Joohee Han disappeared while climbing Mount Tyson in Tully, south of Cairns. She lost her footing, knocking herself unconscious, Guardian Australia reported.
A 25-year-old Korean tourist who was lost for a week in far north Queensland survived for six days by crawling through a ravine to find water coming from a rock face.
Joohee Han disappeared while climbing Mount Tyson in Tully, south of Cairns. She lost her footing, knocking herself unconscious, Guardian Australia reported.
A paramedic told AAP Han survived by “crawling and scraping” her way through tough terrain until she found a “slippery, rocky waterfall” with running water.
Han stayed there for days until emergency crews rescued her last Thursday, using a helicopter and winch to pull her from the ravine.
“In the entire time she was missing she’d had no food with her at all,” the paramedic said.
The area’s Special Emergency Services coordinator, Eleanor Rosam, said it was “a very difficult” track that was not used frequently.
A sign near the track warns visitors that the climb takes about three hours, can be dangerous in wet weather and “any person undertaking it [does] so at their own risk”.
On Friday Han was recuperating in Tully hospital, where she was treated for dehydration and minor scratches, but said to be in good spirits.