{"id":7502,"date":"2025-01-09T04:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T04:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/body-found-in-hunt-for-two-british-hikers-missing-in-italian-alps\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T04:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T04:01:13","slug":"body-found-in-hunt-for-two-british-hikers-missing-in-italian-alps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/body-found-in-hunt-for-two-british-hikers-missing-in-italian-alps\/","title":{"rendered":"Body found in hunt for two British hikers missing in Italian Alps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            Rescue crews found the body of a British hiker buried in the snow of the Italian Alps and were continuing to search for his friend, who had also been missing since January 1, Italy\u2019s rescue services said Wednesday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            Italy\u2019s Alpine rescue service said it only received an alert about the men on January 6, five days after the men set out in the Adamello range near Trento, after they failed to make a scheduled flight home and relatives contacted authorities.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            After the first two days of searches were hampered by snowfall, fog and avalanche warnings, rescue crews managed to get a helicopter in the air Wednesday and ground crews reached the pair\u2019s last recorded location.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            Guided by the hikers\u2019 phone recordings, crews found the men\u2019s backpacks and equipment, as well as the body of one of the hikers buried in the snow, the rescuers said in a statement.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            British media quoted relatives and partners of the two men, Aziz Ziriat, 36, and Sam Harris, 35, as saying they were experienced hikers who had planned a New Year\u2019s Day excursion, hiking from mountain hut to mountain hut.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            \u201cIt wasn\u2019t surprising that they had no signal as they like going off the grid,\u201d said a university friend of Ziriat, Joe Stone.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            A helicopter attempted a flyover on Tuesday, but fog and poor visibility forced it to return before reaching the affected valley and the search was suspended, the rescue crews said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            Additionally, ground crews of the fire rescue service were unable to work due to high risks of avalanches.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\">            The Adamello range straddles Italy\u2019s Lombardy and Trentino-Alto Adige regions and includes the highest peak, Mt. Adamello, at 3,539 meters (11,611 feet.)    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rescue crews found the body of a British hiker buried in the snow of the Italian Alps and were continuing to search for his friend, who had also been missing since January 1, Italy\u2019s rescue services said Wednesday. 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