Travel expert Simon Calder has paid tribute to TV doctor Michael Mosley after his body was found on the Greek island of Symi following an extensive five-day search.
The 67-year-old broadcaster vanished on Wednesday whilst on holiday with wife Doctor Clare Bailey Mosley, having set off on a hike of the island by himself.
On the fifth day of an extensive search by Greek authorities, the body of Mosley was discovered close to Agia Marina beach bar by a camera crew. A post-mortem has revealed that the star died of "natural causes" around 4pm on Wednesday.
Paying tribute to Mosley, Simon Calder told GB News that his death was the result of a "misadventure" and an "absolutely tragic loss to his family and to the wider world".
Travel expert Simon Calder claims Mosley 'would have understood the risks' of the hike he was undertaking
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Detailing his personal connection to Mosley, Calder claimed the health expert "would have understood the risks" of undertaking such a "challenging hike", particularly given the scorching heat affecting the island.
Calder explained: "I am absolutely in tune with how he was feeling and the decision that he made. It might be seen as irresponsible, and with hindsight we can all look back and say, yes, of course, he should have had his phone with him, he should have made sure he had plenty of water.
"Yes, he should have been hiking with somebody else since he was taking a really challenging hike. However, he was the sort of person who was very, very good at understanding risks and knowing the issues that he could possibly face."
Noting the fatal outcome of Mosley's hike, Calder added that despite him "being confident in his own abilities", this was a "tragic misadventure" and he "wasn't far from safety".
The body of TV doctor Michael Mosley was found on Sunday morning near the Agia Marina beach bar in Symi
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Calder told GB News: "Something went tragically wrong, and it has ended with the loss of a great husband, a great father, and a great communicator who helped us all improve our health."
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Host Ellie Costello highlighted the "many questions" emerging from Mosley's death and how the search took "five days" to locate his body.
Calder noted the "wide and difficult area" the teams were tasked with searching, he added: "The really quite extreme East Greek islands close to the Turkish mainland are characterised by being very hilly, very rocky. There's very rough scrub there. It is a difficult area to search.
"We knew roughly where he was heading, but ultimately ultimately if somebody goes missing and you've got no way of tracking him apart from some CCTV footage, which doesn't really tell you very much, then I'm afraid it is just a matter of keeping looking until the terrible moment yesterday when his body was found."
Police spokesperson Konstantia Dimoglidou has told the BBC that an initial post-mortem found "no injuries" on Mosley's body that could have caused his death.
Simon Calder has paid tribute to the 'huge loss' of Doctor Michael Mosley
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Mosley is said to have collapsed around 260 feet from a beach resort on the Greek island of Symi. Officials also told the BBC that Dr Mosley's time of death was around 4pm on Wednesday, the day he went missing.
Dr Mosley's wife, Dr Clare Bailey Mosley, said on Sunday that her family were "taking comfort in the fact that he so very nearly made it".
In a statement, she said: "He did an incredible climb, took the wrong route and collapsed where he couldn’t be easily seen by the extensive search team.
"We had an incredibly lucky life together. We loved each other very much and were so happy together."