Sherpa guide missing for a week on Mount Everest rescued while crawling to base camp

Summary:

A Sherpa guide who had been missing on Mount Everest was found alive days later, crawling near base camp and then flown to a hospital. His family had already started funeral rituals, so the rescue came as a huge surprise and relief.

Key points:

• Dawa Sherpa was last seen on May 29 descending Everest and was found Thursday near the Khumbu Icefall/base camp area.
• A cleanup crew spotted him, and he was airlifted to HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu.
• His wife and teenage daughter had begun funeral rites before learning he was still alive.
• The Everest season had just ended, and more than 1,000 climbers and guides had scaled the mountain this year, one of the busiest seasons ever.

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