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Mountain guide and partner killed in fall off New Zealand peak identified as Australian Mountain guide and partner killed in fall off New Zealand peak identified as Australian
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Two Australian climbers have been killed in a fall off a mountain in New Zealand’s Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park. Two Australian climbers have been killed in a fall on a mountain in New Zealand’s Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park.
The Melbourne mountain guide Stuart Jason Hollaway, 42, and his partner, Dale Amanda Thistlewaite, were last heard from via a radio call on December 28 during the climbing trip. The Melbourne mountain guide Stuart Hollaway, 42, and his partner, Dale Thistlewaite, were last heard from via a radio call on 28 December during the climbing trip.
The duo were near the top of New Zealand’s seventh-highest mountain when they fell a considerable distance to their deaths early on December 29, police say. The duo were near the top of 3,300m Mt Silberhorn, New Zealand’s seventh-highest mountain, when they fell a considerable distance to their deaths early on 29 December, police say.
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The bodies of the two experienced climbers were found on New Year’s Day at the bottom of a steep face on the eastern slopes of the 3300m Mt Silberhorn. The bodies of the two experienced climbers were found on New Year’s Day at the bottom of a steep face on the eastern slopes of the mountain.
It is understood they fell close to where they had been camping and were roped together.It is understood they fell close to where they had been camping and were roped together.
A rescue team had to wait until the evening of January 1 to recover the bodies because of the risk of melting ice. A rescue team had to wait until the evening of 1 January to recover the bodies because of the risk of melting ice.
The families have been informed and their deaths will be referred to the coroner.The families have been informed and their deaths will be referred to the coroner.
They are the second and third Melburnians to die on a mountain in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park in less than two weeks.They are the second and third Melburnians to die on a mountain in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park in less than two weeks.
Nicola Anne Andrews, 28, died when she fell 300m from the side of The Footstool on to the Eugenie Glacier on December 23. Nicola Anne Andrews, 28, died when she fell 300m from the side of The Footstool on to the Eugenie Glacier on 23 December.