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Sherpa missing for a week on Mount Everest with no food, oxygen is rescued while crawling to base camp
- A Sherpa guide, Dawa Sherpa, was found crawling down from near base camp on Everest after a week missing.
- He was carried to safety, given food and water, and flown by helicopter to HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu.
- The search team was coordinated by the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee as the climbing season neared its end.
- Dawa Sherpa is associated with Himalayan Traverse and guided a Polish climber at the time of disappearance.
- The Everest season saw more than 1,000 climbers and guides on the mountain before the rescue.
- The missing climber's family had begun funeral rituals as the rescue unfolded.
- The rescue occurred after helicopters were deployed but initial searches faced delays.
- The incident underscores ongoing risks for climbers during the Everest season ending.
- Dawa Sherpa, aged 52, hails from Okhaldhunga in southern Nepal.
- The rescue team was part of ongoing cleanup and safety efforts on Everest.
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