From hike to hospital: Lynn's story

For Lyn Bellinger, being emergency airlifted from an outback cattle station in the middle of the night seemed a fever dream.

Earlier that afternoon, she had completed the Kings Canyon Rim Walk, 330 kilometres west of Alice Springs, as part of a ‘girls’ getaway’ to the Territory.

“I’d always wanted to do Central Australia – it’s been a bucket list item for me, so I asked my longtime friend Deborah to come with me,” Lyn said.

“We flew directly into Uluru and had been there for three days. Kings Canyon was our last stop before we planned to head to Darwin.”

Following the hike, Lyn and Deborah had lunch at Kings Canyon Resort before checking in for the evening.

“We’d finished the hike completely, which was amazing,” Lyn said.

“I was feeling okay and thought I was just tired and hot, but I was really struggling to breathe while I was walking to our room.

“I thought, ‘Something’s not quite right here’. I’d never experienced breathlessness before.”

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