Sherpa guide missing for a week on Mount Everest rescued while crawling to base camp

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• Rescuers say a Sherpa guide was found alive a week after he went missing on Mount Everest Sherpa guide missing for a week on Mount Everest rescued while crawling to base camp Medics take Dawa Sherpa, a mountain guide who had been missing for several days in the Everest region, for treatment after he arrived at Grande Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A Sherpa guide was found alive on Mount Everest a week after he went missing and a helicopter was flying him to a hospital Thursday, rescuers said.
• Dawa Sherpa was last seen around May 29 descending the mountain, but he did not make it to base camp even though his client did.
• The pair were among the last climbers on the mountain as the climbing season came to an end and the route was dismantled.
• Dawa was located by...