Photo: Getty ImagesUltimate Hikes will conduct an internal investigation after a 74-year-old Japanese woman on a guided walk with the company got lost on the Milford Track. She had left Pass Shelter after a lunch stop about 12.45pm and had a conversation with another walker about 1pm. A ground search was launched at 6.30pm, during which the entire track was covered, and emergency services were notified a short time later. Mr Saxon said the woman had done "the right thing by realising she was lost and hunkering down until help came''. Police praised the professional and immediate response of the Ultimate Hikes and Milford Track staff, and the professionalism of the crew on the helicopter for locating the woman in "difficult terrain''.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 25, 2019 21:56 UTC