A few chocolates found in his pocket and an avalanche may have been what saved Dawa Sherpa from almost certain death on Mount Everest.

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

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