Body of climber Nirmal Purja, six others recovered after Pakistan avalanche

Search for remains of three last climbers continues on Broad Peak, days after avalanche killed all 10 mountaineers.Rescue teams in Pakistan have recovered the bodies of seven climbers, including the celebrated Nepali-British mountaineer Nirmal Purja, from Broad Peak, where an avalanche buried a ten-member international expedition three days ago.Three climbers remain missing, among them a Pakistani guide, on what was meant to be his final trip to the mountains.Recommended Stories list of 2 itemslist 1 of 2Record-breaking climber Nirmal Purja among those killed in avalanchelist 2 of 2Avalanche kills famed climber Purja and nine others in Pakistanend of listThe avalanche struck the 8,051-metre peak, the world’s twelfth-highest, in Pakistan’s Karakoram range about midday on Thursday, trapping the group in one of mountaineering’s most demanding and remote settings.Purja’s death, which was confirmed by his expedition company on Saturday, has reverberated far beyond climbing circles.The 43-year-old, also known as Nims Dai, was a former Gurkha, Nepali soldiers who serve in the British Army. He became a special forces soldier, then a global celebrity in 2019 after racing up all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks in a record 189 days – the feat later chronicled in a Netflix documentary.Seven retrieved, three still missingSearch crews located four bodies on Friday but managed to bring down only three as bad weather grounded helicopters. They included Nepali climber, Pur Bahadur Gurung, known as Yukta; Omani mountaineer Nadhira Al Harthy; and American climber Mallory Geis.On Sunday, a ground team reached Purja and three others: Chinese climber Wang Zhong and Nepali climbers Nima Sherpa and Kili Pemba Sherpa.Still missing is Sohail Sakhi, a Pakistani guide and photographer who had planned to retire from expedition work after this climb, as well as two others.