{"id":82619,"date":"2023-11-09T10:23:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T15:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/?post_type=survivor-stories&p=82619"},"modified":"2025-03-12T10:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:16:37","slug":"two-hikers-saved-plb-400-after-birthday-venture-takes-a-turn","status":"publish","type":"survivor-stories","link":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/survivor-stories\/two-hikers-saved-plb-400-after-birthday-venture-takes-a-turn\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Hikers Saved by ResQLink 400 after Birthday Venture Takes a Turn"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was my birthday weekend, and I love swimming in cold water, especially since I live in New Zealand<\/a>. My birthday falls in winter. To celebrate, my friend Cat and I planned a tramp to a lake\u2014just a 6-hour walk to a hut with a nice swing bridge over a river. It seemed like a simple, enjoyable trip, with my little dog Flynn joining us.<\/p>\n

We left a bit late and faced some challenges, like storm damage to the track and a cooker mishap during lunch. Even though Cat fell during a surprise river crossing, we carried on, tramping in the dark but still having a good time. Sadly, we arrived at the lake too late for my birthday swim, and then it started raining.<\/p>\n

Things got less OK when we reached the hut after 12 hours, only to find no dry firewood. We changed into dry clothes and went to bed. The next morning, I made a bad decision to take a shorter but riskier route. By the time we reached the top, it was snowing, and we were tired and cold. Realizing I had put us in danger, I decided to go back to the hut.<\/p>\n

Concerned about Cat’s condition, I thought about spending a cold and hungry night to revitalize her for the trip back. But then I decided to call for help instead and activated my ACR ResQLink 400 PLB<\/a>. Within an hour, a helicopter arrived, and we signaled with bright-colored items. The crew quickly got us to safety, and we were relieved to be warm and dry, heading home for a hot pie. I’m grateful for the rescue team’s quick response and relieved to be back after a challenging adventure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Concerned about Cat’s condition, I thought about spending a cold and hungry night to revitalize her for the trip back. But then I decided to call for help instead and activated my ACR ResQLink 400 PLB. Within an hour, a helicopter arrived, and we signaled with bright-colored items. The crew quickly got us to safety, and we were relieved to be warm and dry, heading home for a hot pie. I’m grateful for the rescue team’s quick response and relieved to be back after a challenging adventure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153775,"featured_media":82618,"template":"","survivor-category":[17],"terrain":[16],"survivor-event":[2717],"survivor-cause":[127],"survivor-rescue":[139],"class_list":["post-82619","survivor-stories","type-survivor-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","survivor-category-hiking","terrain-forest","survivor-event-challenging-terrain","survivor-cause-lost","survivor-rescue-local-search-and-rescue"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-stories\/82619","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\/153775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"survivor-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-category?post=82619"},{"taxonomy":"terrain","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/terrain?post=82619"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-event?post=82619"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-cause","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-cause?post=82619"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-rescue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-rescue?post=82619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}