Wisconsin native who survived days in Norwegian wilderness speaks out

NEW YORK -- Alec Luhn , a 38-year-old journalist who has worked for The Guardian, The New York Times and The Atlantic, is speaking out for the first time since his dramatic rescue in Norway.

"I was grateful to be alive, grateful that I was, you know, still in one piece," Luhn told "Good Morning America" from his hospital bed.

Luhn was badly injured in a fall and had to survive six days on a remote mountain. He said he was unable to move and had little food and no water while he waited for help.

The Wisconsin native, who lives in the U.K., was reported missing on Aug. 4 after failing to board a scheduled flight from Bergen, Norway, to England. He had set out alone on a four-day hike on July 31 from Odda, a gateway to Folgefonna National Park, home to Norway's third-largest glacier