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Two New Zealand men stranded on a remote mountain in the Solomon Islands for days have been rescued.
Solomon Islands police have confirmed that Keanu Isaksson, 25, and Luca Zylstra-Law, 19, were found together on Tuesday morning.
The pair were on a climbing expedition to the remote volcanic mountain, Mount Popomanaseu, on the main island of Guadalcanal.
It is the highest peak in the South Pacific nation, standing at an elevation of 2335 metres (7661 feet).
The Kiwis were stranded in a remote ravine for five days due to torrential rain, which has prevented them from continuing their descent, according to media reports.
"FANTASTIC NEWS!! (grinning face emojis). New pilot today... boys have felled a tree from previous gear drop and chopper was able to net them out. Halleluyah!," Isaksson's mother Denise Holl wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday.
Earlier, the Solomon Islands government told RNZ Pacific that local authorities were working to rescue the pair.



