Breaking · Records & People
A Thursday avalanche near Camp 3 on the world's 12th-highest mountain has killed at least three of ten climbers; record-setting Nepali mountaineer…
By Dawa Sherpa · Jul 31, 2026
A team of ten climbers was hit by an avalanche near Camp 3 on Pakistan's Broad Peak on Thursday, 30 July. By Friday, rescue teams had recovered four bodies and formally identified three of them. Record-setting Nepali mountaineer Nirmal 'Nimsdai' Purja is…
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Purja became a household name in 2019 after climbing all 14 of the world's 8,000m peaks in six months and six days — a project he began, notably, after a 2012 Everest Base Camp trek turned into an unplanned summit push. His speed record, and the Netflix…
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