Dawa Sherpa, the Sherpa guide who survived seven days alone in Everest's death zone without food or bottled oxygen, is on the verge of being discharged from HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu after being moved out of the intensive care unit to a general ward, marking a remarkable recovery that has drawn renewed calls for accountability from Nepal's mountaineering community.
The Nepal National Mountain Guide Association (NNMGA) has commenced the second component of its IFMGA-accredited Aspirant Guide Course (AGC) 2025/26, marking another step in Nepal's effort to produce internationally certified mountain guiding professionals.
The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has called on the government to establish an independent investigation committee into the circumstances that left Sherpa guide Dawa Sherpa alone in Everest's death zone for seven days, while also visiting him at HAMS Hospital where he remains in the ICU in stable condition.