A Sherpa guide, Dawa Sherpa, who was reported missing on Mount Everest about a week ago, is found alive crawling toward base camp. Multiple outlets report he is discovered on the mountain’s slopes by a group involved in operations near base camp, including a cleaning crew, and that rescuers then coordinate his recovery. The accounts describe him as severely weak but able to move, with some reports citing that he survived for nearly a week without food, water or supplemental oxygen in the “death zone.” Several sources say his family had already stopped waiting and had begun funeral or other last rites, believing he had died. After he is brought in, he is reunited with his family, who had given up hope. The reports consistently describe the discovery as unexpected and characterize the rescue as extraordinary, while also noting that rescuers confirm he is alive and recovered near base camp. The timing of the finding—roughly seven days after he went missing—is a central point across the coverage.