KATHMANDU, Nepal – A Malaysian mountaineer narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below Mount Everest’s summit in a “very rare” high-altitude rescue, according to a government official on Wednesday.
On May 18, Gelje Sherpa, 30, was guiding a Chinese client to the summit of Everest, 8,849 meters (29,032 feet), when he noticed the Malaysian climber clinging to a rope and shivering from