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Climbers rescued off Margarine Ridge, Mt Hay 14-Nov-2011 At 8:14:32 PM hangdog

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I just spoke with one of the climbers involved in this. She clarified a lot of things for me as it looks like most of the comments are misinformed.
-The 2 climbers concerned were experienced with long trad routes.
-They had spoken at length with the first ascentionist and gained beta from him. They were well aware of the routes difficulties.(route finding and finding the route)
-They started the route early around 8am
-The temp was not hot less than or around 25deg.
-Lack of water was not an issue. They had more than 2 ltrs each ( until they had to bivvy )
-The male climber was ok to start the route and became unwell later in the day, probably flu.
- Was unable to continue climbing safely and as a result called for help.

Hopefully that clears up some of the questions.