Four Die In New Zealand Avalanche
Four mountaineers have died after being caught in an avalanche on the upper slopes of Mount Tasman in NZ. Two others are in hospital with injuries.
Posted: 31 December 2003
by Jon
Sad news from New Zealand where six climbers have been avalanched
on the country's second highest peak, Mount Tasman, with four dead
and two injured.
Latest reports are that the climbers were high on Mount Tasman,
in the Mount Cook National Park, when the avalanche struck. Three
died in the avalanche and a further climber died from injuries at
Mount Cook Village.
Police reports are that two of the dead climbers were Australians
and the rest New Zealanders. According to this
story, some ten people have died in the Mount Cook National Park
area in 2003.
More details on the BBC
web site.
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