Mendo Lhamu Sherpa

Dawa Sherpa, a 52-year-old Sherpa guide, was found alive after being missing for nearly a week on Mount Everest. He was discovered crawling toward base camp through the Khumbu Icefall, surviving without food, water, or oxygen. His family had begun funeral rituals before learning of his rescue, and he is being treated for frostbite in Kathmandu.

A Sherpa guide missing for a week on Mount Everest was rescued while crawling to base camp and reunited with his family, who had begun funeral rituals. Dawa Sherpa, found by a cleaning crew near the Khumbu Icefall, was flown to Kathmandu after a delayed search effort.