American climber's remains found after avalanche in Pakistan, other mountaineers still missing

close Video Sherpa rescued after going missing for a week on Mount Everest A Sherpa guide who vanished on Mount Everest was found alive and crawling toward base camp nearly a week later. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Hören Sie sich diesen Artikel an 2 Min The remains of an American mountain climber who got caught in an avalanche in Pakistan were found on Friday, according to Pakistani officials. Sarah Mallory Geis was climbing Broad Peak in Pakistan's Karakoram mountain range with an international group of at least 10 people when they went missing on Thursday. A rescue team also found the remains of Nadhira Ahmed Abdullah Al Harthy of Oman and Pur Bahadur Gurung of Nepal on Friday. NURSE IMPALED BY POLE DURING HIKE FORCED TO TREK 10 MILES FOR HELP: 'A FREAK THING' Members of a mountaineers rescue team prepare to depart from an airbase on a search operation for climbers missing after an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, in northern Pakistan, on Friday. (Pakistan" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="175240" data-entity-type="organization">Alpine Club of Pakistan via AP) There were signs of several more bodies where the rescue team was searching, drone footage showed, according to local officials. At 26,414 feet, Broad Peak is the twelfth-tallest mountain in the world. MISSING GRAND CANYON HIKER, 83, RESCUED AFTER GETTING SEPARATED FROM COMPANION "We hope to continue our operations, both aerial search and the ​ ground rescue, till the time we find the survivors or the dead bodies," Irfan Arshad, president of the Pakistan" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="175240" data-entity-type="organization">Alpine Club of Pakistan, said Friday. The rescue operation was temporarily halted Friday night due to weather conditions. Renowned mountaineer Nirmal Purja is among the missing. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) Sajid Hussain, deputy director ​ of the tourism department in Gilgit-Baltistan, called the rescue area "remote and difficult." NEVADA MAN DIES AT FAMED SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK TRAIL AFTER SUDDEN EMERGENCY "High-altitude porters and rescue teams are working to retrieve the bodies and transport them to the base camp," the Gilgit-Baltistan police said in a Facebook post Friday. "Due to the extremely rugged terrain and challenging weather conditions, the rescue operation is being carried out with the utmost caution." Broad Peak is the world's 12th tallest mountain. (AFP via Getty Images) The other missing climbers are from Nepal, Pakistan, China and the U.K. Renowned British mountaineer Nirmal Purja, 43, who is of Nepalese origin, and who set the record for the fastest ascent of the ​ world's 14 highest mountains, was among the missing. Purja was featured in the Netflix documentary "14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible." Brie Stimson is a Los Angeles-based entertainment and breaking news writer for Fox News Digital.