A Sherpa guide, presumed dead after failing to descend from Mount Everest, was found crawling down to base camp a week after he went missing.

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.

Dawa Sherpa, de 50 anos, desapareceu na madrugada de 30 de maio na montanha mais alta do mundo