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Stranded snowboarder burnt cash

A snowboarder stranded in the Alps for six hours was rescued after attracting attention by setting fire to his money.

Dominik Podolsky, 22, of Munich, was stuck after the ski lift was switched off at dusk in Hochzillertal, Austria, reports the BBC.

As darkness fell and the temperature dropped to -18C, he began to burn paper handkerchiefs and the contents of his wallet with a cigarette lighter.

He started with restaurant bills and business cards before he was finally spotted by ski lift cleaners as he burned the last of his euros.

“I thought about jumping down, but then I’d have probably broken both legs and would have frozen to death,” Mr Podolsky told reporters.

After treatment in a local hospital for hypothermia, he was able to take a train home that night.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .