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Mount Everest: Missing Sherpa found alive after 6 days
Key takeaways
- A Nepalese Sherpa miraculously survived for nearly a week after going missing on May 29.
- While some of the circumstances of his disappearance are unclear, hiking officials said he managed to survive without food or oxygen in extremely dangerous conditions.
- Dawa Sherpa, also known as Hillary Dawa, is a man in his fifties who was last seen near Camp III on May 29.
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A Nepalese Sherpa miraculously survived for nearly a week after going missing on May 29. The missing man was found near Everest base camp.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Eqa QParamedics work to transport Dawa Sherpa by helicopter to hospital in Kathmandu Image: Navesh Chitrakar/REUTERSAdvertisement In a remarkable tale of survival, a Sherpa guide in Nepal was found alive on Mount Everest on Thursday, after being missing for nearly a week.
While some of the circumstances of his disappearance are unclear, hiking officials said he managed to survive without food or oxygen in extremely dangerous conditions.
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