Mountaineer Nirmal Purja’s body among five recovered in horror Broad Peak avalanche tragedy

The body of renowned Nirmal Purja was found on Sunday, three days after he and his team were swept away in a horror avalanche on Broad Peak, the mountain located in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s Gilgit-Baltistan. Purja’s body was found at an altitude of around 5,700 metres, the Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) said.

It added that five of the 10 bodies have been recovered from the horror avalanche tragedy, while efforts to find the other five are underway. “The ground rescue team has reached Nirmal Purja ‘Nims Dai’ at approximately 5,700m on Broad Peak, where three additional bodies have also been sighted, though their identities remain unconfirmed,” the ACP said. 

The bodies will be brought down to the Japanese camp, while the recovery efforts continue despite the difficult conditions in the mountains, it added. Meanwhile, the ACP further stated that the helicopters can’t be deployed as due to the terrain of the mountans and the risk of avalanches.

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