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

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

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

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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.

In what climbers are calling a miracle, a 52-year-old Sherpa guide who was presumed dead in Mount Everest after he vanished during descent on May 29 was found alive after six days…

El alpinista sobrevivió durante casi una semana en la nieve y el hielo, hecho que fue calificado como un “milagro”.

The Nepali guide had been missing on the mountain for six days, and his family had begun preparing funeral rites. Then base camp workers saw something remarkable.

A Sherpa climbing guide who was believed to have died high on Mount Everest was found crawling back to Base Camp after spending almost a week on the mountain with no food or…

A Nepali Sherpa guide has been rescued from Everest after surviving about a week on the slopes of the world's highest mountain without food or oxygen in a rare case of survival…

It had been feared Dawa Sherpa had perished on the mountain, with his family in Nepal's capital Kathmandu beginning last rites before he was spotted by a clean-up team.

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

Discover the incredible story of Dawa Sherpa, who survived days without food on Mount Everest by chewing ice. A miraculous rescue after being stranded in t

Dawa Sherpa, 57, disappeared in brutal conditions on the upper slopes of the world’s tallest mountain on May 30 during one of the final climbs of the spring season.

Dawa Sherpa, 57, disappeared in brutal conditions on the upper slopes of the world’s tallest mountain on May 30 during one of the final climbs of the spring season.

De Nepalese berggids die dood werd gewaand maar toch bleek te leven, heeft kunnen overleven door stukjes chocola te eten en "op ijs te kauwen". De man kroop zes dagen lang terug…

De Nepalese berggids die dood werd gewaand maar toch bleek te leven, heeft kunnen overleven door stukjes chocola te eten en "op ijs te kauwen". De man kroop zes dagen lang terug…