Missing Sherpa guide found alive on Everest after funeral rites had begun A Nepali guide, Dawa Sherpa, who was missing for a week on Mount Everest and presumed dead, was found crawling towards base camp. His family had already begun funeral rites when he was located by a climbing support team. Despite frostbite, he is recovering and was flown to a hospital in Kathmandu.

• Dawa Sherpa, a Nepali guide on Mount Everest, was found alive after being missing for a week.
• His funeral rites had already commenced before his discovery.
• He was located by a climbing support team crawling near base camp, suffering from frostbite.
• A rescue helicopter transported him to a hospital in Kathmandu.
• His survival is being hailed as miraculous by the mountaineering community.
• This Everest season has seen more than 1,000 climbers, with five fatalities reported.