British backpacker Jamie Neale has been found alive and well in the NSW Blue Mountains after going missing for 12 days.
The English tourist was found in remote bushland by two hikers at about 11.30am this morning near the Narrow Neck fire trail, 15km from Katoomba.
A police spokesman told ninemsn that emergency crews were in the process to getting to him.
"He has been able to talk to police … given that he's been out there for such a long time, it's believed he's in very good condition," he said.
Detectives on Friday afternoon released a CCTV image of the 19-year-old, who was last seen leaving a youth hostel at Katoomba on the morning of July 3.
Worried members of Mr Neale's family from England, including his father Richard Cass and an uncle, had joined the search effort.
"He's very tolerant of cold and if anybody can survive this, he will," Mr Cass told reporters at the scene of the search yesterday.
Mr Neale is believed to be an experienced hiker.
Police had been searching for a Canadian man they say was the last person to see the backpacker before his disappearance.
Mr Neale had checked into a Katoomba youth hostel on July 2, and was last seen about 9.40am the next day.
He had told fellow guests he was intending to walk the popular track to the Ruined Castle rock formation and was last sighted prior to his disappearance on top of it.
Mr Neale told a married couple he met there that he intended to keep walking to Mt Solitary, a return trip of about 10 hours.
He had paid for a tour of Jenolan Caves on July 4, but never turned up, police said.
Personal belongings, including his mobile phone and personal papers, were found at the hostel.
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