# Nirmal Purja among ten climbers killed in Pakistan avalanche

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/famed-mountaineer-nirmal-purja-43-among-10-climbers-killed-after-avalanche-in-pakistan/
- Published: 2026-08-02T04:02:24+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-02T10:12:16+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/world/famed-mountaineer-nirmal-purja-43-among-10-climbers-killed-avalanche-pakistan
- Topics: Asia, World

## Key points

- Nirmal Purja, star of Netflix's "14 Peaks", died in Broad Peak avalanche
- Ten climbers confirmed dead in Pakistan on Saturday
- Separate California avalanche killed eight skiers around the same time

## Summary

Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja, 43, was confirmed among ten climbers killed after an avalanche struck Broad Peak, the world's twelfth-highest mountain, in Pakistan. Purja became widely known as the subject of the 2021 Netflix documentary "14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible", which chronicled his record-breaking ascent of all fourteen of the world's 8,000-metre peaks in under seven months, and his death represents a significant loss for the international mountaineering community.

The avalanche struck the 26,414-foot peak on Thursday, with the deaths of Purja and nine fellow climbers confirmed by Saturday. The tragedy occurred during a particularly deadly period for mountaineers worldwide, coinciding with a separate fatal avalanche near Castle Peak in California, where eight skiers were confirmed dead and one remained missing.

## Coverage

- [Fox News: Nirmal Purja among ten climbers killed in Pakistan avalanche](https://www.foxnews.com/world/famed-mountaineer-nirmal-purja-43-among-10-climbers-killed-avalanche-pakistan)
- [HuffPost: All 10 Climbers Swept Away In Avalanche In Pakistan Are Confirmed Dead](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pakistan-mountaineers-avalanche_n_6a6e56c5e4b09c1d814b4412)

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