Top mountaineer Nirmal Purja confirmed dead after 11 hit by avalanche in Pakistan

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1. Sat, 1 August 2026

   1 report
   • The Guardian World13:41first to report
     Top mountaineer Nirmal Purja confirmed dead after 11 hit by avalanche in Pakistan

     Other members of expedition led by world-renowned climber on Broad Peak also died, climbing company says A world-renowned Nepali mountaineer and former UK Special Forces member has died after being among 11 climbers caught in a deadly avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak. Nirmal Purja was killed leading an expedition of 10 other people on the world’s 12th-highest mountain when an avalanche struck at around noon on Thursday. Continue reading...

2. Wed, 5 August 2026

   3 reports
   • news4jax.com10:42
     Search teams recover famed climber Purja's body and 3 others from Pakistan peak

     Officials say search teams backed by military helicopters have recovered the bodies of renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja and those of three other climbers from Broad Peak.

   • bssnews.net15:30
     Pakistan team reaches base camp with body of renowned climber killed in avalanche

     SKARDU, Pakistan, Aug 5, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - A search team has transported the bodies of renowned climber Nirmal Purja and

   • batonrougepost.com18:30
     Mortal remains of mountaineer Nirmal Purja, 3 others retrieved and brought to Base Camp, says Alpine Club of Pakistan
3. Thu, 6 August 2026

   1 report
   • edenmagnet.com.au10:03
     Pakistan flies bodies of climbers killed in avalanche

     Pakistan's military has airlifted the remains of renowned climber Nirmal Purja and four others who died when an...

     3 reprints

     • abcnews.com6 Aug, 09:35their copy
     • queanbeyanage.com.au6 Aug, 10:03their copy
     • perthnow.com.au6 Aug, 10:06their copy
4. Fri, 7 August 2026

   1 report
   • Al Jazeera English05:49
     Bodies of climbers killed in avalanche retrieved from Broad Peak

     A search team has retrieved the remains of renowned climber Nirmal Purja and several members of his team.

5. Sat, 8 August 2026

   4 reports
   • hot96.com04:43
     Bodies spotted at site where five climbers went missing last year

     By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Nepali rescue workers have spotted five bodies at a site where the same number of climbers ​went missing last year, officials said on ‌Saturday. Three foreign climbers — an Italian Canadian, an Italian and a...

     4 reprints

     • kelo.com8 Aug, 04:43their copy
     • whtc.com8 Aug, 04:43their copy
     • cyprus-mail.com8 Aug, 06:10their copy
     • asiaone.com8 Aug, 09:39their copy
   • openthemagazine.com06:03
     Nirmal Purja Climbed to Prove Nothing was Impossible. A Nation Ran to say Thank You

     Hundreds gathered in Kathmandu this weekend to honour Nirmal Purja and the Sherpas killed in the Broad Peak avalanche. Their tribute was more than a memorial. It was Nepal's farewell to a generation of climbers who changed how the world looked at its mountains and the people who conquered them

   • Tagesschau (Germany)14:38
     Himalaya: Fünf vermisste Bergsteiger tot in Nepal gefunden

     Neun Monate lagen die Leichen von fünf Bergsteigern am Yalung Ri in Nepal unter Schnee begraben. Nun wurden sie laut einem Bürgermeister vor Ort gefunden. Unter den Toten ist offenbar auch ein Deutscher.

   • tribuneindia.com19:36
     Nirmal “Nims” Purja, the climber without limits

     ON May 22, 2019, pre-dawn, somewhere on the icy shoulder of the world’s highest mountain, he must have overtaken me without either of us knowing it. I stood on the summit of Everest at 7.30 am, one climber among many, overwhelmed and grateful simply to have arrived, after 43 days of negotiations with the Sagarmatha. Two hours earlier, on that very same day, a Nepali climber named Nirmal “Nims” Purja stood on that same summit, then turned around and, in 10 hours and 15 minutes, stood on the...

