"At 2 or 3 in the afternoon, the owner said 'I'm going to lock up the house, everyone has to leave. I know the way up here. It was dangerous because it was 5,400 metres, not a lot of oxygen. He said I will show you the safe way but only if you give me 1,000 rupees (£6.30) each. I know the way out and I'll take everyone", Mr Edan told the Telegraph in a Kathmandu hospital today where he is being treated for extreme frostbite.