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.

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

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

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

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,…

Een Nepalese bergbeklimmer van wie werd aangenomen dat hij was overleden op de Mount Everest, is na zes dagen toch weer opgedoken. Dawa Sherpa was in zijn eentje vrijwel helemaal…

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…

Dawa Sherpa, 52, vanished on May 29 as he made his way down Mount Everest - his family were midway through his funeral service when they heard he had been rescued

A Mount Everest sherpa, who had been missing for six days, was found alive.

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

The Nepali guide crawled back to base camp after surviving on the world’s tallest mountain with little food and no oxygen.

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…