Photo: ODT filesA skier has incredibly survived after tumbling 400m on Mt Aspiring on to a glacier. The pair skiing the West Face were Wanaka locals - with one being a New Zealand resident and the other a Kiwi citizen. Clay described Mt Aspiring's West Face as "not an extreme ski run, but a very steep committing run". He did a verbal handover of the patient to the paramedic who then flew the injured man to Dunedin Hospital. "The Alpine Cliff Rescue team in Wanaka is filled with professional mountain guides and very experienced mountaineers," he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 05, 2020 05:48 UTC