Nirmal Purja, 'inspirational' Nepali climber, among 10 killed in avalanche during Pakistan expedition

CBC News | Aug. 1, 2026, 12:50 p.m. | Original

Purja, 43, and nine others had been missing since Thursday after being struck by an avalanche on Broad Peak, the world's 12th-highest ​mountain, in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region.

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