Hadi Nazari.Photo:NSW SES
NSW SES
A hiker who went missing in Australia’s remote Kosciuszko National Park on Dec. 26 has been found alive after surviving on a diet of foraged berries and some granola bars he found in a hut.
“He’s in good health, [and doesn’t] appear to have any significant injuries," police district commander, Superintendent Andrew Spliet, said, according to theSydney Morning Herald. “He’ll be conveyed to a hospital in the area to be checked out."
“He’s been reunited with his family, who are very, very happy to obviously have him back,” Spliet added.
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A helicopter at Kosciusko National Park.NSW Police
NSW Police
“The three men were expected to meet up at the Geehi campground; however, when he failed to arrive, the two friends, aged 23 and 24, began to search for him,” the policewrote in a release.
Hadi Nazari.NSW SES
Nazari’s “rubbish and hiking poles” were later found near the Kosciuszko River that runs through the park on Dec. 31.
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According toCNN, Spliet told reporters that Nazari called out to the group of hikers, revealing to them that he had “been lost in the bush.”
Rescue teams search for Hadi Nazari.NSW Police
“One of my police at the scene had spoken to him, [and] relayed that he found a hut up there in the mountains and two muesli bars up there that he’s eaten, and that’s pretty much all that he’s had to consume over the last two weeks,” Spliet added, reported theSydney Morning Herald.
“He’s covered a fair bit of ground … in that type of terrain, [which] is very, very steep, thick bushland.”
Nazari’s family revealed toCNN affiliate 9 Newsthat he called them to let them know he was alive.
“We are very happy … It is the happiest day of our lives,” they said.
source: people.com
