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"After over a week in the wilderness, our subject has been located alive during today's search from the air," Quesnel
Search & Rescue, an area volunteer search and rescue group
posted on Facebook.
"This outcome is the result of countless hours on the ground
and in the air, using every resource and piece of technology
available to us."
An image shared by the rescue group shows the shelter Mr
Barber built for himself out of sticks and mud. It was propped
up against the rock where he used dirt to write "help".
He was taken to hospital for treatment and has since been released.
Mr McKinnon told the Canadian Press news agency that Mr
Barber "munched on whatever he could find" while he was in
the woods.
"He was literally slurping unclean pond water to stay hydrated," he said. "The human body can go a long time without
food, but water is a different situation."
Bob Zimmerman, president of Quesnel Search and Rescue,
told CBC News that he wasn't sure Mr Barber "would have
made it another 24 hours without us recovering him".
Isaiah 33:16
He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of
rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
