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| Searchers find hiking poles of man missing for a week in Kosciuszko national park | Searchers find hiking poles of man missing for a week in Kosciuszko national park |
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| Hadi Nazari, 23, last seen on Boxing Day descending the challenging Hannels Spur track | Hadi Nazari, 23, last seen on Boxing Day descending the challenging Hannels Spur track |
| A search has resumed for a missing hiker a week after he was last seen, with hiking poles and rubbish found as New South Wales rescue workers scour the rugged terrain. | A search has resumed for a missing hiker a week after he was last seen, with hiking poles and rubbish found as New South Wales rescue workers scour the rugged terrain. |
| Hadi Nazari, 23, was descending a challenging trail in Kosciuszko national park about 2.30pm on 26 December when he was last seen by friends, who raised the alarm when he did not arrive at a campground. | Hadi Nazari, 23, was descending a challenging trail in Kosciuszko national park about 2.30pm on 26 December when he was last seen by friends, who raised the alarm when he did not arrive at a campground. |
| NSW police, National Parks and Wildlife Service, State Emergency Service, NSW ambulance and volunteer rescuers have been searching for Nazari ever since. | NSW police, National Parks and Wildlife Service, State Emergency Service, NSW ambulance and volunteer rescuers have been searching for Nazari ever since. |
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| Rubbish and hiking poles believed to belong to him were found late on Tuesday evening. | Rubbish and hiking poles believed to belong to him were found late on Tuesday evening. |
| He was not carrying a personal locator beacon but was thought to have a reasonable amount of water and camping gear, police have told reporters. | He was not carrying a personal locator beacon but was thought to have a reasonable amount of water and camping gear, police have told reporters. |
| A helicopter with infrared imaging technology has been used in the search and specialist crews have been flown into the rugged terrain. | A helicopter with infrared imaging technology has been used in the search and specialist crews have been flown into the rugged terrain. |
| Nazari was last seen on the Hannels Spur track between Khancoban and Thredbo. It is regarded as one of Australia’s most challenging bushwalking trails, with an 1,800m change in elevation. | Nazari was last seen on the Hannels Spur track between Khancoban and Thredbo. It is regarded as one of Australia’s most challenging bushwalking trails, with an 1,800m change in elevation. |
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| “It’s part of the most rugged terrain in NSW, it’s very steep, it’s very vegetated, and it’s quite remote,” a NSW police acting superintendent, Jillian Gibson, told reporters earlier in the search. | “It’s part of the most rugged terrain in NSW, it’s very steep, it’s very vegetated, and it’s quite remote,” a NSW police acting superintendent, Jillian Gibson, told reporters earlier in the search. |