Mount Everest climber recounts moment he lost guide during descent

Mount Everest climber recounts moment he lost guide during descentJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleToby MannWatch: 'Miracle' rescue after guide stranded on Everest for six daysA former British soldier has recounted the moment he became separated from his mountain guide as they were descending Mount Everest.Dawa Sherpa was found alive on Thursday, after six days in what's known as the "death zone". Climber Chris Thrall said that at first, it was impossible to believe Sherpa had survived against the odds.Thrall told BBC's Newshour: "It's kind of crazy one minute to be fighting back tears with his daughter, and then the next minute to see him crawling into town. It's absolutely amazing, beyond words".Thrall had last seen Dawa Sherpa sitting on his backpack to have a short rest as they made their way back towards base camp after arduous days of climbing. Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC)Dawa Sherpa (L), who was feared dead after going missing on Everest last week, has been foundThrall passed the guide, also known as Hillary Dawa Sherpa after famed mountaineer Edmund Hillary.He continued to descend alone for what he estimated to be about 50-100m before he came across another member of their group, a "Polish climber with no oxygen, battling fairly severe frostbite"."So immediately my attention turned to the weakest member of the trio. And that was that," he told Newshour."As I look back up the mountain, as I helped this guy descend, Hillary Dawa didn't appear to have moved, and certainly wasn't descending, because we would have seen his head torch."Dawa Sherpa was last seen above Camp 3, at around 7,500m.For the next six days there was no sign of him. His wife had started to offer last rite prayers for his soul, she told AFP.As hopes of his survival faded, Dawa Sherpa had slowly been making his way towards salvation, and on Thursday he was spotted by a cleaning...