Nirmal Purja Dies in Broad Peak Avalanche

Kathmandu. World-record holding Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja ‘Nimsdai’ has died in an avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak. Elite Exped, the expedition company founded by Purja, officially confirmed this heartbreaking news through a Facebook post on Saturday.

Purja and other members of his team also lost their lives in the devastating avalanche that occurred on Thursday on Broad Peak, which is 8,047 meters high. According to the company, Purja’s reliable climbing assistants and guides, Pur Bahadur Gurung (Yukta) and Nima Sherpa, also died in the same accident.