those above. If you are out there for a couple of days on your own before you go the PLB then it hardly sounds like a foolish or frivilous use of the PLB.

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