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| Body of British backpacker Aiden Webb found in Vietnam | Body of British backpacker Aiden Webb found in Vietnam |
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| Park rangers have found the body of Aiden Webb, a Briton who went missing after injuring himself on a solo trek up Vietnam’s highest mountain six days ago. | Park rangers have found the body of Aiden Webb, a Briton who went missing after injuring himself on a solo trek up Vietnam’s highest mountain six days ago. |
| Webb, an experience climber from Norwich, was climbing Fansipan, which is more than 10,000 feet (3km) high, when he fell on Saturday morning. He told his girlfriend, who was in a nearby town, that he was lost before his phone ran out of battery. | Webb, an experience climber from Norwich, was climbing Fansipan, which is more than 10,000 feet (3km) high, when he fell on Saturday morning. He told his girlfriend, who was in a nearby town, that he was lost before his phone ran out of battery. |
| Vietnam’s state-run agency said a rescue team found Webb’s body less than a mile from a cable car structure. The team estimated Webb had died three days ago. | Vietnam’s state-run agency said a rescue team found Webb’s body less than a mile from a cable car structure. The team estimated Webb had died three days ago. |
| The BBC’s Vietnamese service quoted the general manager of the Hoang Lien national park as saying: “It is very sad that we found the British tourist body today at 12:50 (06:50 BST). The position is quite near the location that his girlfriend gave us, in Sin Chai village.” | The BBC’s Vietnamese service quoted the general manager of the Hoang Lien national park as saying: “It is very sad that we found the British tourist body today at 12:50 (06:50 BST). The position is quite near the location that his girlfriend gave us, in Sin Chai village.” |
| The village is at the bottom of Fansipan, about 18 miles from Sapa town where Webb’s girlfriend, Bluebell Baughan, was staying. The search area covered a vast mountainous area but rescuers focused on the site of the last text Webb sent to Baughan. More than 200 people, including mountain rescue teams, park rangers and dogs joined the search. | The village is at the bottom of Fansipan, about 18 miles from Sapa town where Webb’s girlfriend, Bluebell Baughan, was staying. The search area covered a vast mountainous area but rescuers focused on the site of the last text Webb sent to Baughan. More than 200 people, including mountain rescue teams, park rangers and dogs joined the search. |
| The 22-year-old’s father, Trever, and uncle, Michael Webb, had flown out to help look for him in the dense jungle and his family mounted a public campaign to call in help from travellers in the region. | The 22-year-old’s father, Trever, and uncle, Michael Webb, had flown out to help look for him in the dense jungle and his family mounted a public campaign to call in help from travellers in the region. |
| “Aiden is lost, injured, cold & wet in the Vietnam Jungle. Please! Help us find him!” his family wrote on a Facebook page entitled “Help us find Aiden in Vietnam” on Wednesday. They said he had hurt his knee, torn open his arm and lost his flashlight after falling. The Facebook page was shut down on Thursday afternoon local time. | “Aiden is lost, injured, cold & wet in the Vietnam Jungle. Please! Help us find him!” his family wrote on a Facebook page entitled “Help us find Aiden in Vietnam” on Wednesday. They said he had hurt his knee, torn open his arm and lost his flashlight after falling. The Facebook page was shut down on Thursday afternoon local time. |
| The Foreign Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Before news of his death, the FCO told the Guardian that “staff in London and Vietnam have been providing advice and assistance to the family of Aiden Webb”. | The Foreign Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Before news of his death, the FCO told the Guardian that “staff in London and Vietnam have been providing advice and assistance to the family of Aiden Webb”. |
| More than £6,000 had been raised on a crowdfunding page to pay for the search. An update on the site said earlier that five camera drones were being used to scan the area. The latest update on the site was a link to a news article about Webb’s body being found. | More than £6,000 had been raised on a crowdfunding page to pay for the search. An update on the site said earlier that five camera drones were being used to scan the area. The latest update on the site was a link to a news article about Webb’s body being found. |
| Webb, a drama graduate of Anglia Ruskin University, had spent the last two months climbing around south-east Asia, including other sites in Vietnam and Thailand. In a Facebook post on on 28 May, Webb said he was “free-soloing”, climbing alone without ropes or protective equipment. | |
| “Never had so much fun and never had my mind so clear and empty. This is something I’ve felt I’ve needed to do in a long time,” he said, adding that he chose climbing routes below his skill level to stay safe. | “Never had so much fun and never had my mind so clear and empty. This is something I’ve felt I’ve needed to do in a long time,” he said, adding that he chose climbing routes below his skill level to stay safe. |