<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hiker </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/missing-hiker-hadi-nazari-new-photos-of-the-moment-he-was-found-in-kosciuszko-national-park-nsw/496b1fb3-3b1b-4dad-92b4-e1f5bd57266c" rel="" target="_blank" title="Hadi Nazari "><span>Hadi Nazari</span></a><span> has thanked everyone involved in the search for him after he spent two long weeks alone and stranded in the NSW Kosciuszko National Park.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nazari was found in an overall healthy condition by a group of hikers yesterday afternoon, after he went missing on December 26 on the Hannels Spur Trail.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Today the 23-year-old is being treated for dehydration at Cooma Hospital and is reportedly in "good spirits" and "recovering well".</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/los-angeles-fires-2025-live-updates/e49ede15-05b5-45af-913d-c400decd05d5" rel="" target="_blank" title="Five lives and more than 1000 homes lost as LA wildfires sweep the city"><strong><span>Five lives and more than 1000 homes lost as LA wildfires sweep the city</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Melbourne student expressed his gratitude in a statement from his hospital bed today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I would like to thank everyone who has wished me well in my recovery and prayed for me," Nazari said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I am very grateful for the rescuers and volunteers involved in searching for me, may God bless them all."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/hadi-nazari-hiker-very-grateful-for-extraordinary-rescue-after-13-days-missing-in-kosciuszko-national-park/2f668e25-6758-46f0-975d-8949ef147aac" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I cannot thank everyone enough." </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police said yesterday that Nazari managed to stay alive after finding a hut in the mountains.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He survived off two muesli bars before several hikers came across him near Blue Lake, around 10km from the command post in Geehi.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hiker Joshua Dart shared photos of a smiling Nazari on Instagram shortly after he was found about 3.15pm yesterday, 13 days after he went missing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Thank God we found the missing hiker on our hike in Kosciuszko!" Dart said in the caption.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/remains-of-israeli-hostage-found-in-gaza-military-says/bffbda76-cf0c-4910-b593-7a1f19a410c8" target="_blank"><strong><span>Body of Israeli hostage found in Gaza tunnel</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In another image, Dart posted a Nazari flashing the peace sign as they waited for search teams and paramedics.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nazari's disappearance prompted an expansive search operation across the remote national park involving over 300 SES crew members, NSW Police, search and rescue teams and volunteers.</span></div></div>