Palmy Nth SAROpThe SAR Op in Palmy North that we were responding to (for about half an hour – then the guy was located) was for a 63yr old male who went for a walk up the end of Kahuterawa Road (the area above Linton-Palmy Nth). He called police around 5pm yesterday saying he was lost. The missing party was from Levin and not familiar with area. He started walking around 10am the previous day but had slipped down a bank and while climbing out fell back down. He only had day gear with him but cell phone call said no injuries. Palmy North SAR had been searching yesterday night and today for him and used helicopter.
Anyway about half an hour after calling up LandSAR Wellington teams the missing party had been found. He walked out to a road end on the other side of the hill somewhere. Thanks all those who responded – was a good response considering it was in the summer hols period – we would have supplied 2-3 teams.
Those who responded to this were: Buncks, Wayne, John Y, Rowena, Joanne Maddren, Brendon Bayliss, Rochelle Andrews, Peter King, Meg Shaw, Simon McAuliffe, Nathaniel Ormsley, Paul Andrews
