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  The 37-year-old hiker, who authorities have not identified, likely fell to his death while trekking the mile-long Canyon Overlook Trail.
  
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  37-year-old falls to his death at national park

  A 37-year-old man fell to his death while hiking at Zion National Park in Utah, authorities confirmed.
  
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  Walker's mountain rescue hampered by parked cars

  Rescue teams say access to an injured walker was delayed by cars "parked and abandoned" on the route.
  
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  British hiker's family devastated as items found

  Aziz Ziriat's family say they are devastated as his phone case is found by search teams in the Dolomites.
  
  BBC News - Jan. 11
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  Hiker found 2 weeks after he got lost in a remote Australian mountain range

  Police say a hiker survived on two muesli bars, foraged berries and creek water for two weeks while lost on a remote Australian mountain range
  
  ABC News - Jan. 9
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  Missing Hiker Found Alive After 13 Days Lost in Kosciuszko National Park

  The 23-year-old hiker, Hadi Nazari, survived for almost two weeks on two granola bars he found in a hut and on water from rivers and creeks, the authorities said.
  
  The New York Times - Jan. 9
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  Body found in search for missing British hikers in Italy

  Aziz Ziriat, 36, and Samuel Harris, 35, from London, had not been heard from since 1 January.
  
  BBC News - Jan. 8

• Police say hiker lost 2 weeks in mountains found in "great condition"

  A hiker who got lost in Australia's Snowy Mountains has shocked police by surviving on a couple muesli bars and foraged berries.
  
  CBS News - Jan. 8
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  Hadi Nazari: hiker missing in Kosciuszko national park since Boxing Day found alive

  Hadi Nazari, 23, found after going missing two weeks ago, discovered two muesli bars at a hut while lost, police say. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking ...
  
  The Guardian - Jan. 8

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  Judge declines gag order request in Lively and Baldoni case, but warns both parties

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  ACLU sues University of Michigan over campus bans for pro-Palestinian protesters

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