Nirmal Purja and Nine Climbers Missing After Broad Peak Avalanche

Rescue helicopters remain grounded by weather as searchers wait for a window to reach the 8,047-meter summit zone.

If you follow high-altitude mountaineering, the name Nirmal Purja carries a weight that makes this silence heavier than usual. Ten climbers led by the record-setting Nepali alpinist are feared missing after an avalanche swept across Broad Peak in Pakistan on Thursday, and rescue teams cannot yet reach them because storm conditions have grounded all helicopter flights [1]. The gap between the disaster and the first possible response is measured entirely in weather, leaving families and the climbing community to wait for skies to clear over one of the most formidable faces in the Karakoram range.

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