Renowned record-holding climber Mingma G, who is now in the Karakoram region in Pakistan, posted that they are working on the retrieval of the bodies of climbers who perished in the avalanche on Broad Peak on Thursday.
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Search and rescue operations on Broad Peak (8,047m) resumed today after being suspended Friday due to severe weather and heavy snowfall, as efforts continue to locate mountaineer Nirmal "Nimsdai" Purja and several other climbers still missing following Thursday's avalanche.
Elite Exped on Saturday confirmed the death of renowned Nepali-born British mountaineer Nirmal "Nimsdai" Purja, ending days of uncertainty after a devastating avalanche struck Broad Peak (8,047m) in Pakistan's Karakoram.
Chances of finding climbers alive on Broad Peak are almost nil, as ground and aerial search teams have expedited search-and-rescue operations at the avalanche site.
Prime Minister Balendra Shah and Nepali Congress President Gagan Kumar Thapa have expressed deep sorrow over the deaths of world-renowned mountaineer Nirmal "Nimsdai" Purja and nine other climbers in the Broad Peak avalanche in Pakistan, as Elite Exped officially confirmed that there were no survivors from its expedition team.
A search and recovery team led by renowned Nepali climber Mingma G recovered four bodies of climbers, including Nirmal Purja ‘Nimsdai,’ from around 5,700m on Broad Peak this afternoon.
The remote but breathtaking Rolwaling Valley in Dolakha is mourning the loss of one of its finest sons. Kili Pemba Sherpa—affectionately known as "Kilu"—an elite Nepali mountaineer whose humility matched his extraordinary accomplishments, was among those killed in Thursday's devastating avalanche on Broad Peak (8,047m) in Pakistan.
Phur Galjen Sherpa of Imagine Nepal Treks has completed all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks with his summit of Gasherbrum I (8,080m) in Pakistan on August 1, according to Mingma G, Managing Director at Imagine Nepal.