Trapped on Everest for days, Nepali survivor recounts escape (opens in new tab)

Sherpa himself had nearly given up hope of rescue, until an avalanche thundered into the eight-metre (25-feet) deep ice crack, filling it with snow and creating a route to freedom. "I am very happy to be back, I thought I would die there," Sherpa, 57, told AFP, giving his first full account of his dramatic self-rescue, as he recovers in an apartment in Kathmandu with his family. He had clawed his way out of the crevasse and crawled down the world's highest mountain with his frostbitten finger...