Missing Sherpa guide found on Mount Everest after 'miracle' self-rescue

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Dawa Sherpa, a Sherpa guide missing for six days on Mount Everest, was discovered crawling toward Base Camp after what rescuers are calling a "miracle" self-rescue. Cleaners spotted him moving along the mountain at an altitude where survival is extraordinarily difficult, six days after he vanished higher up. Sherpa had apparently managed to descend thousands of feet alone through extreme conditions. The discovery came as search teams were preparing to scale the mountain in pursuit. His survival defied the odds in one of the world's deadliest climbing regions.