Nepal’s mountain guides spend each spring leading international clients up Nepal’s highest mountains as guides or porters. When the monsoon comes around from June to September, some of them head towards Pakistan’s far north, home to some of the world’s highest peaks, including five eight-thousanders. International visitors to this rugged region are relatively few, but
Tributes are pouring out across Nepal after an avalanche killed all 10 members of an expedition on Pakistan’s Broad Peak, six of whom were Nepalese. Among them was Nirmal Purja, also known as Nims, a British-Nepali climber most known for climbing the world’s 14 tallest peaks in just over six months. His death has sent
Renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja is among 10 people killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan, his company has said. Elite Expeditions said it confirmed with “profound sadness and immense heartbreak” that Purja, 43, had died in Thursday’s avalanche. His brother Kamal later wrote: “We will miss you every single day”. Purja, who
