Published: June 4, 2026 โข 11:58 AM IST ยท Updated: June 5, 2026 โข 9:35 AM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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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.