Brit hiker, 29, found dead on mountain trail in the Swiss Alps three months after he went missing as family pay tribute
A BRIT hiker has been found dead on a mountain trail in the Swiss Alps three months after he went missing.
Aidan Roche, 29, hadn’t been heard from since June 22 when he was halfway through a solo two-week hiking and camping trip.
It’s understood he was on the Eiger Trail before taking a cable car to the Eiger glacier, where he then walked northeast down the trail.
An urgent hunt was then launched for the chemical engineer, from Middlesbrough, after he lost contact.
His close friends and family raised the alarm when they hadn’t received any pictures or texts from him in a while.
Mountain rescue teams and cops walked the route Aidan had taken before sadly discovering his body.
Aidan was found close to the trial he was hiking in the Grindelwald area last week.
It is not yet known how he died.
His heartbroken family have since paid tribute to him.
Aidan’s brother Connor Roche, 32, who went out to help assist efforts, said: “I would like to say thank you to everyone who helped support our family through these last few months.
“The news has hit us all hard, family and friends alike, even though this outcome has always been in our minds.
“To everyone who shared his story, sent messages of support or donations, you have our deepest gratitude.
“Everyone who knew Aidan knew that he was a character.
“We can see from the outpouring of support in trying to find him just how loved he was, and how much he will be missed by so many people. He will always be in the memories of family and friends.”
Aidan’s family previously said how they were full of hope and wished for a “crazy survival story”.
Connor said: “I try and keep up hope that maybe he’s decided to wander off, or he’s hit his head and forgotten who he is, but I have to drag myself back to what we actually know and the evidence suggests that he’s still on the mountain and we haven’t found him yet.
“There’s the outside chance that he has some crazy survival story.”
Aidan’s last contact with his loved ones was a picture of him halfway down the Eiger Trail on the afternoon of June 22.