@dailymail: A missing 20-year-old hiker has been found after disappearing for more than 50 days in Canada's British Columbia. Sam Benastick was reported missing on October 19 after he failed to return from a 10-day fishing and hiking trip in Redfern-Keily Park in the Rocky Mountains. With temperatures in the area dropping to a bitterly cold -4°F, authorities were forced to call off their search in late October. Miraculously, two workers heading down a trail on Tuesday spotted Benastick as he walked with two walking sticks and a cut-up sleeping bag wrapped around his legs for warmth. He told authorities that he initially stayed in his car for a few days before walking to a creek near a mountain, where he camped for around two weeks. He then built a shelter in a creek bed to survive. Announcing his safe return to civilization, his mother, Sandra Crocker, shared the news in a local Facebook group for hunters and anglers: 'Sam Benastick is alive, it's TRUE. Recovering in hospital. Complained he hadn't caught one fish. He will make recovery, just needs some time.' Read the full story at DailyMail.com. #Hiking #columbia #rockymountains #fishing #news

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