The video shows quite a heart-stopping rescue, as the rescuer climbs down, tied to a line, and cuts the ice with a shovel in order to make some room to move, so that the Sherpa in distress can be lifted up.
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Nepali Sherpa rescues climber from Mt Everest ‘death zone’
A Nepali Sherpa saved a Malaysian climber who was incapacitated in Mount Everest’s death zone, where temperatures can get to as low as -30°C, a Nepalese government official stated.
Scaling Mt Garbage: A sad sight on Everest as the world marks 70th year of Hillary-Tenzing feat
The revolting pile of trash represents an uncontrolled number of climbers on Mt Everest, climbers who very often do not have the experience to scale an 8,000+ metre peak.
Decoding dark facts in the search for missing Singaporean-Indian climber Shrinivas Dattatraya
Singaporean-Indian climber Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya’s search and rescue (SAR) efforts are reportedly ongoing, the Change.org signature campaign launched in support has been withdrawn.
How did Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya, missing Indian-origin Everest climber from Singapore, “fall” during his descent?
Award-winning veteran mountaineer Anindya Mukherjee tells CtoI that the family of Shrinivas should demand to know from the expedition company how an Everest climber clipped to a fixed rope could have “fallen” during the descent.
Fear grows for missing Indian-origin Everest climber from Singapore; sitarist Anoushka Shankar joins plea for help
Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya has been missing for nearly 48 hours now. He is married to Carnatic vocals artiste Sushma Soma, which is why the music fraternity has extended support.
