Singaporean climber Sim Phei Sunn has become the first person from her country to summit both Gasherbrum II (8,035m) and Gasherbrum I (8,080m), according to Imagine Nepal Treks. She reached the summit of Gasherbrum II on July 21, followed by Gasherbrum I on August 1.
At least three bodies recovered from 5,700m on Broad Peak yesterday are now stuck at the height of 5,000m on the world’s 12th-highest mountain in Pakistan. Search and recovery teams said the bodies could only be brought down to a flat area through long-line helicopter mobilization.
A decade spent guiding climbers across some of the world's highest mountains came to a tragic end for veteran Nepali mountaineer Gyalu Sherpa, who was among the 10 expedition members killed when a massive avalanche swept the route between Camp II and Camp III on Pakistan's Broad Peak (8,047m) on July 30.
A promising career in high-altitude mountaineering was cut short when Nawang Thindu Sherpa, a guide with Seven Summit Treks, was among the 10 climbers killed in the July 30 avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak (8,047m).
As weather conditions further deteriorate in Pakistan’s Karakoram region, the recovery of climbers’ bodies including that of Nirmal Purja ‘Nimsdai’ from Broad Peak via long-line helicopter mobilization appears almost impossible on Tuesday as well.
The US Nepal Climbers Association (USNCA), a New York-based organisation, held a memorial and candle-lighting ceremony in tribute to mountaineers who lost their lives during the Broad Peak (8,047m) expedition in Pakistan, according to the association.
A candlelight vigil and memorial ceremony was held at Maitighar Mandala in Babarmahal on Tuesday evening to honour the 10 mountaineers who lost their lives in the devastating avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan on July 30.
Adverse weather and erratic rainfall throughout the day hampered renowned climber Mingma G and his team from resuming the ground recovery mission for the bodies of three climbers, including Nirmal Purja, ‘Nimsdai’, on Broad Peak on Tuesday.
Elite Exped on Wednesday confirmed that the bodies of its founder Nirmal "Nims" Purja and fellow climbers Zhong Wang, Nima Sherpa and Kili (Kilu) Pemba Sherpa have been successfully recovered from Pakistan's Broad Peak and brought to Base Camp after an exceptionally challenging recovery operation.
Nima Sherpa, a promising Nepali high-altitude mountaineer who rose from a humble farming family in Sankhuwasabha to scale some of the world's highest peaks, was among the 10 climbers killed in the devastating Broad Peak avalanche in Pakistan on July 30.