By ABC South East NSW
Police said hikers located Nazari at 3:15pm on Wednesday and he was now back with his family. Photo: Supplied / NSW Police Force
A 23-year-old man missing in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains since Boxing Day has been found alive.
Search efforts to find Hadi Nazari have been extensive over the past two weeks.
ABC reporters at the scene this afternoon said the 23-year-old was hugged by his family before being ushered into a police command van at the search base camp.
They said Nazari was assessed by paramedics and smiled briefly before entering the van.
Police said hikers located him at 3:15pm before he was winched from the location.
He is now with family members including his father and brother.
Extensive search
More than 300 people have been involved in the search over the past two weeks. Photo: 123RF
University of Melbourne student Hadi Nazari was in the Kosciuszko National Park at Geehi on Boxing Day with two friends when he decided to split off from the group to take photos.
Nazari's friends alerted authorities on the afternoon of December 26 that he had failed to return to the campground where the group had agreed to meet.
NSW Police and the State Emergency Services commenced search efforts to find the 23-year-old that evening.
More than 300 people have been involved in the search over the past two weeks, with specially trained volunteer bushwalkers among those searching for Nazari.
Hiking poles and rubbish believed to belong to Nazari were found on New Year's Eve near Kosciuszko Creek, and camera gear was found near a campfire site at the Geehi River on Sunday.
- ABC
