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Wanaka police have confirmed that the body of a missing climber has been found on Mt Aspiring this afternoon.
The search and rescue team were able to search the mountain this afternoon, after bad weather stopped the search yesterday.
Melbourne-based New Zealander Alan Leslie Beck, 49, disappeared near Bevan Col on the Bonar Glacier on Sunday.
Mr Beck is believed to have fallen on the mountain after leaving a tent he and three others were sharing on a climbing expedition.
He left the tent alone in bad weather on Sunday to stretch his legs and scout a route down the mountain, but vanished.
The group had been stuck at Bevan Col for two days because of foul weather.
When he hadn't returned, his companions searched for him for about four hours and were preparing to climb to Todd Hut to call for help when a police Search and Rescue (SAR) team arrived after concerns were raised that the party was overdue.
Two helicopters and eight searchers on the ground scoured the mountain on Monday but continuing foul weather yesterday forced the search to be put on hold.
A Wanaka police spokeswoman told NZPA today the weather had cleared and the search would resume this morning.
SAR teams coordinated by Sergeant Aaron Nicholson met at about 10am to plan today's search and searched throughout this afternoon.
- NZ HERALD STAFF
