other weekend tragedies
Bill
any news on the other two deaths in the mountains
last weekend ... i was climbing in the Wolgan and
saw the Careflight helicopter and its guys on Sunday.
They were looking for a canyoner that had fallen 40m.
turned out the person died ...
and apparently a climber died from a fall somewhere sunday morning too??
anyone know of these incidents?? ...
bye
from
bill who is interested in what went wrong
David Duffy
> any news on the other two deaths in the mountains
> last weekend ... i was climbing in the Wolgan and
> saw the Careflight helicopter and its guys on Sunday.
> They were looking for a canyoner that had fallen 40m.
> turned out the person died ...
> anyone know of these incidents?? ...
The report on Radio National's morning program mentioned a ledge collapsed
under one person, and that the other fatality was a young
bushwalker who lost his footing.
Grant Barrington
Grant
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Abseiler dies while keeping lookout.
By LORNA KNOWLES
13th June 2000
UNTIL the moment he died, Keith Campbell was looking out for his mates.
He was checking on the progress of fellow abseilers on Saturday when the
brittle sandstone ledge he was standing on gave way.
His three friends watched helplessly as Mr Campbell plunged 40m into the
gorge below.
As one of his companions scrambled down to him, another ran for help but the
rugged terrain at Tiger Snake Canyon, at Newnes, near Lithgow, made it
impossible for rescue workers to reach him in time.
David Duffy <dav...@orpheus.qimr.edu.au> wrote in message
news:8i9ie4$ug7$1...@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au...
David Noble
> Hi,
>
> any news on the other two deaths in the mountains
> last weekend ... i was climbing in the Wolgan and
> saw the Careflight helicopter and its guys on Sunday.
> They were looking for a canyoner that had fallen 40m.
> turned out the person died ...
Here is a report from the internet that was emailed to me:
From news.com.au
ABSEILER DIES WHILE KEEPING LOOKOUT
By LORNA KNOWLES
13jun00
UNTIL the moment he died, Keith Campbell was looking out for his mates. He
was checking on the progress of fellow abseilers on Saturday when the
brittle sandstone ledge he was standing on gave way.
His three friends, watched helplessly as Mr Campbell plunged 40m into the
gorge below.
As one of his companions scrambled down to him, another ran for help but
the rugged terrain at Tiger Snake Canyon, at Newnes, near Lithgow, made it
impossible for rescue workers to reach him in time.
His grief-stricken parents David and Johanna told yesterday how their 20-
year-old son hung on for almost two hours, joking about his predicament,
before he slipped into a coma and died about 4pm.
"Even when he passed away he was still carrying on, he wasn't even aware of
the nature of his injuries," David Campbell said.
Mrs Campbell said she was sure her son was in a better place.
"He gone to his heavenly father. I've got such peace about it," she said.
Mr Campbell, a State Emergency Service volunteer of six years, joined the
Warringah-Pittwater SES when he was 15.
He was so busy with the SES, that was his life after work," his mother
said. Mr Campbell lived in Belrose and worked at Kennards Hire in Mona
Vale. He loved the outdoors and took every opportunity to go canyoning and
hiking with friends.
Warringah-Pittwater SES deputy controller Duncan Anderson said Keith was an
extremely well respected and highly qualified member of the team.
"When a job was on, you could always rely on Keith to be one of the first
to respond," Mr Anderson said.
"He was always willing to help out. The amount of hours he put in was
astronomical."
Keith, a member of the North Manly Baptist Church, was abseiling for the
first time at Tiger Snake Canyon, in the Gardens of Stone National Park,
when the accident happened.
The party of four was on a day trip and had planned to return before
nightfall, Mrs Campbell said.
His body was retrieved yesterday by members of the Lithgow Volunteer Rescue
Association and Clarence Rural Fire Service.
In an unrelated accident, a 16-year-old boy died around 11am on Saturday
near Capertee.
The boy had left for a hiking trip with two relatives near Mt Airlie and
had camped out overnight on Saturday.
Police said that as the three were heading home yesterday, the boy fell
down a rocky incline near a waterfall.
His body was recovered on Saturday evening.
(end of report)
I have heard from another source that the rescue was from Deane's siding
rather that the Coach Road - and the persion who told me this thought the
accident happened in Deane's Creek rather thanTiger Snake Canyon. This
could be possible because there are no 40m abseils in Tiger Sanke Canyon
(the biggest is about 20m - and can be climbed down)
Dave
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> and apparently a climber died from a fall somewhere sunday morning too??
Mt Airly (see above)
>
>
> anyone know of these incidents?? ...
>
> bye
> from
> bill who is interested in what went wrong
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