Michael Chilvers, Tasmanian farming and business identity, named as climber killed in Mt Geryon fall

Tributes are flowing for a northern Midlands farmer who was killed in a climbing accident in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park on Friday. 

Tasmania Police said Michael Chilvers was climbing Mount Geryon, 150 kilometres north-west of Hobart, with three other people, when he “fell from a significant height,” believed to be in excess of 50 metres. 

This weekend Mr Chilvers would have celebrated his 50th birthday.

Today, Tasmanian agriculture is mourning the loss of the much-loved…