Missing guide found on Mount Everest after 'miracle' self-rescue

Missing guide found on Mount Everest after 'miracle' self-rescue34 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleKamal Pariyar,BBC Nepali, KathmanduandKoh Ewe,BBC NewsGetty ImagesDawa Sherpa vanished on Mount Everest last week and was feared to have diedA Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days has been found crawling down to base camp in what has been described as a miraculous self-rescue.Dawa Sherpa was assisting a Polish climber when he disappeared on 29 May above Camp 3, around 7,500m (24,600ft) above sea level. Hopes for his survival were slim as oxygen levels at that altitude are critically low.He was thought to be another fatality, until he was spotted alive by a cleaning crew on Thursday."This is a true self-rescue,'" said Pemba Sherpa, executive director of 8K Expeditions which was overseeing search efforts. "Dawa managed to survive against all odds for days. It's nothing short of a miracle."Five people have died so far in this year's climbing, three of them Nepalis who were involved in the Everest preparations, according to AFP News Agency.More than 1,000 reached the Everest summit this season, making it the busiest on record.An experienced climber, Dawa Sherpa is also known as Hillary Dawa Sherpa after famed mountaineer Edmund Hillary.Dawa Sherpa was "slowly sliding through" the Khumbu Icefall toward Base Camp when he was found, Pemba Sherpa said, adding he was in overall good health.Before he was found, his wife told AFP that she had offered last rite prayers for his sould.On Wednesday, Chris Thrall, a climber and former British Royal Marine, posted a tribute on Instagram for the climbing guide, thinking he had died on the mountain.Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC)Dawa Sherpa (L), who was feared dead after going missing on Everest last week, has been foundIn the video he recalled that Dawa Sherpa had "sat down for a rest with his backpack" as they de...