{"id":55627,"date":"2023-06-01T21:03:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T12:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/video\/2023\/jun\/01\/we-saved-his-life-nepali-sherpa-saves-climber-in-rare-rescue-near-everest-summit-video"},"modified":"2023-06-01T21:03:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T12:03:38","slug":"we-saved-his-life-nepali-sherpa-saves-climber-in-rare-rescue-near-everest-summit-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=55627","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We saved his life\u2019: Nepali sherpa saves climber in rare rescue near Everest summit \u2013 video"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Malaysian climber narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mount Everest<\/a> in a very rare high-altitude rescue, a government official has said. Gelje Sherpa, 30, was guiding a Chinese client to the 8,849-metre (29,032ft) Everest summit on 18 May when he saw the Malaysian climber clinging to a rope and shivering from extreme cold in the area known as the death zone, where temperatures can dip to -30C or lower. Gelje hauled the climber 600 metres down from the Balcony to the South Col over a period of about six hours, where Nima Tashi Sherpa, another guide, joined the rescue.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n