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A report into the tragic death of a tramper has highlighted the consequences of critical decisions made in mountain terrain, a Coroner has found.
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A tramper who "ran out of daylight" 1700m up an isolated mountain range managed to find a pocket of cellphone coverage to call for help.

MARTIN DE RUYTER/STUFF Eugenie Sage, then minister of conservation, at the East Matakitaki Hut in Nelson Lakes National Park. (First published in September 2020) Across in the Rainbow Conservation Area, near the Upper Wairau River, both Lees Creek and Begley huts have also been refurbished. The work has been made possible by a $2 million expansion of the Backcountry Trust programme to repair and maintain remote huts as part of the Government’s $1.3 billion Jobs for Nature fund. Departme...