Vic: Missing Mt Buller snowboarder found

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2001
Vic: Missing Mt Buller snowboarder found

MELBOURNE, Aug 23 AAP - A 23-year-old snowboarder reported missing yesterday on Victoria's
Mount Buller has been found.

Police said the New Zealand man was found just after midday, and was suffering from
minor scratches and mild hypothermia.

Police were alerted the man was missing about 6.30pm (AEST) yesterday after he failed
to keep a 4.30pm appointment with friends at a cafe on the Bourke Street ski run.

Police, ski groups and bushwalkers were involved in the search for the man, believed
to have been wearing only standard day skiwear.

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KEYWORD: SNOWBOARDER FOUND

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