Climbing

Community raises NPR 86 lakh for Hillary Dawa Sherpa — the cook-turned-guide who crawled off Everest alive

2026-07-05T13:44

When Hillary Dawa Sherpa was finally found crawling toward Everest Base Camp on the morning of June 4 — seven days after he was left alone in the death zone without food, bottled oxygen or any rescue effort from his own employer — his family had already begun performing his funeral rites. They had been told he would not return.