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Friday, 26 August 2016

Czech hiker describes 'harrowing' 30-day ordeal after partner's death in NZ

Czech tourist Pavlina Pizova attends a press conference at a police station in Queenstown, New Zealand, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. Pizova, whose partner fell to his death, survived a harrowing month in the frozen New Zealand wilderness before being rescued, police said.
Pavlina Pizova survived for a month sheltering in a hut after her partner died while the pair were hiking
A Czech hiker who went missing a month ago in the snowy mountains of New Zealand has described the "harrowing" ordeal in which her partner died.

Pavlina Pizova said she and Ondrej Petr began hiking the Routeburn track in Fiordland National Park on 26 July, but got lost in bad conditions.

This undated hand out picture released by New Zealand Police on August 26, 2016 shows the remote area where a rescue operation was carried out to recover the dead body of Czech hiker Pavlina Pizova
A view from the Routeburn track shows the remote location in which the pair were hiking
After one night in the open, Petr, 27, slipped in a steep ice slope and died, Ms Pizova told reporters.
She said she spent the night with his body before moving on to find shelter.


She then stayed in a hut for almost a month. Ms Pizova was found by a search team near Lake Mackenzie on Wednesday. Rescuers said she was "ecstatic" to be found and was in reasonable health.

Rescuers were alerted after Czech Consul Vladka Kennett spotted "a random Facebook post" by concerned relatives of Ms Pizova at home in the Czech Republic.
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