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Nepali Mountaineer Lost for Six Days on Everest Survived by Eating Ice
Nepali mountaineer Dawa Sherpa recounted surviving after being lost for six days on Everest by eating ice and snacks from his pocket. Sherpa's Katma...
57-year-old Nepali mountaineer Dawa Sherpa struggled for days against deadly cold, lack of oxygen, and hunger after getting lost on Mount Everest on May 30. Speaking from his hospital bed, Sherpa said he did not expect to survive.
Sherpa said, "I didn’t think I would survive. I thought I would die like that. I didn’t get lost. I was left behind when my oxygen ran out. After the oxygen was gone, I couldn’t walk."
His relatives had begun funeral preparations, believing Sherpa was dead. The mountaineer was trapped in the so-called "death zone," where oxygen levels on Everest drop to critical levels, and he fought for survival for days with almost no food or water.
Sherpa explained that he didn’t eat anything for the first two days, then started chewing ice. Although his teeth hurt, he continued to chew the hard ice.
He said a few chocolates and snacks he found in his pocket also helped him survive; he moistened them with water before eating. In his first statements after rescue, he also recounted falling into an ice crevasse but managing to get out on his own.
Known by the nickname "Hillary," Sherpa said that after standing up, he looked up and felt he could be saved. He then began searching for a rope, found one, and held onto it as he walked, eventually managing to descend.
The mountaineer said he tried to reach the main camp by walking day and night for days and encountered people about a week later. On the morning of June 4, he was found crawling toward the main camp by a Nepali team tasked with route clearing and collecting waste on Everest.
Sherpa said he met the team collecting waste at the camp, and they helped carry him down. It was later announced that the mountaineer, taken to the capital Kathmandu, was receiving treatment for frostbite, severe dehydration, and a fractured thigh bone.
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