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BROAD PEAK TRAGEDY: Nimsdai’s body reaches London; three more bodies arriving in Kathmandu on Tuesday
9 August 2026The mortal remains of four climbers are now in Islamabad, Pakistan, as authorities expedite the repatriation process to send them to their home countries.
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ClimbingUPDATE: Bodies of three foreigners, two Nepali climbers recovered from Yalung Ri peak
9 August 2026A 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.
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T3 SpecialNirmal ‘Nimsdai’ Purja: The climber who turned the impossible into a matter of months
7 August 2026Nirmal “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.
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ClimbingUpdate: Nine months on, Yalung Ri recovery faces another setback as bad weather grounds helicopters
7 August 2026A 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.
