'Bikini hiker' who climbed mountains in barely-there swimwear freezes to death - News Today A mountaineer dubbed the 'Bikini Hiker' after becoming known for climbing in barely-there swimwear has frozen to death.
Gigi Wu, also known as Wu Chi-yun, set out on a solo hike on January 11 in Taiwan's Yushan National Park before being found dead by a search and rescue party.
The 36-year-old made a distress call to a friend using her satellite phone on January 19, revealing she had stumbled more than 20 metres down a ravine.
Wu said she was trapped at the bottom and unable to move due to the injuries sustained during the fall.
The island's National Airborne Service Corps said it attempted to dispatch Black Hawk rescue helicopters to her location on three separate occasions, but the flights were ultimately grounded due to poor weather conditions.
It finally decided to send in two search and rescue parties comprising three members each.
They found Wu's body at the location of her distress beacon 28 hours later.
Rescuers say they are still waiting for stable weather in which to airlift Wu's body out the ravine, with the search party having since set up camp near the site of the accident.
Commander Lin Cheng-I, who heads up the Nantou County Fire Department's Third Squadron, revealed Wu's distress beacon was activated at an altitude of 1,700 metres (5,577 feet) above sea level, where night-time temperatures reached just 2 degree Celsius.
Wu had a large following on social media where she often posted stunning photos of herself wearing bikinis atop many of Taiwan's highest peaks.
In 2018, she revealed she spent 127 days - roughly a third of the year - hiking.
On Christmas Eve, she also shared an image showing her bruised legs following another fall, which she admitted she was lucky to survive.
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