Overview
- A large avalanche struck a multinational expedition on Broad Peak on Thursday, July 30, cutting communications and sweeping ten climbers down the route between Camp 2 and Camp 3.
- Rescue teams initially located multiple bodies and then, during a resumed operation, recovered Nirmal Purja's body at roughly 5,700 meters as crews worked through difficult weather and high winds.
- Elite Expeditions and the Alpine Club of Pakistan confirmed that all ten members of the party died in the avalanche and that recovery operations have moved into identification and repatriation.
- Purja was a globally known climber who completed the 14 eight‑thousanders in record time and had been pursuing a rare repeat of those peaks without supplemental oxygen, making his death a major loss for the mountaineering community.
- Authorities and organizers will continue formal identification, repatriation and an inquiry into the sequence of events, and the incident has prompted widespread condolences and renewed discussion of safety and rescue limits at extreme altitude.