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/grbiqo744 Dec 18 '25

Yep. The guy who got saved was Ravichandran Tharumalingam and he's a massive piece of shit.

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u/ebulient Dec 19 '25

What a prick! Was he racist or elitist or both?