Body of missing Malaysian mountaineer recovered in Damavand after nearly one year
The body of a Malaysian mountain climber, who went missing last November as he was descending the highest peak in the country and the Middle East, Damavand, has been recovered.
A climbing team initially found Ramli Abd Majid's corpse while climbing down the peak. They reported the case to the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran (RCSIRI) in the northern Iranian city of Amol.
The RCSIRI rescue workers then brought the body down from a 4,300-meter height, and handed it over to officials from the Malaysian Embassy in Tehran.
Malaysian Ambassador to Iran Dato Rustam bin Yahaya, for his part, praised the sustained efforts made by the Iranian rescue workers, the RCSIRI officials and the Iranian government to recover the body of the missing mountaineer.
The ill-fated climber was part of a 12-member team of mountaineers. The pair went missing on November 21 on their way back from Damavand Peak.
He and another Malaysian mountaineer insisted on continuing with their way, but went missing.
The latter was found alive following five days of intensive search operations. The operations had to be stopped because of dire weather conditions.
Damavand Peak is located in the middle of the Alborz range, near the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and 66 kilometers northeast of the Iranian capital city of Tehran.
It is the second most prominent in Asia after Mount Everest, and the 12th most well-known one in the world.
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