2009 Winter Exercise with Helicopter ( 13th September.)

(Images - Ross Eden)

Getting the pre-flight briefing at Lower Plateau Carpark	Fitting crampons at Syme Hut
Group photo of participants at Syme Hut	Peter Lethbridge attaching the strop for suspending under the helicopter.
Strop connected with helicopter Belly Sling safety backup in place	Watching the connected strop as the helicopter prepares to liftoff.
Mike Johns and Alan Kerrisk await lift off with the strop	Off the flat and away to an icy slope
Being lowered onto icy slopes above Rangitoto Flat	John Cooper awaiting the helicopter from an icy stance.
Helicopter returning another stropped pair to Syme hut to complete their lifts.	Exercise members making their way across the upper Manganui ski-field on their way back to the Plateau.
Team photo on the slopes above the Manganui ski-field.	Heading down on softer snow at the end of the exercise.

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