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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh

Sherpa stranded on Everest for almost a week without food or oxygen survives by eating ice

A Nepali climbing guide who miraculously survived almost week stranded on the perilous slopes of Mount Everest says he sustained himself by “chewing ice”.

The 52-year-old guide, named Hillary Dawa Sherpa, was spotted crawling back to Base Camp on Thursday six days after he went missing.

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