The rescue teams at Arthurs Pass are still waiting for a break in the weather to get a helicopter in to rescue the two young men who have been stranded since Sunday night.
Sergeant Peter Summerfield, (who has just taken over as O/C search) says that there is a team of two ACR members sitting on the ridge between Mt Phipps and Mt Temple, overlooking the area where the two men are situated `weather spotting?�?, watching for a break in the clouds.
In a hut in Deception Valley below the area where the men are are two more weather watchers spotting for clearances.
"We?�?re all just waiting," says Peter Summerfield. "We?�?re weather dependent."
There are two paramedics and a doctor on standby with the Westpac Rescue helicopter.