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A 23-year-old hiker who survived 13 days lost in the Australian wilderness after randomly finding two granola bars has thanked his rescuers for enduring “tough conditions” to find him.

SYDNEY — A hiker who had been missing in a remote Australian mountain range for almost two weeks was found Wednesday after surviving on berries and two muesli bars he discovered in a hut ...