A Nepali climbing guide, Hillary Dawa Sherpa (also referred to as Dawa Sherpa), is found alive after being missing on Mount Everest for about six days. Multiple outlets report that he went missing on the mountain’s upper slopes in late May, with his last confirmed sighting described as occurring around May 29 or early May 30 while he was descending and did not reach base camp with other climbers.
Reports say he is discovered near Everest Base Camp in the morning of the sixth day by the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC), a Nepali group that supports route-setting and also manages waste cleanup. After being located, he is described as having crawled down toward base camp. Several accounts add that he survives in extremely harsh conditions without food or oxygen and that he manages by eating ice.
Some outlets also note that concern about his death had grown, with at least one report stating that funeral rites had begun before his rescue. Officials cited in the coverage confirm he had been missing and later found alive.
