Noted climber among 6 missing in Pakistan
India, Aug. 1 -- The bodies of four climbers were located by Pakistani search crews on Friday after at least 10 mountaineers went missing in a suspected avalanche on Broad Peak a day earlier, Pakistani sources said. Among those missing is Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja, 43, who set a record for the fastest ascent of the world's 14 highest mountains, a feat chronicled in the 2021 Netflix documentary "14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible." The climbers are believed to have been swept away by an avalanche on the 8,051-metre (26,414-foot) peak, the world's 12th-highest mountain, around midday on Thursday. Search and rescue operations were continuing on Friday, Sajid Hussain, deputy director of the tourism department in the Gilgit-Baltistan region. ...
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