Melbourne, Jan. 4 (TNS): \u00a0A hiker has been found alive and “really well” after spending five days lost in the Australian bush, officials said here on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Julio Ascui, 50, had not been seen since Friday when he posted a selfie in the Grampians National Park, in the state of Victoria.<\/p>\n
Authorities and relatives spent days searching for him. They traced the start of the bushwalker’s journey by using photos he had shared online.<\/p>\n
Mr Ascui said he was well but thirsty after being found by park rangers.<\/p>\n
Asked where he had been, he sighed and said: “Everywhere, man, everywhere.”<\/p>\n
“I just come to [go] trekking and, after, I’m lost for five days,” he told the\u00a0Australian Broadcasting Corp.<\/p>\n
The Chilean-born Melburnian, a father of two, said he had been using a stream to replenish his water bottle.<\/p>\n
He left his home in Melbourne, about 230km (140 miles) away, to go bushwalking on Friday. His car was discovered unattended on Sunday.<\/p>\n
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