Missing Australian hiker found after surviving two weeks on muesli bars and berries
An Australian student who went missing while hiking last month has been found alive, after surviving for almost two weeks on berries and two muesli bars.
An Australian student who disappeared while he was hiking last month has been found alive after having survived for almost two weeks on berries and two muesli bars he found.
Hadi Nazari, 23, disappeared on Dec. 26 when he split from his two friends in the bushlands of Kosciuszko National Park in the southeastern Australian state of New South Wales.
A group of hikers found him Wednesday about 6 miles from a command post that had been set up as part of an extensive search operation involving hundreds of people.
“This is an incredible outcome, after 13 long days he has been located,” New South Wales Police Inspector Josh Broadfoot said in a statement.
Hazari drank water from a creek and survived on food he foraged around the mountains, Broadfoot told reporters separately. That included some berries and “a couple of muesli bars in a hut.”
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