Police and search teams have been called to locate the whereabouts of two trampers in the Mt Richmond Forest Park, near Nelson this week. He was winched out of the park from Derelict Hut and taken to Nelson Hospital. READ MORE:* Search teams find missing Nelson tramper Philip Young* LandSAR teams search for missing Nelson man* BBQ burns and tramper fatigue keep Nelson-Marlborough rescue helicopter busyA Nelson Hospital spokeswoman said the 65-year-old was in a stable condition on Sunday. Search and support teams from LandSAR Marlborough, Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Marlborough, Nelson Search and Rescue, a specialist Nelson canyoning group, the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter, Precision Helicopters and Blenheim Police search and rescue members, had looked for Young. Meanwhile, Nelson police have made contact with an American tourist who had failed to return from a tramping excursion in the Mt Richmond Forest Park.

Source: Stuff May 19, 2019 04:41 UTC