It is an incredible rescue that takes place on Mount Everest on May 18th. A Sherpa discovers an exhausted mountaineer, carries him for over six hours and: Save his life.
Mount Everest – The mountaineer trembles when Gelje Sherpa finds him. The Sherpa is on a tour with his group to the summit of Mount Everst – only 500 meters lie between them and the top of the highest mountain in the world. They are in the so-called death zone, where temperatures of minus 30 degrees prevail and people without a breathing mask cannot survive for more than 48 hours because the air is so thin from an altitude of 7000 meters. Here Gelje Sherpa encounters the exhausted man, holding on to a rope with his hands.
Mount Everest – The highest mountain in the world
| Height | 8,849 m |
| Land | China and Nepal |
| First ascent | 29 May 1953 |
| Mountain range | Himalayas and Mahalangur Himal |
Mount Everest is the highest mountain on earth © Wirestock/Imago
Mount Everest: Sherpa carries mountaineers on his back
The Sherpa wraps the hypothermic man in a sleeping mat and sets off on his way back. "It was very difficult. We couldn't pull him on the stony spots, we had to carry him on our backs," Gelje Sherpa said in an interview. After six hours and 600 meters of altitude, he meets another Sherpa. Together they carry and pull the man from Malaysia down another 600 meters in altitude. Here, a helicopter is already waiting for the exhausted mountaineer.
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The man survived and was able to return to his homeland, according to information from the Ministry of Tourism. According to the authority, this is a rarity: "It is almost impossible to save climbers at this altitude," said Bigyan Koirala, spokesman for the Ministry of Tourism, according to alpin.de.
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While climbing Mount Everest is currently more popular than ever, it can also be dangerous: This season, at least 13 people have already had an accident on the world's highest mountain, according to ntv. Without the help of Gelje Sherpa, the Malaysian mountaineer would not have made it out of the death zone. For their ascents of Mount Everest, the Sherpas were honored in May.
