Peruvian police have discovered the body of British backpacker Harry Greaves, who went missing two weeks ago while climbing a mountain alone. The 29-year-old furniture maker from Bronygarth, Shropshire, set off on April 7, telling friends he wanted a solitary day on a mountain near Machu Picchu.
Search teams located Mr Greaves's body in a 130ft deep crevasse in the Paru Paru area after an extensive effort that included helicopters, drones, and a crowdfunding campaign raising nearly £21,000. His friends had expected him back on April 10, the day after his birthday, but he never returned.
The Lucie Blackman Trust, a charity assisting the family, reported that a local had recently sighted Mr Greaves heading towards Pisac, which concentrated the search effort. Despite that unconfirmed sighting, police and volunteers ultimately found his body along the route he was believed to have taken.
A spokesman for the trust said the sighting by a local was as confirmed as it could be, and the search had been focused around the village of Pisac. Friends and family had been scouring the area by land and helicopter, but tragically the outcome was not what they had hoped for.
