Sun, 08 Nov 2009 3:01p.m.
A 26-year-old rock climber found dead in Central Otago yesterday morning has been named.
He was Matthew Byron Allison, a British national who has been in New Zealand since February.
Police say Mr Allison fell about 155m to his death off Chinaman's Bluff, northwest of Queenstown, while trying to free a rope.
Mr Allison's climbing companion, 37-year-old James Briscall of Wanaka, was rescued unharmed.
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