As volunteers with Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue filter in to Jordan River for training, the sunny day across the rest of the South Island socks in with fog.
It's not unusual for this part of the region to have pockets, and so preparations this misty Saturday morning include a pair of landing zones and potential to abort the training altogether.
This is one of the sexier, and riskier, days of training for the ground search and rescue volunteers - boarding and deboarding a hovering helicopter.
A mandatory annual exercise, Juan de Fuca SAR does it every year with West Coast Helicopter, a key partner in their tasks as well as training.
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