00:00The atmosphere here at Gee High is completely different to what it was less than 24 hours
00:08ago.
00:09Hardy Nazari, as we know, has been found.
00:12He was found near an area of Blue Lake around Caruthers Saddle, which is 10 kilometres from
00:19here as the crow flies, although that doesn't mean much because the bushland that he has
00:24been walking through is incredibly dense and thick and steep.
00:29He was found yesterday afternoon by hikers in the area.
00:33Then he was given a lift by a helicopter back here to Gee High, which was the base camp
00:39of operations, where between Cancoban and Thredbo, where he was treated by paramedics
00:45and reunited with his friends.
00:49It was absolutely lovely to see and very surprising that he seemed physically relatively okay.
00:55We heard he had some scratches and some grazes and he was a bit dehydrated.
01:00We heard that he basically survived on water these past two weeks, but managed to find
01:05a couple of muesli bars in a hut in the Snowy Mountains at some point in his journey, and
01:09he also foraged for berries.
01:12From a distance, we observed Hardy reunite with his friends.
01:15It was a very emotional moment.
01:18The searchers that were involved in this operation over the past couple of weeks let out a round
01:23of applause a few times, a hip hip hooray.
01:26There was an air of celebration and the atmosphere had really lightened once Hardy had been found.
01:34A few of his friends came running over when they did reunite with Hardy.
01:38One of them told us that he thought it was a miracle that he had been found.
01:42Take a listen to what another friend said.
01:45I'm kind of like in a shock and like full of happiness.
01:50He's a hero, like 14 days without food, like he's doing like perfectly well.
01:57Hardy, as far as we know, remains in Coombe Hospital, which is a two hour drive away from
02:01here at Gee High, and he remains there for the time being undergoing some treatment.
02:09Police say that they want to do a bit of a debriefing session with Hardy over the next
02:14couple of days, but Hardy did reveal to them that he had been walking from morning until
02:19night.
02:20Goodness knows what he has been through these past couple of weeks, surviving in the wilderness
02:25for as long as he has.
02:27He does have family down in Melbourne, so no doubt he's going to try and make it down
02:32back to his hometown as soon as he can once he is well.
02:37But those involved in the search are relieved that he is okay, and yeah, there is a sense
02:43of accomplishment that Hardy has been found after two weeks of searching.
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