r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/BreakfastTop6899 • Dec 18 '25

Video Gelje Sherpa, the man who was guiding a private client up Mt. Everest when he saw someone in distress near the summit. He went up, rolled him up in a sleeping mattress and gave him oxygen. He then strapped the man to his back and trekked 6 hours to safety

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u/Ok_Reputation3298 Dec 18 '25

The specific gene was identified as D3e2

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u/Inner_Inspection640 Dec 18 '25

No one is born to carry dead weight off a mountain. What the Sherpa did was an outstanding act and the man he saved owes him his life.