Avalanche in Pakistan kills famed mountaineer Nirmal Purja and his fellow climbers
An avalanche struck a mountaineering expedition on Broad Peak in northern Pakistan on 1 August 2026, killing all ten members of the climbing team. Among the dead was Nirmal "Nimsdai" Purja, a British-Nepali climber famed for becoming the first person to summit all 14 of the world's mountains above 8,000 metres in just six months…
- Avalanche on Broad Peak, Pakistan, killed all 10 climbers on the team
- Victims include famed climber Nirmal Purja and Mallory Geis
- Purja was first to climb all 14 peaks over 8,000m in 2019