British girl's tracks found

Wed, 22 Aug 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: AP

KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Their spirits lifted by finding footprints
and other clues, rescuers zeroed in on Tuesday on an area where
they believe they can find an "alive, but probably very weak"
teenage English girl lost for six days on Southeast Asia's
tallest mountain.

About 70 rescuers are combing an area east of the mist-
shrouded slopes of 4,101-meter Mount Kinabalu and decided on
Tuesday to camp in the area for three days, making an all-out
search for Ellie James, 17, of Cornwall.

Local police chief Zul Baharin Ismail said that rescuers
believed that James was still alive but lost in an area about six
kilometers wide near the foot of the mountain.

Zul said rescuers had found footprints and other tracks left
by the British teenager over the weekend and Monday.

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