On a Thursday midday in the Karakoram, an avalanche swallowed all contact with ten climbers on Broad Peak, among them Nirmal Purja — the Nepali mountaineer who once compressed decades of human ambition into six months by summiting all fourteen of the world's highest peaks. The mountain, as it has always done, made no distinction between the legendary and the unknown. Now, at 8,047 metres, silence has replaced signal, and the world waits on weather to determine whether rescue is still a question worth asking.
Renowned climber Nirmal Purja feared missing in Broad Peak avalanche
Ten climbers from multiple nationalities (Pakistan, Oman, China, USA) are feared missing and presumed at risk following the avalanche on Broad Peak.