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Missing Sherpa guide found alive on Everest after funeral rites had begun
Climbing support team rescue Hillary Dawa Sherpa almost a week on from when he was last seen
TL;DR
- Dawa Sherpa, a Nepali guide on Mount Everest, was found alive after being missing for a week.
- His funeral rites had already commenced before his discovery.
- He was located by a climbing support team crawling near base camp, suffering from frostbite.
- A rescue helicopter transported him to a hospital in Kathmandu.
- His survival is being hailed as miraculous by the mountaineering community.
- This Everest season has seen more than 1,000 climbers, with five fatalities reported.