{"id":83132,"date":"2023-11-10T15:07:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T20:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/?post_type=survivor-stories&#038;p=83132"},"modified":"2025-03-12T07:54:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T12:54:21","slug":"saved-by-resqlink-400-plb-stranded-hiking-adventures","status":"publish","type":"survivor-stories","link":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/survivor-stories\/saved-by-resqlink-400-plb-stranded-hiking-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranded Hiker Saved by ResQLink 400 PLB after Enduring Hard Fall and Hypothermia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend and I were on our way down from Carn Brea, having traversed from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alltrails.com\/trail\/new-zealand\/canterbury\/mount-cloudsley-summit-from-castle-hill-village?u=i\">Mt Cloudsley and Mt Enys. <\/a>As the clock struck 6 pm, my friend, in a hurry, walked ahead. Unfortunately, took the wrong direction, disappearing into the thick fog. I set out to find her and ended up sliding down a steep rock stream, coming dangerously close to the Whitewater Stream.<\/p>\n<p>By 7:30 pm, realizing I needed help, I pulled out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/products\/resqlink-400\/\">ResQLink 400 PLB<\/a>, making good use of my ingenuity to navigate the challenging terrain.<\/p>\n<p>I cautiously descended to the riverbed, treating my cuts, filling my water bag, and pressing on, hoping the beam of my head torch would catch my friend&#8217;s eye.<\/p>\n<p>By 9:30-10 pm, my energy was gone, and I lay wrapped in an emergency blanket, waiting for rescue.<\/p>\n<p>As the temperature dropped around 11:50 pm, and the rain and wind picked up, I began showing signs of hypothermia. Fearing that no one would come before dawn in this weather. I made the tough decision to start walking when I had regained some energy.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after 1 am, I heard the welcome sound of human voices\u2014the LandSAR heroes had found me. Due to the challenging weather, the helicopter couldn&#8217;t reach us. The dedicated LandSAR team from Oxford came to the rescue.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that the PLB, belonging to my friend Ziqian, was a crucial lifesaver in this ordeal. Ziqian had purchased it from a third party dealer, and after the incident. I returned it to the shop for battery replacement, grateful for the device that played a key role in ensuring our safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the temperature dropped around 11:50 pm, and the rain and wind picked up, I began showing signs of hypothermia. Fearing that no one would come before dawn in this weather, I made the tough decision to start walking when I had regained some energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162230,"featured_media":83131,"template":"","survivor-category":[17],"terrain":[2716],"survivor-event":[129],"survivor-cause":[127],"survivor-rescue":[139],"class_list":["post-83132","survivor-stories","type-survivor-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","survivor-category-hiking","terrain-glacier","survivor-event-snow","survivor-cause-lost","survivor-rescue-local-search-and-rescue"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-stories\/83132","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\/162230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"survivor-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-category?post=83132"},{"taxonomy":"terrain","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/terrain?post=83132"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-event?post=83132"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-cause","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-cause?post=83132"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-rescue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-rescue?post=83132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}