6. Sun, 9 August 2026

   2 reports
   • tribune.com.pk12:24
     Jamal Syed sets ultra-running record

     Pakistani runner completes 275 km K2 base camp-Skardu route in 74 hours

   • Der Spiegel (Germany)18:04
     Nepal: Leichen von deutschem Bergsteiger und vier Vermissten geborgen

     Im November vergangenen Jahres kamen sie durch eine Lawine in Nepal ums Leben. Nun konnten die Leichen von fünf Bergsteigern, darunter ein Deutscher, vom Unglücksort geholt werden.

7. Mon, 10 August 2026

   4 reports
   • milwaukeesun.com06:45
     Five bodies of climbers found in Nepal mountain search

     Rescue teams in Nepal have found five bodies in a mountain area where five climbers went missing last year, officials said on August 8.

   • ABC (Spain)06:50edited after publishing
     El deshielo del monzón devuelve los cuerpos de los 5 alpinistas del Yalung Ri

     previouslyEl deshielo del monzón devuelve los cuerpos de los cinco alpinistas del Yalung Ri

     Durante nueve meses, la montaña se los quedó. Este domingo, un equipo de rescate logró por fin recuperar los cuerpos de cinco alpinistas desaparecidos desde noviembre en el Yalung Ri , una cima de 5.630 metros situada en el valle de Rolwaling, en el este de Nepal, junto a la frontera con el Tíbet. Los restos aparecieron en una ladera situada a unos 5.000 metros de altitud y fueron trasladados hasta Naa, la aldea más próxima a la montaña, a unos 4.200 metros. Se trata de tres montañeros...

   • Anadolu Agency (AA)14:33
     Bodies of 5 missing climbers found in Nepal after 9 months

     The climbers, 3 foreigners and 2 Nepalis, went missing last November

   • dailyexcelsior.com22:56
     Bodies of 3 Nepalese climbers who died in Broad Peak avalanche to arrive in Kathmandu on Tuesday

     KATHMANDU, Aug 10: The bodies of three Nepalese climbers, who were among the 10 killed in an avalanche in Broad Peak in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on July 30, will be brought to Kathmandu on August 12, Nepals foreign ministry said on...

8. Tue, 11 August 2026

   1 report
   • Al Jazeera English20:56
     Relatives mourn victims of Pakistan avalanche

     Relatives gathered to mourn the three Nepali mountaineers, Kili Pemba Sherpa, Gyalu Sherpa, and Nima Sherpa.

9. Mon, 17 August 2026

   1 report
   • Novinky (Czechia)08:20
     Vidíme boty v mačkách. Dron zřejmě našel těla tří horolezců, kteří zmizeli v Kyrgyzstánu

     Pátrací operace po třech horolezcích, kteří se začátkem srpna nevrátili z výstupu na kyrgyzský vrchol Kurumdy, má tragický vývoj. Záchranáři pomocí dronu zachytili v místě sesuvu sněhu a kamení objekty, které s vysokou pravděpodobností představují těla dvou Bělorusů a litevského občana. Nález zatím nebylo možné potvrdit přímo na místě, protože kvůli nebezpečnému terénu se záchranáři k oblasti nemohou dostat.

10. Fri, 21 August 2026

    1 report
    • yahoo.com10:15
      Remains found of American mountain climber who died in an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak

      Search teams on Friday found the remains of American climber Mallory Geis, the last missing member of a 10-member international mountaineering team that was killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak weeks ...

      2 reprints

      • clickorlando.com21 Aug, 10:15their copy
      • news4jax.com21 Aug, 10:15their copy
11. Wed, 26 August 2026

    1 report
    • geo.tv14:40
      Rescue team reaches suspected location of Pakistani climber Asma Mushtaq's body

      The team has searched the area for two hours.Recovery op remains active despite difficult conditions.Chopper support remains authorised for retrieval efforts.The rescue team searching for Pakistani climber Dr Asma Mushtaq's body...