A would-be ''skinny-dipper'' is lucky to be alive, emergency services say, after leaving a wedding reception near Queenstown in darkness and falling about 20m down a sheer cliff.
The woman landed in scrub near the Shotover River and was taken to Southland Hospital by rescue helicopter in early yesterday with a suspected broken pelvis.
Several sources said the woman had been drinking and the wedding venue owner slammed her actions as ''stupid''.
Emergency services said the 45-year-old Queenstown woman, a guest wearing a formal dress, went missing from the reception at wedding venue Trelawn Place, near Arthurs Point, on Saturday night.
She was found lying in prickly bushes in steep terrain by a group of people, including an off-duty policeman.