Bushwalker rescued after week in Tasmanian snow 'wouldn't have survived another night'

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Victorian man Michael Bowman, describes using a sleeping bag and garbage bags to stay warm and dry while stranded in the wilderness for more than a week.

The Victorian hiker rescued from thick snow in Tasmania's Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park after more than a week says he"wouldn't have survived another night".Victorian Michael Bowman was rescued from Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair yesterday afternoonEmergency workers say the rescue was"pure luck" due to a brief ease in the weather

Mr Bowman lost his pack, which contained most of his supplies and his emergency radio beacon, after putting it down to look for his lost tripod.

 

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