US And Canada Mountain Climbers Go Missing In New Zealand | Investigation Gains Pace | N18

Authorities confirmed that three mountain climbers, two from the United States and one from Canada, who had been missing for five days on Aoraki, the highest peak in New Zealand, are thought to have perished in a fall.

The bodies of the men were never located. However, the search for them is over, Police Area Commander Inspector Vicki Walker told reporters, citing footprints seen in the snow during an aerial reconnaissance and things thought to be theirs that were recovered from the slopes this week.

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CANADA, U.S MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS GO MISSING IN NEW ZEALAND, INVESTIGATION GAINS PACE

THREE CLIMBERS FROM THE U.S AND CANADA WENT MISSING ON NEW ZEALAND'S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN

KIWI POLICE HAS NOW SAID THAT THE THREE CLIMBERS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE DIES ON THE PEAK

U.S. NATIONALS KURT BLAIR, 56, AND CARLOS ROMERO, 50, FLEW BY HELICOPTER TO A CAMP ON MOUNT COOK

THE 3 MEN DID NOT SHOW UP FOR THEIR RETURN FLIGHT LATER IN THE WEEK, TRIGGERRING A SEARCH

ITEMS BELONGING TO THE MEN WERE FOUND BEFORE THE SEARCH WAS CALLED OFF DUE TO BAD WEATHER

'WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE MEN HAVE SURVIVED, THEY HAVE TAKEN A FALL ON MOUNTAIN COOK'