Gelje Sherpa took six hours to haul the climber 600m down from the Balcony area to the South Col. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KATHMANDU - 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.
Mr Gelje hauled the climber 600m down from the Balcony area to the South Col, over a period of about six hours, where Mr Nima Tahi Sherpa, another guide, joined the rescue.
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