The man, Hadi Nazari, was hiking in Kosciuszko National Park, about 240 miles south of Sydney, when he became lost on Dec. 26, a holiday called Boxing Day in Australia, according to a news release from the New South Wales police.
About 400 people searched by air and on land for Mr. Nazari over the course of 13 days, the police said.
Throughout the search, the authorities remained hopeful that Mr. Nazari was alive, as he is an experienced hiker and had camping supplies in the backpack he was carrying at the time he disappeared.
On New Year’s Eve, “rubbish and hiking poles” that apparently belonged to Mr. Nazari were found near the Kosciuszko River.
On Sunday, his lighter, camera, camera bag and remnants of a campfire he had lit were discovered near the Geehi River.
Persons:
Hadi Nazari, Nazari
Organizations:
New South, New South Wales police
Locations:
Sydney, Australia, New South Wales, Kosciuszko