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The man, a student in Lausanne, disappeared while skiing in
the Les Diablerets resort on Sunday, but was only reported
missing on Tuesday, Vaud cantonal police said in a statement.
Rescue workers and a helicopter found him that afternoon,
conscious but in a state of hypothermia and exhaustion and
"stuck up to the waist in thick snow" in freezing temperatures,
it said.
He had no mobile phone, shovel or detection device despite the
currently high risk of avalanches in the region, according to
the police.
The skier told rescuers that his binding, which fastens the boot
to the ski, had broken and he fell into a stream while trying to
ski down off-piste to the resort. He was flown to a hospital in
the capital Berne where he is being treated. "His life is not in
danger," police said.
(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)
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