Sherpa Survival

Everest Sherpa Missing Week Rescued Crawling to Base Camp

A Sherpa guide, Dawa Sherpa, was miraculously found crawling to base camp on Mount Everest a week after he went missing. His family had already begun funeral rituals, having given up hope for his return. Dawa was located by a cleaning crew near the Khumbu Icefall and subsequently airlifted to a hospital in Kathmandu. His survival after being last seen descending the mountain at a significant altitude is being hailed as extraordinary within the mountaineering community.

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