Body found in search for missing Ben Nevis climber

Tomas Gafrik has been missing since last Thursday when he posted a short film of himself on social media.

Body found in search for missing Ben Nevis climber

A body has been found in a river in the search for a climber missing for a week.

Tomas Gafrik was last heard from when he posted a short film of himself on Ben Nevis last Thursday.

Mountain rescue teams have been searching for the 40-year-old Slovakian national and police have since found a body in the River Nevis in Glen Nevis, shortly after 3pm on Thursday, February 27.

He is still to be formally identified but the family of Mr Gafrik has now been informed.

The body was recovered with the assistance of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

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