Tragic news from ABC,
Thinking of his Son, Family & all the Rescue Crews
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-23/c ... st/6340808
A 59-year-old Canberra man has died after falling off a cliff on Tasmania's highest mountain, Mount Ossa, while bushwalking with his son.
The man fell off Mt Ossa in Tasmania's Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park about 4:30pm yesterday afternoon.
Police said the man was walking with his 20-year-old son when he apparently fell on a steep section on the track they were walking on.
A commercial bushwalking group heard the son's calls for help and were then able to notify authorities by satellite phone.
Inspector Darren Hopkins said police were trying to retrieve the body.
"He was bushwalking with his son and we understand that it was about a 10 to 20-metre fall as he was making his way to the summit of Mt Ossa," he said.
"We are currently trying to retrieve his body.
"We've got a number of search and rescue members and SES [volunteers] that are heading that way on foot."
He said weather in the area was hampering efforts to retrieve the man's body with the helicopter grounded.
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