{"id":52123,"date":"2026-07-31T07:26:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T01:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=52123"},"modified":"2026-07-31T07:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T01:41:04","slug":"nirmal-purja-among-10-climbers-feared-missing-after-avalanche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/nirmal-purja-among-10-climbers-feared-missing-after-avalanche\/","title":{"rendered":"Nirmal Purja among 10 climbers feared missing after avalanche"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>BBC :<\/strong> A ten-member international mountaineering team led by renowned Nepal-born former Royal Marine Nirmal Purja is feared missing after an avalanche on Pakistan&#8217;s Broad Peak, one of the world&#8217;s highest mountains.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistani mountaineering officials say the avalanche hit at around midday on Thursday on the 8,047-metre (26,400 ft) peak in the Karakoram range. There has been no subsequent communication with the team.<\/p>\n<p>An American, a Chinese national, an Omani and five Nepalis are said to be part of the climbing group.<\/p>\n<p>Purja, the expedition leader, is known for climbing all 14 of the world&#8217;s 8,000-metre plus mountains in just over six months in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are coordinating with the authorities and trying to arrange a helicopter rescue on Friday morning Pakistani time depending on weather condition,&#8221; Karrar Haidri, the vice-president of the Alpine Club of Pakistan told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Broad Peak is regarded as one of the more challenging mountains for expeditions, and is ranked as the world&#8217;s 12th highest peak.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate statement, the Alpine Club of Pakistan said it had been &#8220;in constant contact&#8221; with the authorities to ensure that &#8220;all available resources are mobilised at the earliest opportunity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Club prays for the safety and successful rescue of all the climbers and stands in solidarity with their families and the international mountaineering community during this difficult time,&#8221; it added.<br \/>\nPurja joined the British Army in 2003 and became a Royal Marine in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>His climbing career began when he walked to Everest base camp in 2012 and, instead of returning as planned, decided to climb the entire mountain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC : A ten-member international mountaineering team led by renowned Nepal-born former Royal Marine Nirmal Purja is feared missing after an avalanche on Pakistan&#8217;s Broad Peak, one of the world&#8217;s highest mountains. Pakistani mountaineering officials say the avalanche hit at around midday on Thursday on the 8,047-metre (26,400 ft) peak in the Karakoram range. There [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52123"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52126,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52123\/revisions\/52126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}