Some of our Rescue stories.....

I spoke to our client who said "I am very happy, as I was at the bottom of a very steep gorge and was surprised the signal was able to get out..."

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2011/05/15/232731_ntnews.html

 A NORWEGIAN tourist rescued in the remote Central Australian desert would have died if he had not had an EPIRB distress beacon, rangers said yesterday.

West MacDonnell chief district ranger Chris Day, 50, said it was "bitterly cold" when the 60-year-old tourist became distressed on the Larapinta Trail last Sunday.

"He nearly drowned when he tried to cross a pool of water and his backpack was pulling him under," he said.
Mr Day said the tourist was a "very experienced" walker but didn't realise he had wandered off the steep track. He had been trekking for four days but had walked twice the distance recommended by rangers. The hiker activated his EPIRB at about 6pm after getting lost in the "most difficult" section of the 220km trail.
Mr Day and fellow ranger Jessica Bonanni left Alice Springs three hours later and drove as close as they could to the signal. "But it was another 5km hike ... from where the 4WD track ended," he said.
YOUR SAY
"I for myself recommend to everyone, who is out in the bush an Epirb and if possible a satphone. Hopefully, you never need it, but one false step and you praise the lord for having a kind of insurance. Even if you inform your relatives about your way. "
Kathrin
Mr Day said the pair hiked for more than four hours but were forced to stop at about 5am because the "tight gorge" was difficult to navigate in the dark.
He said they knew the tourist was alive when they heard him shout out, but couldn't get to him because the water at the bottom of the gorge was too deep.
"We would have ended up with hypothermia," he said.
The rescue team waited for a helicopter and started an air search but Mr Day said it was simply too hard to see into the gorge. The tourist eventually found them when they resumed the ground search, he said. "He heard our voices," he said.
Mr Day said the EPIRB had saved the tourist's life because without it nobody would have known he was missing until he failed to turn up at the pick-up point days later.