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How a sherpa rescued a climber in Everest's ‘death zone’
Nepali guide Gelje Sherpa found a Malaysian climber shivering and clutching a rope in the area of Mount Everest called the "death zone", where temperatures can dip to -30C.
Speaking to Newshour on the Âé¶¹Éç World Service, he told James Coomarasamy about how he carried the climber down from 8,500m above sea level over the course of six hours.
(Photo shows a sherpa with a climber strapped to his back. Credit: Gelje Sherpa)
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