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Misplaced person on the Northern end of the North/South Track

Misplaced person on the Northern end of the North/South Track

February 7, 2019 - 17:49
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Task number P036541141
Starts at Thursday, 7 February, 2019 - 16:30
Ends at Friday, 8 February, 2019 - 02:00
Duration 9 hours 30 min
Location North/South Track, Off Uplands Road

LP has phoned family to say he is disorientated and unable to find way out.

LP has a GPS and without maps, was able to give a position of his current location.

IMT set up with comms, a team of 4 was deployed to the location given by LP.

Search team met up with LP and walked out the way they came in.

Happy ending, LP did many thing right especially leaving trip intentions with family members.

Source URL (retrieved on Aug 4 2025 - 01:36): https://taurangalandsar.volunteerrescue.org/node/1342