The snowboarder managed to avoid injury despite the steep fall, surrounded by ice and rocks. Photo/Ruapehu Alpine Rescue OrganisationA 15-year-old snowboarder miraculously avoided injury after falling down an 8m waterfall hole lined with sharp rocks and icicles on Mt Ruapehu this week. A waterfall hole is melt hole made by flowing water. The boy had been in the hole for about two hours when rescuers got to him, and was "appreciative", Smith said. "He was a bit cold, a bit shaken, a bit frightened.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 07, 2016 04:52 UTC