Woman rescued on Mount Everest

A woman who became seriously ill in Mount Everest’s “death zone” safely reached base camp, mountaineering officials in Nepal said.

Uma Bista of Nepal was “barely coherent” and suffering from cerebral edema, or swelling of the brain, when she was found on Monday at about 8,300 metres (28,000 feet), below the summit, said veteran US climber Dave Hahn.