A missing hiker who spent 50 days alone in the frozen wilderness of northern British Columbia has been found alive.
Sam Benastick was found Tuesday by two men heading to work near the remote Redfern-Keily Provincial Park, approximately 250 kilometres northwest of Fort St. John, according to a statement from the Northern Rockies RCMP detachment.
The workers took the missing hiker to the hospital, where police confirmed his identity as Benastick, who had set out on a solo camping trip in the park on Oct. 7.
Described as an avid outdoorsman, Benastick was due to return from the 10-day trip on Oct. 17, but when he failed to arrive home, his family reported his disappearance to police. Benastick told his rescuers he stayed in his car for “a couple days” before walking to a mountainside creek where he camped out for approximately 10 to 15 days, the RCMP said.
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