Pur Bahadur Gurung, widely known in Nepal's mountaineering circles as "Yukta," was among the climbers who lost their lives when a massive avalanche struck the Broad Peak (8,047m) expedition in Pakistan on July 30, 2026.
Hundreds of mountaineers, family members, friends and well-wishers gathered in Kathmandu on Thursday to pay their final respects to veteran Nepali mountain guide Pur Bahadur "Yukta" Gurung, whose body was brought home from Pakistan a week after he was killed in the deadly Broad Peak avalanche.
A search team has spotted a few mortal remains on Yalung Ri peak in Dolakha’s Rolwaling region, where at least seven climbers perished in an avalanche nine months ago.
Here is a brief profile of renowned climbers who put their lives at risk while retrieving the bodies of climbers from the treacherous slopes of Broad Peak on August 5.
A helicopter is set to fly to Yalung Ri peak in the Rolwaling Valley in a couple of hours today to collect mortal remains from the area where a massive avalanche struck a team of international climbers last year.
Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja, the Nepal-born mountaineer who compressed the challenge of climbing all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks from years into months and helped place Nepali climbers at the centre of global mountaineering, died in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan on July 30. He was 43.
A recovery team led by Phurba Tenjing Sherpa, Managing Director of Dreamers Destination Treks, reached Lamabagar in Dolakha with two helicopters on Friday morning, but adverse weather prevented the aircraft from flying onward to Yalung Ri base camp to recover mortal remains spotted at the avalanche site.
A recovery team led by renowned climber Phurba Tenzing Sherpa today successfully retrieved five bodies of climbers who went missing in an avalanche on Yalung Ri peak nine months ago.
The mortal remains of four climbers are now in Islamabad, Pakistan, as authorities expedite the repatriation process to send them to their home countries.
The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Nepal have begun discussions on establishing a Russian Corner at the International Mountain Museum (IMM) in Pokhara as part of efforts to strengthen cultural and mountaineering cooperation between the two countries.