Survival pack air dropped to 2 Japanese climbers in NZ

Wednesday 03rd December, 11:18 AM JST

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Stonecoldsoba at 01:23 PM JST - 3rd December

Do the NZ rescue services have aircraft which can see? Surely the helicopter crews searched and saw the person!
romulus3 at 02:11 PM JST - 3rd December

ahhh stonecold,

> the rescue team saw one of the men get out of the tent
Nessie at 03:09 PM JST - 3rd December

a radio with Japanese instructions

What Japanese hiker would go climbing without a radio to listen to the ballgame. I'm starting to wonder whether they're really Japanese.
kavikahi at 04:38 PM JST - 3rd December

A heart warming gift and good news.
Pivot at 07:21 PM JST - 3rd December

Great news.

But it might be time to fire Ikenouchi. It kind of sucks if your guide gets you lost.
madammiz at 07:57 AM JST - 4th December

Bad weather has forced them to wait another day - hope they get them off soon!!!
rjd_jr at 08:55 AM JST - 4th December

Thank goodness they are safe! A happy ending for this one.
Nessie at 09:01 AM JST - 4th December

What do they mean by bad weather?

In Japan, bad weather is any deviation of more than 2 degrees from ideal.
timeon at 09:51 AM JST - 4th December

"as bad weather prevented a rescue attempt, the New Zealand police said."

I guess the kiwis are also scared about 2 degrees from ideal, huh? Hopefully the guys will make it. I'm impressed by the fact that they could find a radio with instructions in Japanese, and they tried to contact them by radio also in Japanese. could that mean that the tourists don't speak English?
techall at 12:12 PM JST - 4th December

Survival pack for Japanese = cup noodle, manga, beer and cigarettes.
TokyoGas at 10:39 PM JST - 4th December

hey man... cup noodle is delicious on a cold night. :P
Nessie at 10:42 PM JST - 4th December

Survival pack for Japanese = cup noodle, manga, beer and cigarettes.

Keitai, toothpicks to suck, tentacle porn.

But seriously, what bad weather is it?
likeitis at 10:45 PM JST - 4th December

Who wants to bet those guys did not even notice the survival pack?
zaichik at 06:32 AM JST - 5th December

But seriously, what bad weather is it?

Wind and/or heavy snow, as far as I can tell. Unfortunately, one of the two hasn't made it:

http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=149051
Nessie at 09:41 AM JST - 5th December

Thanks, Zaichik.