0 Hikers saved as sun revives their mobile

Wellington :Two New Zealand hikers lost in hilltop mist for two nights were saved after they re-charged their dead mobile phone by removing the battery and leaving it for 15 minutes in the sun when it broke through, it was reported yesterday.

After sheltering in the cave for two nights, they climbed out of the mist on Sunday and found a patch of sun on a hilltop that charged the battery enough to send other text message that enabled searchers to find them.

Source : Gulf Times, 10 April 2007