A guide on Mount Everest, 57 year old Hillary Dawa Sherpa, was separated from the British climber he had been hired to guide, ran out of oxygen, fell into a crevasse, was trapped in the crevasse for 2 and a half days before freeing himself and walking/crawling back towards base camp. He was alone on the mountain for 6 days.
Yes! Just to clarify, he was found alive and most reports state he was only treated for frostbite on his hands and a fracture. He survived on chocolate and chunks of ice for almost a week while descending Everest alone and injured.
Correction: Dawa Sherpa was the guide to a Polish climber, the British climber was another client of the company that Dawa Sherpa worked for. The Polish climber had frostbite and had run out of oxygen and the British climber descended with him. He claims he was not aware the guide was also in distress.
