Young climber survives -20 degrees in Canada, found alive after 50 days in forest

Authorities had given up hope of finding him alive. Sam Benastick, 20, had been missing for more than a month.

The young man was reported missing on October 19: after leaving for a 10-day trip to Redfern Keily Park, a remote and icy wilderness region in Canada's northern Rocky Mountains, after a few days he stopped reporting to family members. his.

"It is difficult to survive in -20°C, between harsh mountains inhabited by bears and snowfall," said the police, who ended the search after a few days, in which the young man's family also participated.

Then on Tuesday comes the tipping point. Two men on their way to work found him on the side of the road, safe and sound, and took him to hospital for treatment.

Sam had only managed to survive for 50 days, in the remote and frozen wilderness forest of the Northern Rockies of Canada.

According to initial information, the young man simply lost his way during his excursion, which was supposed to last 10 days (he started on October 7).

After staying in his car for a few days, he stayed for 10-15 days near a stream.

Then, he went down to the valley, where he set up camp using a tent and some equipment he had with him and thus managed to survive.

"When we found out he was safe," said the manager of the Buffalo Inn Pink Mountain, a hotel near the park where Sam's family had spent weeks searching for their son, "we all hugged and cried. I have three children and five grandchildren, I know what they were going through."

It is not yet clear what went wrong and how he could have been lost without finding his way back. Police said they will try to find out more once he recovers. Meanwhile, his mother, Sandra Crocker, shared a photo of him in a hospital bed with Canada's CBC television and said he was complaining that he hadn't caught any fish.