'I thought I would perish': Everest survivor recounts ordeal

Paramedics transport Dawa Sherpa, who was missing for several days in the Everest region, from the helipad at Hams Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 4, 2026. — Reuters

A Nepali mountaineer who survived nearly a week on Mount Everest said he "chewed ice" to stay alive, as he...