He may not look like he's doing well, but this hiker is really just happy to be alive, having survived six weeks in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Sam Benastick, 20, reportedly set out for a 10-day trek back on October 7.

A hiker has miraculously been found alive more than a month after he vanished in the Canadian wilderness. Sam Benastick, 20, had set off on a 10-day camping trip to Redfern-Keily Park in the Northern Rocky Mountains on October 7, reported CBC News. He was reported missing on October 19 when he failed to return home.

Sam Benastick, 20, went missing after going on a solo camping trip in a remote park in the Rocky Mountains. Police suspended the search operation in late October.

Sam Benastick was found after weeks missing in British Columbia’s frigid Redfern-Keily Provincial Park, and after the official search was called off. The police had feared “this would not be the outcome,

A 20-year-old hiker who had been missing for weeks was found alive in the wilderness of British Columbia, the Royal Canadian Mountain Police confirmed on Wednesday.