He had been missing since the New Year. The body of a British hiker was found in Dolomitas in northern Italy, Italian rescuers, informed by The Guardian, announced this Saturday, May 31. He was buried in the snow.
Aziz Ziriat, 36, from London, walked with a friend. The latter is also dead. His body was found shortly after his disappearance last winter, under a layer of snow at the foot of a cliff at 2,600 meters above sea level.
“Experienced hikers”
Aziz Ziriat’s body was found “at the foot of the cliffs”, almost a kilometer from the place where his friend’s body was found several months ago, the Italian authorities explained.
A rescue dog detected his body “in a rocky crack, hidden under layers of snow,” we also learned.
The two hikers had slept in a mountain shelter at Lake Garda, near the city of Tione Di Trent, on January 1. This is the last time they have given a sign of life. Family members had reported their disappearance when they did not return to the United Kingdom on January 6.
With the BBC, Aziz Ziriat’s partner had explained that the two friends wanted to “walk for the new year.” “They wanted to go from refuge to refuge in Dolomitas. I think they wanted to spend some nights in nature, fresh air and sleeping in nature,” he said.
The latter was in contact for the last time with his partner on January 1. “He sent some photos of the mountains and some of himself,” he said. He said his phone was about to die, but that he would answer me correctly. “According to her, the two friends were” experienced hikers. “
Source: BFM TV
