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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Gopal Sharma

Nepali sherpa saves Malaysian climber in rare Everest 'death zone' rescue

Ngima Tashi Sherpa walks as he carries a Malaysian climber while rescuing him from the death zone above camp four at Everest, Nepal, May 18, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a handout video. Gelje Sherpa/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT

(This May 31 story has been refiled to fix the temperature to -22F, instead of 88F, in paragraph 2)

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A Malaysian climber narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mount Everest in a "very rare" high altitude rescue, a government official said on Wednesday.

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