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| Police find body of snowboarder missing on Victoria's Mount Bogong | Police find body of snowboarder missing on Victoria's Mount Bogong |
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| Police have found the body of a snowboarder on Mount Bogong, believed to be one of the two men who were reported missing on the Victorian mountain at the weekend. | Police have found the body of a snowboarder on Mount Bogong, believed to be one of the two men who were reported missing on the Victorian mountain at the weekend. |
| The man's body was found buried under snow about 10.30am on Monday, police said. | The man's body was found buried under snow about 10.30am on Monday, police said. |
| His identity has not been confirmed. Police said they would continue searching for the second man. | His identity has not been confirmed. Police said they would continue searching for the second man. |
| Martin Buckland, 33, from Yarra Junction, and Daniel Kerr, 32, from Hawthorn, failed to return to Melbourne on Saturday from their snowboarding trip to the Eskdale Spur area. | Martin Buckland, 33, from Yarra Junction, and Daniel Kerr, 32, from Hawthorn, failed to return to Melbourne on Saturday from their snowboarding trip to the Eskdale Spur area. |
| Their families reported them missing on Saturday night. | Their families reported them missing on Saturday night. |
| Inspector Dave Ryan from Wangaratta police said the body was dug out of the snow about 400 metres down a slope on Eskdale Spur. | Inspector Dave Ryan from Wangaratta police said the body was dug out of the snow about 400 metres down a slope on Eskdale Spur. |
| Ryan said the families of both men had been informed. There was little hope the second man survived, Ryan said. | Ryan said the families of both men had been informed. There was little hope the second man survived, Ryan said. |
| "Essentially we are trying to recover the second body," he said. | "Essentially we are trying to recover the second body," he said. |
| Police will use probes to search the avalanche field and clues from objects found around the first man's body to find the second man. | Police will use probes to search the avalanche field and clues from objects found around the first man's body to find the second man. |
| A statement released earlier on Monday by Buckland's wife and Kerr's parents said the pair had been great friends since they met at high school, both worked in sport and recreational professions and "live and breathe the outdoors having been on many adventures such as this in the past". | A statement released earlier on Monday by Buckland's wife and Kerr's parents said the pair had been great friends since they met at high school, both worked in sport and recreational professions and "live and breathe the outdoors having been on many adventures such as this in the past". |
| The men were last in contact with their families on Thursday, speaking via mobile phone and sending a photograph of their camp at Mitchell Hut. | |
| A group of walkers came across their campsite on Sunday and found an empty tent containing sleeping bags and other equipment. | A group of walkers came across their campsite on Sunday and found an empty tent containing sleeping bags and other equipment. |