Sherpa guide missing on Everest found alive after six days

A Sherpa guide, Dawa Sherpa, who had been missing for six days on Mount Everest, has been found alive in the Khumbu Icefall. Expedition officials reported that Sherpa was discovered sliding and crawling through the snow, an incident described as astonishing.

Sherpa suffered frostbite on his fingers and is being flown to Kathmandu for medical treatment. A helicopter from Altitude Air conducted the search and rescue operation in the Everest region, covering areas from Base Camp up to below Camp III.

The rescue team is working to transport Sherpa to Base Camp before airlifting him to Kathmandu. He had been assisting a Polish climber and went missing on May 29 while descending from near Camp III. This season has already seen seven climbers and guides die in the Everest and Makalu regions, underscoring the inherent risks of high-altitude mountaineering.

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He was found in a condition where he was slowly sliding down through the icefall. It is in itself an astonishing incident.