Starving Hikers Saved By Giant 'Help' Sign

[Still Waters]

A mother and daughter missing for four nights in the New Zealand bush were rescued after they used sticks to spell out 'HELP' in a clearing.

American hikers Carolyn Lloyd, 44, and daughter Rachel were starving, dehydrated and freezing when they were eventually spotted by a helicopter in Tararua Forest Park, north of the capital Wellington.

"(Doctors) told me I had hypothermia, and a couple more hours and I probably wouldn't have made it," said Rachel, 22, from her hospital bed.

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[Grandpa Greenman]

That is part of survival 101, make a big help sign.

[freetoroam]

Sorry, 4 days? do they not mean 4 months?

"At this point we kind of knew I was failing health and I was on the verge of dying,"

Again? after 4 days?

Next time girls, take a compass, or better still, never go hiking again.

They were surrounded by greenery and water and yet spent their time making a help sign?

Misread the trail sign???

had no food or fresh water supplies, even for 1 day they should of had water.

I just can not fathom these 2, people have faired better in the desert. How could they possibly get SO much wrong in so little time?

[barbco196]

Sorry, 4 days? do they not mean 4 months?

"At this point we kind of knew I was failing health and I was on the verge of dying,"

Again? after 4 days?

Next time girls, take a compass, or better still, never go hiking again.

They were surrounded by greenery and water and yet spent their time making a help sign?

Misread the trail sign???

had no food or fresh water supplies, even for 1 day they should of had water.

I just can not fathom these 2, people have faired better in the desert. How could they possibly get SO much wrong in so little time?

ONE night of cold can kill you. She had hypothermia.

[freetoroam]

ONE night of cold can kill you. She had hypothermia.

Yes, in the arctic.

But seriously, these 2 seemed so unprepared, even for 1 days hiking.....but to lose "hope" after 4 days? They really do not seem like the hiking type. Hope they will not try this again.