New Years Day tragedy in New Zealand

[canyoncaver]

His foot caught in a narrow chasm, a 15-year-old hung upside down in a New Zealand waterfall for more than three hours - sucking air from a pocket behind the water, but stricken with hypothermia - as rescuers desperately tried to save him.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/a-terrible-tragedy-teen-dies-after-hanging-upside-down-in-waterfall-for-three-hours-20120103-1pirv.html#ixzz1iPsJVIRD

[Iceaxe]

Thanks for posting this. :2thumbs:

[denaliguide]

damn. that's where i used to live for 8 years. been up the mototapu many time just below where this incident took place. my best to the family.