Victor Garbev, a 28-year-old snowboarder from Sofia was killed in an avalanche a little after noon January 28, 2010 near the Bulgarian resort of Bansko, according to a story in the Sofia Echo.
MRS was alarmed about the avalanche which fell right under Todorka peak near Banderishka Polyana slope at 12.15pm.. . . After 45 minutes of digging into the fallen snow, rescuers found the body of the young man.. . Rescuers are still searching the area for any other casualties. . . Bansko mayor Alexander Kravarov told Darik that the snowboarder was a Bulgarian, a Bansko resident and also a ski instructor. The man had skied in an area that was outside the marked ski run and where skiing was forbidden, Kravarov said.
It apparently took rescuers more than 24 hours to find him.
[Link: Sofia Echo]
