By Richard Shears PUBLISHED: 03:28 EST, 29 October 2013 | UPDATED: 09:54 EST, 29 October 2013 Trapped in a snow cave: Nicole Sutton sent a series of desperate text messages to rescuers while stranded next to her dead boyfriend's body on a New Zealand mountain, but died hours after they arrived A mountain climber sent a series of desperate last texts to police saying she feared she wouldn't make the night after getting trapped in a snow cave next to her dead boyfriend's body. Nicole Sutton, 29, and her 31-year-old boyfriend Hiroki Ogawa became stranded in blizzard conditions near the top of Mt Taranaki in New Zealand.
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Nicole Sutton, 29, and Hiroki Ogawa, 31, stranded in blizzard conditions
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After he died, she texted police fearing that she would not make the night
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Rescue team found her barely alive, but she passed away hours later
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