A hiker who went missing in B.C.’s backwoods has been found after surviving more than five weeks in a remote park in B.C.’s northeast as snow fell and temperatures plunged.
CBC News confirmed the information through family, as well as individuals involved in the search.
Sam Benastick, 20, was first reported missing after failing to return home Oct. 17 from a 10-day camping trip in remote Redfern-Keily Provincial Park, about 250 kilometres northwest of Fort St. John.
He started his hike on Oct. 7, which means he was in the outdoors for 50 days.
As the days progressed, there were fears about Benastick’s survival as winter weather set in, with overnight lows dropping below -20 C.
FULL STORY: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/missing-hiker-hunter-northeast-bc-1.7394194
