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The Sherpa is buried waist-deep in snow. His companions are pulling him out.
A Sherpa fell into a deep crevice while climbing Mount Everest. While going from Camp 1 to Camp 2, he accidentally got stuck in a narrow crevasse. He entered up to his waist in the snow. The condition became such that he could not even move. However, his companions saw him falling into the crevice, from which he was immediately rescued.
In this picture, the fellow Sherpa is seen removing the snow.
Sherpa can’t even move due to snow and cold
A video of this incident has also surfaced. Gessman Tamang shared the 14-second video on social media on 8 June. It is seen in the video that a Sherpa is trapped in the snow. He is not even able to move because of the snow and cold. A man is standing beside him.
According to the caption of the video, he is her partner. Who has come down with the help of a rope to save him. A tool is seen in the partner’s hand. He is constantly removing snow from it. However, the video does not show Sherpa being completely ejected.
This is the second such incident in a month. Earlier, a Sherpa from Nepal saved the life of a Malaysian climber who was trapped in the death zone of Mount Everest.
In the picture, Sherpa Gelja can be seen carrying the Malaysian climber on his back to the base camp. Meanwhile, he is also holding an oxygen cylinder in his hand.
Sherpa saved the climber’s life at an altitude of 8 thousand meters
A month ago, on May 18, a Sherpa saved the life of a climber at an altitude of 8,000 meters on Mount Everest. He had to be strapped to the back to carry him to the base camp. After this the Sherpas walked with him for about 6 hours.
The picture is of Sherpa Gelja, who rescued a Malaysian climber trapped at an altitude of 8,000 meters.
Abandoned his mission to save the climber
According to media reports, 36-year-old Gelja Sherpa was on a mission to guide Chinese climbers towards the summit of Everest. During this, he caught sight of a Malaysian mountaineer. Who was hanging from a rope in the terrible cold at an altitude of 8 thousand meters. Sherpa left the mission in the middle to save him.
Gelja Sherpa said that I postponed the decision to take the clients to Everest so that I could save the life of the trapped climber and bring him down. After this, with the help of a fellow Sherpa, Nagima Tashi, I tied the climber by wrapping him in a sleeping mat.
After this, by carrying on the back for 6 hours and dragging on the snow in between, brought to Camp-3 located at an altitude of 7,162 meters. From there the climber was airlifted by helicopter to the base camp.
The entire team of Chinese climbers returned to the base camp, leaving the mission to conquer Everest incomplete.
More than 8 thousand meters height on Everest i.e. Death Zone… Rescue impossible
The part located at an altitude of more than 8 thousand meters on Mount Everest is called Death Zone, where rescue work is very difficult. There is less oxygen in the atmosphere and it is very difficult to survive there without oxygen support.
Nepal’s Tourism Department official Bigyan Koirala says that rescue of any climber at such a height is impossible. This is a very rare operation. Gelja Sherpa says that saving someone’s life is a bigger task than worshiping in a temple.
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