Rescue in the high Himalayas is a very tough and demanding endevour. Mountain climbing or mountain expeditions are extreme adventure activities. Thus it is inevitable that there is bound to be fatalities among the enthusiasts or for people like us who guide them hand-in-hand to the summit. I am Dawa Ongju Sherpa, a mountaineer. I work with my company Himalayan Global Expedition Pvt. Ltd.  (www.himalayanglobal.com). Since 2004, I have joined various high altitude rescue missions. Over the years, I have participated in approx. 15 rescue missions, out of which six were rescues of dead mountaineers. Most of these rescues were carried out over 8,000m, while two of them were undertaken between 7,000m – 8,000m altitude. What high altitude rescues mean to us. Being a Sherpa, and since these high Himalayas…