Sherpa Found Alive After 6 Days Lost on Everest
Rescuers said he survived nearly a week without food or supplemental oxygen after becoming separated from his client on the descent.
- On Thursday, June 4, rescuers found Hillary Dawa Sherpa alive on Mount Everest after he went missing for a week. A rescue helicopter transported the Nepali guide to a hospital in Kathmandu.
- Members of the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee discovered Dawa crawling near the Khumbu Icefall on Thursday morning. The guide had been missing since May 30 while descending the mountain's upper reaches.
- Climber Chris Thrall, a former British Royal Marine who summited with Dawa, described the descent as extremely challenging. Thrall last saw the guide on May 30 at around 7,950m, just below the "death zone."
- Pemba Sherpa of 8K Expeditions, coordinating the search, said rescuers provided Dawa with food and water before the helicopter arrived. The team carried him to safety after discovering him near base camp.
- This rescue occurred as the busy climbing season on Mount Everest concluded, with crews dismantling the route. More than 1,000 climbers and guides scaled the 8,849m peak this May, marking the busiest season ever.
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No extra food, water or oxygen. After the "self-recovery", Dawa Sherpa was hospitalized and is receiving treatment for cold burns and trauma. Family had already "lost hope".
Everest Sherpa presumed dead found alive after 6 days; family demands probe into rescue delays
The family of a Nepali climber who dragged himself off Mount Everest six days after being abandoned called for an investigation into rescue efforts, as doctors said on Friday he is in a stable condition and recovering in hospital. Mountaineer Dawa Sherpa, 57, vanished in bitter conditions on the upper reaches of the world’s highest mountain early on May 30. His family thought he was dead and had even begun ritual mourning prayers. He was found c…
He was miraculously rescued, after spending six days alone, wounded, on Everest. A confirmed mountaineer, Dawa Sherpa now returns to the hospital, where he remains in a "stable" state.
A Sherpa climbing guide, who was believed to be dead atop Mount Everest, was found crawling back to base camp after spending nearly a week on the mountain without food or bottled oxygen.
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