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20-year-old hiker in Nanaimo found safe after missing for 3 days

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Missing hiker in Nanaimo sparks massive search
WATCH: Dozens of searchers mobilized in Nanaimo for a third day today to find a missing 20-year-old lost in the wilderness. He'd been hiking with his family over the weekend when they lost track of him. His disappearance is bringing out a huge community effort. Ted Field reports – Jan 30, 2017

The search for a missing hiker in Nanaimo has come to a happy ending today after he was found safe.

Spencer Hunt set out for a hike at Ammonite Falls in Nanaimo with eight other people Saturday afternoon and was separated from the group.

“My son Spence went ahead [of the group]. At about 2 o’clock he turned around and waved to one of our hikers and we haven’t seen him since,” mother Debbie Hunt said.

Search and rescue (SAR) team members hit the trails around dinnertime and continued searching late into the night.

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They resumed their search Sunday morning and again on Monday.

 

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