{"id":26406,"date":"2022-05-20T07:54:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T12:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/?post_type=survivor-stories&p=26406"},"modified":"2022-05-20T07:54:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T12:54:28","slug":"new-zealand-personal-locator-beacon","status":"publish","type":"survivor-stories","link":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/survivor-stories\/new-zealand-personal-locator-beacon\/","title":{"rendered":"ResQLink Aids Fisherman at Ngaruroro River, NZ"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was fly fishing with a friend on the Ngaruroro River located high in the Kaiweka Ranges in NZ. We had crossed the river a few times but got bluffed, which meant a climb up a steep cliff where I got my leg trapped between two tree roots, fell over and banged my head and at the time thought I\u2019d dislocated my knee.<\/p>\n

My friend helped me to a clearing and agreed it was too risky to go back to camp which was a way upstream. We both agreed to activate my ACR ResQLink<\/a>. \u00a0We lit a fire to dry and warm up, and waited for a rescue helicopter which arrived in about 40 minutes, I was advised that they were a bit late in arriving because all helicopter services in the area were busy. \u00a0I was also advised that the ACR ResQLink beacon worked as it should with no issues. I was flown to helicopter\u2019s company to wait for an ambulance to take me to Taupo hospital. \u00a0I\u2019m now waiting to see a knee specialist.<\/p>\n

I recommend that anyone that\u2019s into hiking, fishing, hunting, away from mobile phone coverage should always carry a personal locating beacon. With a doubt my ACR locator saved me from further injuries and stress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got my leg trapped between two tree roots, fell over and banged my head and at the time thought I\u2019d dislocated my knee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39355,"featured_media":29778,"template":"","survivor-category":[14],"terrain":[24],"survivor-event":[136],"survivor-cause":[123],"survivor-rescue":[138,139],"class_list":["post-26406","survivor-stories","type-survivor-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","survivor-category-fishing","terrain-river","survivor-event-normal-conditions","survivor-cause-medical-emergency","survivor-rescue-law-enforcement-police","survivor-rescue-local-search-and-rescue"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-stories\/26406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/survivor-stories"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"survivor-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-category?post=26406"},{"taxonomy":"terrain","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/terrain?post=26406"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-event?post=26406"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-cause","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-cause?post=26406"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-rescue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-rescue?post=26406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}