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Sami Quadri

Sherpa says rescuing climber from Mount Everest ‘death zone’ was ‘hardest ever’

A Nepali sherpa carried a stricken stranger for six hours 1,900ft down Mount Everest after finding the man dangling in the “death zone”.

Gelje Sherpa, 30, was taking a client to the 29,032ft summit – the highest in the world – when he saw the Malaysian clinging to a rope and shivering in the freezing air.

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