setting guides died in a disaster which klled a climbing legend
A tragic avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak has claimed the lives of several prominent Nepali climbers, including the renowned Nirmal Purja. The loss is being felt deeply across the global mountaineering community, which is mourning the death of these influential guides.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Kelly Ng , Singapore and Pradeep Bashyal , BBC Nepali, Kathmandu PA British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja, who led the Broad Peak expedition, was best known for speed climbing the "14 peaks" Altogether, they summited Mount Everest dozens of times and achieved numerous feats previously thought impossible - like climbing 8,000m peaks without supplemental oxygen and scaling K2, one of the world's most lethal mountains, in the dead of winter.
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