A climber is alive after a sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mount Everest in a “very rare” rescue.
MOUNT EVEREST - 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.
Gelje hauled the climber 600 meters down from the Balcony area to the South Col, over a period of about six hours, where Nima Tahi Sherpa, another guide, joined the rescue. A helicopter using a long line then lifted him from the 7,162-meter high Camp III down to base camp.
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