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 said on Thursday.The experienced Hillary Dawa Sherpa vanished on the upper reaches of the world’s highest mountain early on May 30.He was found on Thursday morning close to Base Camp by the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC), a Nepali team that helps set routes on Everest and clean up waste left behind.“He was crawling down,” Pemba Sherpa of 8K Expeditions, which was overseeing search and rescue efforts, said.“A helicopter has been sent to bring him to a hospital in Kathmandu.”Climber Chris Thrall, a former British Royal Marine, said he successfully summited the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) peak with Sherpa around 5pm on May 29.
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Missing Mount Everest guide feared dead crawls back to Base Camp after 6 days
A Nepali climbing guide, Hillary Dawa Sherpa, who went missing on Mount Everest on May 30, has been found alive. Officials stated he was discovered on Thursday morning near Base Camp by the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) after being missing for six days.
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A Nepali climbing guide, Hillary Dawa Sherpa, who went missing on Mount Everest on May 30, has been found alive. Officials stated he was discovered on Thursday morning near Base Camp by the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) after being missing for six days. He was reportedly crawling down. Sherpa had been overseeing search and rescue efforts with 8K Expeditions. A helicopter has been dispatched to transport him to a hospital in Kathmandu. He had successfully summited the mountain with climber Chris Thrall on May 29.
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Climber Chris Thrall summited Everest with Sherpa around 5pm on May 29.
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A helicopter was sent to take him to a hospital in Kathmandu.
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He was found crawling near Base Camp by the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC).
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The guide, Hillary Dawa Sherpa, vanished on May 30 on the upper reaches of Mount Everest.
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A Nepali climbing guide missing on Mount Everest for six days has been found alive.
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