Thread: Hunter trapped by 1 ton boulder

Be careful out there, a hunter pulled a 1 ton boulder down on himself crushing his leg and trapping him. Luckily they had a PLB, alpine rescue and fire brigade chopperd in to move boulder with hydraulic rams.

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/13111...over-two-hours

very unusual accident,that is for sure.VERY lucky they had a PLB.

Crush syndrome also a risk after that long trapped?

I was thinking about that exact sort of scenario on Saturday when I crossed a couple of big boulder fields.

Easy to imagine happening to yourself.

I wondercif they had an inreach or mobile coverage to explain so they brought the hydraulic equipment first trip. Maybe a couple of car jacks would have been enough ?

Originally Posted by Bagheera

Easy to imagine happening to yourself.

I wondercif they had an inreach or mobile coverage to explain so they brought the hydraulic equipment first trip. Maybe a couple of car jacks would have been enough ?

Pretty much still in Queenstown up Wye creek I'd say they would have had cellphone coverage

Lucky they had a PLB and didn't have to resort to using a swiss army knife. re movie "127 hours"

Originally Posted by No good names left

Lucky they had a PLB and didn't have to resort to using a swiss army knife. re movie "127 hours"

Never saw that movie, but my dad worked in the Welsh mines when he was a kid leading the horses hauling the coal carts - they'd go blind in the dark and get a bit crotchety sometimes and he had one arm a bit 'buckled' after a horse grabbed hold and proved reluctant to let go. He told me they had axes in those mines for when/if a miner got his arm or leg trapped - they didn't bother with the niceties of digging, they just the victim and themselves out before any more came down.
He never saw it happen, but there were guys in his village who had a leg or arm gone courtesy of those axes.

I've often wondered if they bothered getting the horses out when it turned to shit ?

Yeah, I need to stop putting off getting a PLB.

Originally Posted by Steve123

Yeah, I need to stop putting off getting a PLB.

You can hire them for not much from a lot of places, in case you didn't want to drop the $400..

Originally Posted by HG Man

You can hire them for not much from a lot of places, in case you didn't want to drop the $400..

I'd drop the $400 but would need two.
Wife would keep taking it trail running or adventure racing.

Originally Posted by Steve123

I'd drop the $400 but would need two.
Wife would keep taking it trail running or adventure racing.

10 year battery life equates to the cheapest insurance out there I reckon

Originally Posted by Pengy

10 year battery life equates to the cheapest insurance out there I reckon

I don't think you can get one with a 10 year battery anymore since KTI left the market

I've got one with an expired battery if you want it. Might be cheaper to buy a new battery for it than buying a whole unit new ?
PM me if you want and I'll give you the details on it

Originally Posted by Steve123

Yeah, I need to stop putting off getting a PLB.

After the Kaikoura earthquake there was a lot of big loose rocks that you needed to negotiate around/ over on the creeks, riverbeds slips and gorges . My dog pushed over a small 100kg rock onto my leg knee height trapped me for 5min. But the worst 2 was the random rock slides in the gorges and a 500kg rock land between me and the dog. I was thinking of getting a helmet but it's not going to save me from a decent size rock hitting me. I always carry a inreach and a PLB just in case.