Missing Rider in the Hutt - FOUND!!

[Genie]

Hey guys

The gent lost in the bush in the Hutt has been Found ... he is well, cold got disorientated and lost ... wrapped himself up .. and stayed as warm as poss!!!

Thanks to all those who either helped prayed or just sent positive thoughts to help this bloke and his family!!!

that is the most fantastic news....wow!!!!

[Dutchee]

Hey guys

The gent lost in the bush in the Hutt has been Found ... he is well, cold got disorientated and lost ... wrapped himself up .. and stayed as warm as poss!!!

Thanks to all those who either helped prayed or just sent positive thoughts to help this bloke and his family!!!

Thank goodness for that. Just got home from dinner and thought must check this thread to see if there's any news & spotted the change in title.
With the weather up here last night, if it'd been like that down there, it would've been a different result.
Thanks to everyone who helped with the SAR, those folk do a great job (especially when it ends well lol)

[caseye]

Bloody fantastic news guys and girls.
Nasty, well done mate, Take care aye and never stop trying, good things do happen, not all the time, but heres one that did.
Your'e a treasure and I hope that this friend of a friend one day gets to hear who put the word out and got bikers on bikes and out looking for him as well as co ordinating with the S.A.R guys and girls.

[Reckless]

SHeeeit hot!! I bloody pleased for the guy!
I only have to take 3 corners and I'm lost so always ride with mates in those sort of places generally!!

Great job by all those rescue people, police etc and the Kber's that got off their butts to go out! 10/10!!!

[laserracer]

Great result

[wysper]

Just as a matter of interest, what did he have to wrap up warm in? Did he have one of those survival blankets? It is just that I am just starting out with adventure riding and looking to put together some essentials. Stories like this show how easily something can go wrong. And well done Nasty for putting the call out!!

[Genestho]

Fantastic News!!!!! Well done to everybody who lent a hand!!
Thank goodness the rider had the good sense to bunk down and keep warm, good work!

[MyGSXF:Me]

Thank goodness the rider had the good sense to bunk down and keep warm, good work!

x2!!! well done that man!

Top effort by everyone who helped!!!

[GOONR]

Just as a matter of interest, what did he have to wrap up warm in? Did he have one of those survival blankets? It is just that I am just starting out with adventure riding and looking to put together some essentials. Stories like this show how easily something can go wrong. And well done Nasty for putting the call out!!

He used fern leaves.

[Danger]

Don't know what happened to the orriginal post on this but here you go, good news.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10656866

[Bald Eagle]

Just as a matter of interest, what did he have to wrap up warm in? Did he have one of those survival blankets? It is just that I am just starting out with adventure riding and looking to put together some essentials. Stories like this show how easily something can go wrong. And well done Nasty for putting the call out!!

I would suggest a personal emergency locator beacon.

[evoetr]

I would suggest a personal emergency locator beacon.

They are only good if you can see the sky ( As goes via satellite to America then they notifiy us here in NZ ), bad part about Karapoti most of the track covered in thick trees... i use to work in the centre dealing with EPIRB's .... (Emergency Positioning Indicating Radio Beacon)... however i do agree they are better then nothing and increase your chances of being found by like 80% - 90%.... the other good thing is most Helicopters ( Well the Wgtn Westpac ) has DF gear (Direction Finding) to locate the EPIRB when they are searching so they can get with in meters of the signal... they are not cheap though about $400 but whats the price on a life...

After coming back from looking for him last night i was easly reminded about how cold you get if you crossed the river and was thinking the worse if he was going to be out a second night cause it was soooooo cold... i couldn't feel my fingers on the way back to use the clutch (Clutchless gear changes ... but all and all a good result... im out those ways most weekends so i dont think anyone should ride alone... more then happy for who ever to tag along when im out.... just PM me..

CB

[evoetr]

Something like these:

http://www.discount-marine.co.nz/sho...9d34c6e1146332

or

http://www.discount-marine.co.nz/sho...9d34c6e1146332

I may have been way off on the $400 mark .... $700 - 900

[thecharmed01]

Glad to hear he was found safe and sound. Good work guys!

[Danger]

I would suggest a personal emergency locator beacon.

Yes I've been carrying one on my adventures for a couple of years now, one with a GPS locator so your position can be narrowed down to less than 5 metres (the ones with out GPS are only good for narrowing your position to within 5km). Cost about $800.00 with a 5 year battery life but is used for a variety of activity's in the bush and on the water so well worth the investment if it saves time and money if a search is needed as well as saving a life. Those two trampers that died last year down that way were less than 200m from a hut and would have been found quicker if they had been using a PLB with GPS.
As far as working under tree cover goes I also have a GPS receiver and the warning is that it may not work well under tree cover yet even inside my back pack under trees and with cloud cover it keeps receiving a signal most of the time. At least my track logs never have any gaps in them. If satellites are directly overhead, and there are a lot of them up there you can see them criss crossing the sky at night, I think the chances of the PLB getting a signal out under trees is pretty high.