A missing Nepali guide was found alive on Mount Everest six days after he was last seen. A cleaning crew discovered 52-year-old Dawa Sherpa while closing up routes at the end of Everest’s climbing season.
A British climber said Sherpa had paused to rest during the descent, and although it was common to take rests, this time the guide didn’t catch back up. He was last seen on May 29 above Camp 3, at an altitude of roughly 24,000 feet, where oxygen is low. Search efforts were reportedly delayed, and helicopters failed to find him. When Sherpa was spotted days later, he was on Khumbu Icefall, crawling toward Base Camp (see how far he’d traveled, scroll for map). He was airlifted to a hospital with frostbite but was otherwise reportedly in good health.
This year’s climbing season was the busiest on record, with more than 1,000 climbers reaching the summit. Nepali guides typically earn around $5K per season; explore the commercialization of Mount Everest here(w/charts).
