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| Snowboarder dies after 150m fall | Snowboarder dies after 150m fall |
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| A UK snowboarder has died after falling down a 150m-deep canyon where she was trapped overnight, German police said. | A UK snowboarder has died after falling down a 150m-deep canyon where she was trapped overnight, German police said. |
| Monica Davis, 35, strayed away from a marked slope in the Alps and became separated from her British husband and friends, police in Bavaria said. | Monica Davis, 35, strayed away from a marked slope in the Alps and became separated from her British husband and friends, police in Bavaria said. |
| She sent a text message from the pit where she had fallen asking for help, and her friends called police. | She sent a text message from the pit where she had fallen asking for help, and her friends called police. |
| Two helicopters and mountain rescuers searched for Mrs Davis, who is originally from Poland. | Two helicopters and mountain rescuers searched for Mrs Davis, who is originally from Poland. |
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| A police spokesman said: "We began looking again at about 8am with the daylight. | A police spokesman said: "We began looking again at about 8am with the daylight. |
| "We picked up the tracks of what we thought was Mrs Davis in a deep pit of snow and we followed them and found her body at the bottom of what I would call a deep canyon. | "We picked up the tracks of what we thought was Mrs Davis in a deep pit of snow and we followed them and found her body at the bottom of what I would call a deep canyon. |
| "It is certain that she lost the normal way." | "It is certain that she lost the normal way." |
| Police said Mrs Davis and her husband had been to Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Southern Germany before and had been in the town for eight days. | Police said Mrs Davis and her husband had been to Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Southern Germany before and had been in the town for eight days. |
| The couple had been on holiday from their home in Derbyshire, officers said. | |
| Police said a 150m fall was the cause of death but could not release further details. | Police said a 150m fall was the cause of death but could not release further details. |