DOG SUGGESTS LOST CLIMBER

Chronicle (Levin), 28 August 1946, Page 3

DOG SUGGESTS LOST CLIMBER

—Press Association

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NEW PLYMOl'TU, Atig. -7. Thf possibility of souu'ouc. porliaps a hunter, being lost or i n.jnrctl nbove Ihe snow line on Moimt Knnpcini is eutertaineil by resiilenls ot Ohakune toi lowing the nppeurauee of a htrge brimlh' «log high above the snowline of the liiountaiu. il was seen by M r. \'. WiHia. of Wellington, who c 1 imbe«.l t h«* laoualain from Ihe Ohakune side. Ilis alti'iition was Ji rst attracfed by large i'ootpriuts in the snow abran (5000 feet U]> Ihe inouutain aad he followed these out of curiosity. Kveutually he saw a large log, hui ir, *w ou ld n ot alton hiin to approaeh. and rau nwav.

I . i At r. V itlin, who is au experionced mountaineer, said on lii.s reluru to 'Ohakune tliat it was unusunl l'or a dug, i even a wild oue, to g o so higli into the snow couutry, where tliere was no food. ! Mr. Wiliin tliougliL the dog might have been. with somcone who had become tosl and injured and was searchiug for ils ' muster. Nobodv iias beeu reported missiag from the district, but inaay elimbers go up Ihe niountain without advising timi iauthorjties. lleavv snow has been fall-; |iag in the areu since Sunday riight, and ou Ihe roads at National Park was three to live ini.dtes deep yesterday.