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.
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.
A courageous rescue team, led by renowned Nepali mountaineer Mingma G, has successfully recovered the bodies of three climbers, including Nirmal ‘Nimsdai’ Purja, who had been stranded at 5,000 meters on Broad Peak following a massive avalanche a week ago.
Renowned Nepali climber Mingma G, who led the daunting mission to recover bodies from Broad Peak, said that all five bodies of the climbers, including Nirmal Purja ‘Nimsdai’, were airlifted to Skardu from the base camp on Thursday morning.
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.
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.
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 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.