A jacket, an ice ax and footprints of three missing climbers planning to summit Aoraki, also known as Mount Cook, have been found. Authorities believe the two Americans and a Canadian fell after a five-day search was halted due to poor weather conditions and lack of communication from the climbers.
A jacket, an ice ax and footprints have been found where the trio were to traverse some slopes on Aoraki , but after five days, authorities believe they fell.The two Americans and a Canadian climber were planning to summit Aoraki by using the Zurbriggen Ridge, but they never met their flight out Monday as planned, police said.
“After reviewing the number of days the climbers have been missing, no communication, the items we have retrieved, and our reconnaissance today, we do not believe the men have survived,” Walker said. “We believe they have taken a fall.”The trio — Kurt Blair, 56, of Colorado, and Carlos Romero, 50, of California, as well as a Canadian who has not been publicly identified pending notification of next of kin — arrived on a flight Saturday, police said.They were supposed to fly out at 8:30 a.m.
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