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Everest guide survived six-day ordeal by eating chocolate and 'chewing ice'
Dawa Sherpa was spotted alive by a cleaning crew as he slid slowly down the world's tallest mountain and spoke to the BBC from hospital.
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Dawa Sherpa was spotted alive by a cleaning crew as he slid slowly down the world's tallest mountain and spoke to the BBC from hospital.
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According to BBC News’s source item, Everest guide survived six-day ordeal by eating chocolate and ‘chewing ice’, Dawa Sherpa was spotted alive by a cleaning crew as he slid slowly down the world’s tallest mountain and spoke to the BBC from hospital.
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