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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hbl.fiDawa Sherpa was presumed dead on Mount Everest when he suddenly appeared near base camp. Now the Sherpa tells how he managed to crawl down without oxygen
Dawa Sherpa, who was presumed dead on Mount Everest when he suddenly appeared near base camp, now tells how he managed to crawl down the world's highest mountain without oxygen.
A Nepalese Sherpa who went missing on Mount Everest has crawled back to base camp on his own after six days of being lost. He said he survived on a few chocolate bars in his pocket and by "chewing" ice.
A Sherpa guide opened up about his six-day survival on Mount Everest, surviving by chewing on ice and eating a few pieces of chocolate left in his pocket before being rescued.
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".
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