Everest Guide Found Alive After Funeral Rites Have Begun
TL;DR
Dawa Sherpa, a Nepali Everest guide who had been missing since May 29 and presumed dead, was found alive and crawling toward base camp a week later with frostbite but in good health; funeral rites had already begun for him when rescuers spotted him near the Khumbu icefall and evacuated him to a Kathmandu hospital. The Polish climber he was guiding was reported safe, and the episode underscores the extreme dangers of Everest’s death zone during a record-busy season, which has seen multiple fatalities.
- Missing Sherpa guide found alive on Everest after funeral rites had begun The Guardian
- Guide missing for a week on Mount Everest found crawling to base camp: "Nothing short of a miracle" CBS News
- Sherpa rescued after going missing on Everest with no food, oxygen Reuters
- Hillary Dawa Sherpa Survived Six Days Alone on Mount Everest After Being Left on the Peak Outside Magazine
- Sherpa missing for a week on Mount Everest with no food, oxygen is rescued while crawling to base camp NBC News
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