{"id":64996,"date":"2023-11-10T15:25:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T20:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/?post_type=survivor-stories&p=64996"},"modified":"2025-03-12T07:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T12:42:13","slug":"quad-bike-adventure-leads-into-a-plb-rescue","status":"publish","type":"survivor-stories","link":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/survivor-stories\/quad-bike-adventure-leads-into-a-plb-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Collapses after Quad Bike Incident. Thankfully, he had his ResQLink 400 PLB"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the 11th of June 2023, I found myself on a hunting trip in the Mungapurua Valley<\/a>. The clock read 5:30 PM, and that’s when disaster struck.<\/p>\n

My quad bike veered off the track and tumbled about 6 meters down the slope. The impact left me with a fractured rib, and my arms and legs were battered and bruised.<\/p>\n

At first, I didn’t fully grasp the extent of my injuries. I tried to walk out, clinging to the hope that someone would come by and offer me a lift.<\/p>\n

For nearly two hours, I trudged along the rugged terrain, determined to make my way back to safety.<\/p>\n

But as I pressed on, my body’s protests grew louder, and the pain intensified.<\/p>\n

Eventually, I couldn’t continue any longer. I collapsed on the track, and that’s when the gravity of the situation hit me like a ton of bricks. I knew I was in trouble, stranded in the wilderness with my injuries.<\/p>\n

It was at that moment of desperation that I reached for my ACR ResQLink 400 PLB<\/a> (Personal Locator Beacon).<\/p>\n

With a sense of urgency and a realization that I couldn’t rely on chance alone, I activated it and awaited rescue.<\/p>\n

The hours that followed were a mixture of anxiety and hope, as I clung to the knowledge that help was on the way. That experience taught me a valuable lesson. I’ll never venture into the wilderness without a PLB again. It was a lifeline that ensured my safety, and I will forever be grateful for its role in my rescue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But as I pressed on, my body’s protests grew louder, and the pain intensified. Eventually, I couldn’t continue any longer. I collapsed on the track, and that’s when the gravity of the situation hit me like a ton of bricks. I knew I was in trouble, stranded in the wilderness with my injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149767,"featured_media":64995,"template":"","survivor-category":[18],"terrain":[16],"survivor-event":[136],"survivor-cause":[125],"survivor-rescue":[139],"class_list":["post-64996","survivor-stories","type-survivor-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","survivor-category-hunting","terrain-forest","survivor-event-normal-conditions","survivor-cause-crash-or-collision","survivor-rescue-local-search-and-rescue"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-stories\/64996","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\/149767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"survivor-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-category?post=64996"},{"taxonomy":"terrain","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/terrain?post=64996"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-event?post=64996"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-cause","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-cause?post=64996"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-rescue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-rescue?post=64996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}