US backpacker couple survive nine days in NZ bush

Two 21-year-old American students have walked out of the New Zealand wilderness after being trapped for nine days by a snowstorm.

US backpacker couple survive nine days in NZ bush

Two 21-year-old American students have walked out of the New Zealand wilderness after being trapped for nine days by a snowstorm.

Police said the pair survived by rationing their meagre supplies of trail mix and warming themselves in hot springs.

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