Nirmal Purja
New Delhi: Legendary mountaineer Nirmal 'Nimsdai' Purja was killed in an avalanche at Broad Peak, the 12th highest mountain in the world, an adventure company of the Nepali-origin climber said in a post on Instagram.
Purja and five other climbers had been missing since Friday after an avalanche struck them. "Today, it is with profound sadness and immense heartbreak that we confirm that Nirmal Purja, tragically lost his life following the avalanche on Broad Peak.
We have also received confirmation that other members of the expedition sadly did not survive," the company, Elite Exped, said in the post. Broad Peak is on the Karakoram mountain range, straddling the border between Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and Xinjiang, China - just a few kilometres from K2 in what is Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).