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| British snowboarder dead in Alps | British snowboarder dead in Alps |
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| A 29-year-old British snowboarder has been killed in the Swiss Alps. | A 29-year-old British snowboarder has been killed in the Swiss Alps. |
| A search was launched on Monday after Rob Williams, from Liverpool, went missing with his friend Jason Tavaria. | |
| Mr Williams and Mr Tavaria, both 29, are thought to have got lost in a forest after becoming separated from their group at the Verbier resort. | Mr Williams and Mr Tavaria, both 29, are thought to have got lost in a forest after becoming separated from their group at the Verbier resort. |
| It is understood Mr Williams fell 60 feet to his death. The rescue operation was helped by updates on the social networking site Twitter. | It is understood Mr Williams fell 60 feet to his death. The rescue operation was helped by updates on the social networking site Twitter. |
| The men were on holiday with a group of internet entrepreneurs, which included Michelle Dewberry, winner of the second series of TV show The Apprentice. | The men were on holiday with a group of internet entrepreneurs, which included Michelle Dewberry, winner of the second series of TV show The Apprentice. |
| Dewberry triggered the online rescue on Twitter when she wrote: : "2 of our ski party been missing since 4pm. Conditions terrible. 1 guy found but trapped. 20 man team searching for other." | Dewberry triggered the online rescue on Twitter when she wrote: : "2 of our ski party been missing since 4pm. Conditions terrible. 1 guy found but trapped. 20 man team searching for other." |
| Fellow entrepreneur Alex Hoye updated Twitter with a series of messages on Monday night, the first of which called for help from the online community. | Fellow entrepreneur Alex Hoye updated Twitter with a series of messages on Monday night, the first of which called for help from the online community. |
| He wrote: "Urgent: If anyone has or knows Rob Williams of Dolphin Music's mobile, please send. Mtn rescue in progress." | He wrote: "Urgent: If anyone has or knows Rob Williams of Dolphin Music's mobile, please send. Mtn rescue in progress." |
| 'In shock' | 'In shock' |
| The post was followed by another update which read: "Rob's number rec'd via Twitter; Jason now found using GPS / Google maps & phone (@joshmarch org'd); still working on finding Rob." | The post was followed by another update which read: "Rob's number rec'd via Twitter; Jason now found using GPS / Google maps & phone (@joshmarch org'd); still working on finding Rob." |
| TechCrunch UK website editor and Twitter member Mike Butcher posted a series of messages on the site during Tuesday. | |
| He wrote: "I just got off the phone to one member of the trip. They said: 'Everyone literally said they'd just had the best time on the trip. And then it went straight to the opposite. We are all in shock'." | He wrote: "I just got off the phone to one member of the trip. They said: 'Everyone literally said they'd just had the best time on the trip. And then it went straight to the opposite. We are all in shock'." |
| Mr Williams and Mr Tavaria were school friends in St Albans, Hertfordshire, before studying in Liverpool. | |
| There, they combined their student loans with start up funding to found online music equipment retailer Dolphin Music. | |
| It later expanded to include three high street shops in Liverpool, Gateshead and Huddersfield. | |
| Their success was highlighted by the Make Your Mark campaign, a collaboration between British business organisations to encourage enterprise. Last year, their group's sales topped £10m and they employed 60 staff. | |
| A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: "We can confirm the death of a British national in Verbier." | A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: "We can confirm the death of a British national in Verbier." |