Sherpa survives 6-day ordeal on Mount Everest, climbs 12 kilometers from 25,000 feet without food or oxygen

In what climbers call a miracle, a 52-year-old Sherpa guide who went missing while descending on May 29 and was thought to be dead on Mount Everest was found alive Thursday morning after six days near base camp.Dawa “Hilary” Sherpa – nicknamed for his mountaineering expertise – traversed the treacherous Khumbu Glacier in inclement weather and without food, water or supplemental oxygen, covering more than 12 kilometers from the Yellow Belt (25,000 feet) to Cape Krampong (17,000 feet), after the climbing season ended and ropes and ladders were removed from the route. When his family lost hope and were reciting prayers for his last rites, learning that Dawa had survived, they scoured the remaining tents for scraps of food, water and discarded bottled oxygen.Dawa was descending after summiting Everest at 5pm on May 28 with fellow climbers including British climber and former Royal Marine Chris Thrall and a Polish climber who was last seen near the yellow belt on May 29. Reports say the Polish climbers reached the base camp, but not Dawa. Sal even paid “tribute” to Dawa on social media, saying “RIP… Meroday.” Rest in peace my brother.In the 13-minute video posted on Instagram on Wednesday, Sal said, “Dawa sat down to rest with his backpack on his back. These people were carrying huge loads…” He added that he checked on Dawa before moving on. “I turned to him and said, ‘Hillary, bro, are you okay?’ and he said, ‘Yeah, yeah, I’m fine, Chris. Please go.'”Saar said that as he descended, he saw that a Polish climber in the group had “frostbite and was out of supplemental oxygen.” He said: “I come from the Royal Marines – we were taught never to leave anyone behind… I only had half a tank of oxygen left. Should I take the Polish climber with frostbite, or go back to find the Sherpa who might be back to normal like a hundred times before? “His version of events has not been independently confirmed.Saar, who said he shared oxygen with the Polish climber and descended with him, later reported Dawa missing after reaching the lower camp. After criticism online about why he had not returned to Dawa, Sal said he was tired of being called a “murderer” on social media. After Dawa was found alive, Sal said he was “happy and happy for him and his wonderful family.”The Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) clean-up team, which had been removing equipment from the route, spotted Dawa near Crampon Point and shot him down, before he was admitted to a Kathmandu hospital with frostbite and other complications. “He is in the intensive care unit but is out of danger,” said a doctor at HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu.When news of the rescue came, Dawa’s family had begun saying their final prayers, but the first call brought disbelief rather than relief. “We can’t be sure if that man is indeed our father,” said his daughter, Mhendo Lhamo Sherpa. “We asked for photos to be sent before we were sure and were very happy.” After meeting him at the hospital, Mhendo said: “He recognized me… He was nice and could talk. We were happy.” For climbers and guides, the most striking part is not only that Dawa survived for nearly six days without supplies, but also that he traversed active crevasses and broken terrain. Independent high altitude guide Nima Tenzing Sherpa tells us toy”, “After a full week in the death zone, two days in a deep crevice beneath Camp One? Surviving at that altitude on ice and a packet of biscuits is an incredible mental feat. Most people chose to accept the outcome, but Dawa chose to fight. He is a tiger in the mountains. “Some guides and climbers have raised questions about delays in the search for Dawa and rescue operations. Independent high-altitude porter Mingma C Sherpa told TOI that climbers often make “dangerous assumptions” about Sherpas because of their experience and achievements at high altitudes. “Foreign climbers think we are invincible – a dangerous mentality, but a common one. Elite tour guides trust this expertise when they tell clients to move on so they can rest. Sal made a textbook survival choice under cruel conditions. “Others accused the Kathmaddu-based agency that employed Dawa of “negligence and indifference”. Pasang Geljen Sherpa, logistics coordinator for the independent expedition, told TOI: “It is absolutely shameful that the Himalayan Crossing left him behind in the final push. This is the dark side of the business Everest – when time runs out, the business team disappears and the guide becomes disposable. Dawa saved himself; his agency didn’t give him a chance.“ Attempts were made to contact Himalayan Traverse via text messages and phone calls to request a response to the charges, but their phones remained switched off.

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Lincoln Hall (Australia) | 2006 | Abandoned at 8,600 meters after collapsing due to severe cerebral edema. The night was spent without a tent, sleeping bag or oxygen. The next morning, I was found conscious and calmly changing clothes on the edge of the cliff.Babu Chiri Sherpa (Nepal) | 1999 | Climbed the summit for 21 consecutive hours without supplementary oxygen, setting a human limit. Stay awake all night to prevent fatal drop in core body temperature, sing national anthem over radioBaker Weathers (USA) | 1996 | Blinded during a brutal snowstorm. Left for dead by two rescue teams. Awakening from a 15-hour hypothermic coma and blindly stumbling back to camp, he survived despite catastrophic frostbite that claimed his right hand, fingers and nose