Everest guide survived six-day ordeal by eating chocolate and 'chewing ice'

What we know about everest

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

What shifts

For those following everest, guide, survived, six, day, this report from BBC introduces a variable that could shift existing calculations.

The wider picture

Looking back, BBC and others have reported on the conditions that made everest guide survived six-day ordeal by eating chocolate and 'chewing ice' possible.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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The editorial line

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of everest, guide, survived, six, day: 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.