Hiker missing since Boxing Day found alive in Australia’s Kosciuszko national park
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Hadi Nazari, 23, went missing in the remote Kosciuszko National Park in Australia. A 23-year-old hiker who went missing for nearly two weeks in Australia’s Kosciuszko National Park has been found alive. Hadi Nazari, who went missing on Boxing Day, stumbled across a group of walkers on the circuit walk near the Blue Lake at around 3.15pm local time on Wednesday, according to police.
![[Mr Nazari has been found after a 13-day search]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/08/10/AUSTRALIA-MONTA%C3%91ERO_PERDIDO_79815.jpg)
Riverina police district commander Andrew Spliet told reporters: “The circumstances we believe at the moment are that he called out to some hikers who were in the area. He told them that he’d been lost in the bush and was thirsty.”. The walkers called emergency services, who winched Mr Nazari to safety. He was assessed by paramedics at the search base camp, located approximately 10km away from where the hikers first encountered him.
![[Mr Nazari stumbled across a group of walkers on the circuit walk near the Blue Lake]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/08/10/bushwalker2.jpg)
He was then taken to hospital for a full check-up before police conducted a full debrief to establish what happened to Mr Nazari and how he survived. The medical student from Victoria was in “good health”, Mr Spliet confirmed. Nazari told police he “found a hut up there in the mountains and there were two muesli bars there that he’s eaten,” and he accessed water via several creeks in the area.
![[Police began a search for Mr Nazari at the end of December]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/08/10/bushwalker3.jpg)
Mr Spliet added: “That’s pretty much all that he’s had to consume over the last two weeks. So the further details about where he’s been and how he’s actually looked after himself are still yet to be determined.”. Mr Nazari was first reported missing on 26 December 2024 at 8.45pm local time. He was last seen at 2.30pm descending the Hannels Spur Trail at Geehi, between Khancoban and Thredbo, where he reportedly split from his friends to take some photographs.
