Man dies after falling into Crater Lake at Mount RuapehuSUPPLIED The Mt Ruapehu crater lake, where a man is believed to have died this afternoon. A woman who saw the body of man being retrieved from Crater Lake at Mt Ruapehu, says it was lucky more didn't fall on the mountain's icy landscape. READ MORE:* Taupo resident found dead at Ruapehu Crater Lake* Mt Ruapehu crater lake tragedy claims hero Richard Ebbett* Ground rumbling beneath Ruapehu, crater lake warming* More nature, less buildings for Tongariro National Park"We also witnessed someone fall while descending Dome, lose his ice axe and thankfully come to a stop on a flat part of the Whakapapa Col. He was lucky to not land in the Crater Lake too, she said. In September last year adventurer Richard Ebbett went missing after heading to the Whakapapa ski field, and his body was later located in the Crater Lake.

Source: Stuff September 22, 2018 06:31 UTC