A British mountain guide has been pulled alive from Everest's death zone after six days stranded above 8,000 metres, a rescue described by climbers as miraculous. The guide, who has not been named, was discovered by a Sherpa team on Wednesday morning, barely conscious and suffering from severe frostbite. The operation, launched after a faint radio signal was detected, took 14 hours to bring him to Camp 2.
'He was an hour from death,' said a doctor at base camp. The guide had been part of a commercial expedition that descended without him during a sudden storm. His family released a statement thanking the rescue teams.
Questions are being raised about the safety protocols of high-altitude expeditions and the pressure on guides to push beyond limits.
