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On the 13th October, a group from the Nga Tapuwae o Taneatua Tramping Club<\/a> from Whakatane walked in from the road end to the \u201c Te Puia Lodge\u201d; a hut in the Kaweka Ranges inland from Napier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With packs for three days of tramping, I, a 72 year old man and regular tramper, was one of the party and I was carrying a 14Kg pack which included a small tent and my RescueME PLB1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After getting to the hut and making ourselves comfortable, several walked to the nearby hot springs for a dip. I ambled in a general direction taking photos (a hobby of mine), before returning to the hut for the evening meal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soon after that in the early evening, I had an incident where I briefly lost consciousness. The others in our party said I looked grey and sweaty, symptoms often associated with heart problems. The incident passed and I recovered quickly, so no further action was taken, although the nurse in our party kept shining her torch in my face through the night to see if I was still ok. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next morning we had quite a steep climb to the next hut. In the light of my incident, I was contemplating walking the easier track back to the carpark with one of the party who kindly agreed to accompany me, when I again felt briefly unwell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our nurse strongly urged that we set off the PLB ,with a further consideration being that helicopter access down any of the tracks would have been much more complicated than at the hut with its open area in front. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the party set off my PLB and placed it on a bench in front of the hut. Not much more than half an hour later a helicopter roared down the valley and landed in front of the hut. The on-board paramedic checked me over to see if there was immediate need for treatment (there wasn\u2019t), after which I was bundled into the helicopter with my pack and whisked off to Taupo Hospital, a little more than half an hour away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here further tests were carried out that fortunately showed no cause for concern, and I was released into the care of my relieved wife who had driven across from Whakatane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rescue Coordination Centre did a marvelous job of keeping her informed of what was happening and was quick to inform her that it was a grade 3 incident (not life threatening) involving me, rather than someone else in the party, as soon as they had word back from the helicopter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it turned out to be a minor scare, things could have been much worse. The exercise showed me again how effective the service is and emphasized the importance of carrying a PLB when away from civilization. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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