Sherpa Guide Dawa Found After Eight Days Missing on Mount Everest

Dawa Sherpa, a guide who went missing on Mount Everest, was found on the seventh day and has been rescued and brought to Kathmandu for medical treatment. He is currently admitted to the ICU of a private hospital. The team that had gone to clean the mountain spotted him on Thursday morning in the Khumbu Icefall area and immediately carried him toward Gorakshep, said Chhiring Sherpa, Chief Executive of the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC).

According to him, when found, Dawa Sherpa “was unable to speak” and both his hands were frostbitten. He was later flown to Kathmandu by helicopter. Dawa Sherpa is from Okhaldhunga. “This was a kind of ‘self-rescue.’ Dawa managed to keep himself alive for so many days. It is truly like a miracle,” said Pema Sherpa, Executive Director of ATK (8K) Expeditions, who was involved in the rescue.