Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNepali climbing guide Hillary Dawa Sherpa, 52, who went missing on Mount Everest a week ago, has been found alive after remarkably crawling almost all the way back to Base Camp. Dawa vanished from the upper reaches of the world's highest mountain, specifically between Camp III and Camp IV, an area known as the 'Death Zone', during the final hours of the 2026 climbing season. He was discovered by an organising team 'close to the base camp' with 'some frostbite' but otherwise in good health, having survived seven days without food, bottled oxygen, or a rescue team. The veteran climber, a husband and father, was rushed to hospital for treatment for frostbite and other complications, with his family expressing immense relief after having begun last rite prayers for his soul. A relative raised concerns about the employer's handling of the search and rescue mission, citing issues with the insurance company's response, despite Dawa's extraordinary solo descent. In fullMount Everest climber stranded for a week without food or oxygen rescued crawling back to Base Camp aloneThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days and was feared dead has been found alive after crawling back to Base Camp, officials told AFP on Thursday.

Hillary Dawa Sherpa was found alive by a Nepali team that helps set routes on the mountain.

Rescuers say a Sherpa guide was found alive a week after he went missing on Mount Everest

A Sherpa guide was found crawling to base camp on Mount Everest a week after he went missing.

KATHMANDU, June 4 — A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days and was believed dead has been found alive after crawling alone almost to Base Camp,...

A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days and was believed dead has been found alive after crawling alone almost to Base Camp, officials told AFP on…

Dawa Sherpa was last seen around May 29 descending the mountain, but while he did not reach base camp, his client did.

Sherpa Hillary Dawa war bereits von einem britischen Bergsteiger für tot erklärt worden. Doch der Nepalese schaffte es doch noch lebend vom Berg.

Dawa Sherpa was among the last climbers on the mountain as the climbing season came to an end and the route was dismantled.

A Sherpa guide missing on Mount Everest for nearly a week was found alive crawling toward base camp and reunited with his family, who had already begun funeral rituals believing…

A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days and was believed dead has been found alive after crawling alone almost to Base Camp.

A Sherpa guide was found crawling to base camp on Mount Everest a week after he went missing and was reunited with his family after they'd given up hope he would return.

Dawa Sherpa, 52, was returning with a European climber when he went missing between Camp III and Camp IV, on May 29. He returned alive on June 4. | India News

Seine Familie hatte die Hoffnung bereits aufgegeben. Der erfahrene Bergführer Dawa Sherpa war am Morgen des 30. Mai am Mount Everest verschwunden und für tot gehalten worden. Doch…

Dawa Sherpa, 52, was returning with a Polish climber after failing to reach the 8,849 meter (29,032 ft) summit, when he went missing between Camp III and Camp IV.

Nepali guide Hillary Dawa Sherpa went missing near the so-called ‘Death Zone’ where oxygen levels are too low to sustain human life for long

A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest six days ago has been found crawling down to base camp in what has been described as a miraculous self-rescue after fears…

Dawa Sherpa (52) was among the last climbers on the mountain this season

A Nepalese Sherpa miraculously survived for nearly a week after going missing on May 29

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNepali climbing guide Hillary Dawa Sherpa,…