A CLOSE CALL
CLIMBER'S EXPERIENCE INCIDENT NEAR OHOPE An incident which should serve as a warning to holiday-makers at. the t beach, occurred yesterday afternoon when a young man found himself in a dangerous predicament half-way up the face of a cliil". Apparently with the idea of taking a short cut back Lo Ohope from I Otarawaircre Bay he attempted to i scale a cliff some 200 ft. high. When i about 75f1. from the ground the hard rock turned to shale and *ie t found himself unable, to either carry j on or go back. j Luckily his plight was noticed > and a rescue party was formed. A i descent was made from the top by . Mr H. Many in order to pass a rope i round the. victim and he was even- ] tually safely knrered to the grouatf. j
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 18, 26 October 1943, Page 5
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141A CLOSE CALL Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 18, 26 October 1943, Page 5
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