Mountaineer Nirmal Purja killed in Pakistan avalanche, his company says
Elite Exped said the 10-member team was swept away at about 7,000 metres, and six bodies have been located.
- On Saturday, adventure company Elite Exped confirmed legendary mountaineer Nirmal Purja was killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak, the world's 12th-highest mountain, during an expedition on Thursday.
- The avalanche struck along Broad Peak's standard West Ridge route at approximately 21,600 to 21,850 feet, leaving Purja and five other climbers missing since Friday before confirmation of their deaths.
- Elite Exped identified the lost climbing partners as Pur Bahadur Gurung, known as Yukta, and Nima Sherpa, with the company confirming other expedition members also did not survive.
- Purja, a former British military specialist who served 16 years, climbed all 14 mountains above 8,000 metres in 189 days, an achievement featured in the Netflix documentary 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible.
- Tributes continue pouring in for the mountaineer who inspired millions through his courage and humility; Purja previously assisted Spencer Matthews in the documentary Finding Michael, recovering the body of Matthews' brother from Everest.
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Nirmal Purja chased one Alpine record after another, Netflix made him a star. Now he and nine colleagues died in an avalanche at Broad Peak. But not only the best marks of the Nepalese remain in memory.
The most famous of the world's active climbers, known by many to the record of conquering the 14 highest mountains in the world, Nirmal Purja died as a result of an avalanche rendezvous, which occurred on Mount Broad Pick at a height of 8047 metres (12th highest than the world's peak) in Pakistan, and was reported to his travel agency, Elite Exped, instagram.
Who was Nirmal Purja? Mountaineering legend dies after Broad Peak avalanche
From serving in Britain's elite Special Boat Service to redefining the limits of high-altitude climbing with his record-breaking "Project Possible" expedition, Nirmal 'Nimsdai' Purja became one of the most influential mountaineers of his generation before his life was cut short in a tragic Broad Peak avalanche.
Overwhelmed by an avalanche along with 9 companions of the Broad Peak expedition
Nirmal Purja, the renowned Nepalese mountaineer who broke records by conquering 14 peaks above 8,000 meters in less than seven months, has died along with his team after being killed in an avalanche on a mountain in Pakistan.
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