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Missing Everest guide feared dead crawls back to Base Camp after 6 days
Search crews found Hillary Dawa Sherpa crawling near Everest base camp, and doctors said he had some frostbite after six days missing.
- 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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