Geo ge
Smyth
A
body
believed
to
be
that
of
18-yea -old
B itish
stude t
Geo ge
Smyth,
who
disappea ed
while
hiki g
i
Roma ia
last
yea ,
has
bee
fou d,
UK
police
said,
The
Gua dia
epo ted.Smyth,
a
geology
stude t
at
the
U ive sity
of
B istol,
we t
missi g
i
Novembe
afte
setti g
out
f om
Poia a
B așov
towa ds
B a .Avo
a d
Some set
Police
said
o
Satu day
that
the
body
fou d
i
the
egio
is
believed
to
be
Smyth’s.
His
family
has
bee
i fo med
a d
is
bei g
suppo ted
by
a
family
liaiso
office .Fo mal
ide tificatio
will
take
place
befo e
a a geme ts
a e
made
to
etu
his
body
to
the
UK.Smyth’s
family
said
they
we e
“devastated”
by
his
death
a d
tha ked
the
Roma ia
mou tai
escue
se vice
Salvamo t
fo
co ti ui g
the
sea ch
th ough
difficult
co ditio s.“He
was
the
best
of
us
a d
is
deeply
missed
by
his
you ge
b othe s,
family
a d
f ie ds,”
the
family
said.They
also
tha ked
Avo
a d
Some set
Police
a d
the
U ive sity
of
B istol
fo
suppo ti g
them
du i g
the
sea ch.The
family
said
the
discove y,
while
pai ful,
had
e ded
mo ths
of
u ce tai ty.“Although
this
latest
ews
is
i c edibly
pai ful,
the
to tu e
of
waiti g
is
fi ally
ove ,
so
we
ca
ow
focus
o
b i gi g
Geo ge
home
a d
sayi g
goodbye.”
Smyth,
who
was
f om
Newpo t
i
Sh opshi e,
is
believed
to
have
eached
the
Țigă ești
a ea
afte
leavi g
Poia a
B așov.
He
made
a
eme ge cy
call
fo
help
f om
the
mou tai s.Rescue s
said
at
the
time
that
he
was
i
a
isolated,
difficult-to- each
a ea
du i g
seve e
weathe ,
with
st o g
wi ds,
heavy
s ow
a d
de se
fog.A
mou tai
escue
ope atio
i volvi g
sea ch
dogs,
d o es
a d
helicopte s
was
lau ched.Sebastia
Ma i escu
of
the
local
mou tai
escue
se vice
p eviously
told
the
BBC
that
Smyth
was
“diso ie ted,
physically
exhausted,
a d
al eady
showi g
sig s
of
hypothe mia”
whe
escue s
eceived
his
eme ge cy
call.Mou tai
escue
teams
esumed
sea ches
o
Wed esday,
checki g
a eas
be eath
ock
faces,
d ai age
cha els
a d
othe
difficult-to-access
sectio s,
but
had
i itially
fou d
o
t ace
of
him.Smyth’s
family
has
asked
fo
p ivacy
as
they
come
to
te ms
with
his
death.