Overview
- Keanu Isaksson, 25, and Luca Zylstra, 19, are trapped in a ravine on Mount Popomanaseu after torrential rain made descent routes impassable.
- Search parties have been turned back and a helicopter pilot who reached about 4,000 feet aborted further attempts because there were no safe landing pockets.
- The men have been sending intermittent updates via an emergency response beacon and are rationing food that their family says could last roughly six more days.
- New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance and family members are in contact with rescue coordinators.
- Mount Popomanaseu is a remote 2,335-metre volcanic peak that requires local guides and tribal clearances, and shifting weather and steep ravines complicate any immediate rescue plan.