{"id":187455,"date":"2024-12-03T12:02:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T12:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/three-climbers-missing-after-trip-to-new-zealands-highest-mountain\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T12:02:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T12:02:12","slug":"three-climbers-missing-after-trip-to-new-zealands-highest-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/three-climbers-missing-after-trip-to-new-zealands-highest-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Three climbers missing after trip to New Zealand&#8217;s highest mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/12\/1920x1080\/skynews-aoraki-new-zealand_6765129.jpg?20241203110159&amp;fit=1920,1080&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Three climbers missing after trip to New Zealand&#8217;s highest mountain\" title=\"Three climbers missing after trip to New Zealand&#8217;s highest mountain\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Three climbers are missing after failing to return from a planned ascent of New Zealand&#8217;s highest peak, authorities say.<\/p>\n<p>Two Americans and a Canadian flew to a hut part way up the Aoraki mountain on Saturday to begin their climb, but failed to meet their prearranged transport on Monday after their trek.<\/p>\n<p>Both Kurt Blair, 56, from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/colorado-5688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado<\/a><\/strong>, and Carlos Romero, 50, from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/california-5717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a><\/strong>, are certified alpine guides, according to the website of the American Mountain Guides Association.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/new-zealand-4069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Zealand<\/a><\/strong> police did not name the Canadian climber, saying his family needed to be notified.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after they were reported missing on Monday, searchers found climbing-related items that belonged to the men but no sign of them.<\/p>\n<p>Deteriorating weather conditions on the mountain &#8211; with heavy rain and snow forecast &#8211; meant that search efforts did not resume on Tuesday and are unlikely to restart until Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/court-upholds-death-sentence-for-tycoon-in-12bn-fraud-case-13265658\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Property tycoon loses appeal against death sentence<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/french-government-heading-towards-collapse-as-pm-barnier-faces-no-confidence-vote-13265463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French government heading towards collapse<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Aoraki mountain is 12,218ft (3,724m) high and is part of the Southern Alps, which runs the length of New Zealand&#8217;s South Island.<\/p>\n<p>The peak is popular with experienced climbers, who take on its difficult terrain which includes crevasses, risk of avalanches, changeable weather and glacier movement.<\/p>\n<p>More than 240 deaths have been recorded on the mountain and in the surrounding national park since the start of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/three-climbers-missing-after-trip-to-new-zealands-highest-mountain-13265835\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three climbers are missing after failing to return from a planned ascent of New Zealand&#8217;s highest peak, authorities say. Two Americans and a Canadian flew to a hut part way up the Aoraki mountain on Saturday to begin their climb, but failed to meet their prearranged transport on Monday after their trek. 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