Progress for Everest Climber Who Crawled to Safety
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Key Points:
- Veteran Sherpa guide Dawa Sherpa, 57, survived nearly a week on Mount Everest after running out of oxygen and falling into a crevasse, enduring frostbite, severe dehydration, and a broken thigh bone.
- He was found crawling toward Base Camp and airlifted to Kathmandu, where he has since been moved out of intensive care to a regular ward, able to speak and eat.
- Dawa survived on minimal food, including chocolates, snacks, and ice, which he painfully chewed during his ordeal.
- His survival is being hailed as remarkable but has also sparked anger, with the Everest Summiteers Association president calling the incident "negligence" and demanding a formal inquiry, supported by the Nepal Mountaineering Association.