Helicopter rescue considered for 10 climbers uncontactable on Broad Peak
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A ten-member international climbing team led by Nirmal Purja, the Nepal-born former Royal Marine and record-breaking mountaineer, is feared missing after an avalanche on Broad Peak in northern Pakistan. The incident matters because the team has made no contact since the avalanche, prompting efforts to organise a weather-dependent helicopter rescue.
The avalanche struck around midday on Thursday on the 8,047m Broad Peak in the Karakoram range, the world’s 12th-highest mountain and a demanding expedition route. The group reportedly includes an American, a Chinese national, an Omani and five Nepalis; Purja is known for climbing all 14 mountains above 8,000m in just over six months in 2019.
- Nirmal Purja’s climbing team is feared missing after a Pakistan avalanche.
- No contact has been made since Thursday’s incident.
- A helicopter rescue is planned, subject to weather.
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Originally published by BBC World as “Nirmal Purja among 10 climbers feared missing after avalanche”.