Siobhan Flynn was hiking through Kahurangi National Park with five family members. Photo / File / Thinkstock
Siobhan Flynn was hiking through Kahurangi National Park with five family members. Photo / File / Thinkstock
An Irish tramper, missing for two days in Kahurangi National Park, has walked into Nelson safe and well after a lucky encounter with a doctor.
Siobhan Flynn, 35, became separated from her hiking group on Sunday after she fell and was knocked unconscious.
She woke up in the bush ataround 3am on Monday and managed to make her way to a hut, where an American doctor was spending the night.
The woman treated Ms Flynn for mild hypothermia, and then helped her out of the national park the next day. They reached Nelson at around 8pm last night, constable Terry Hunt of Nelson police said.
"She had no serious injuries, but was hungry and traumatised from the incident," he said.
Ms Flynn was hiking through Kahurangi National Park with five family members, who had entered the area from Mt Arthur.
The group had set out on the tramp at the beginning of the weekend, and stayed at Salisbury Hut on Saturday night before leaving for Karamea Bend on Sunday morning.
When Ms Flynn failed to arrive, one of the group members began to tramp back on Monday and managed to raise the alarm yesterday, police search and rescue co-ordinator Sergeant Steve Savage said.
Ms Flynn, who lives in Melbourne, had minimal food and equipment with her at the time she went missing.
