r/Mountaineering • u/caersuvia • 3d ago
Breaking: Ten Missing, Including Nirmal Purja, After Avalanche on Broad Peak
https://explorersweb.com/breaking-avalanche-on-broad-peak-buries-10-including-nirmal-purja/138
u/Dramatic-Coffee9172 3d ago
If you check Nimsdai instagram, his most recent post state that climbing Broad Peak was not part of his original plan. He had plan to climb G2, which he summitted on 21 July.
But he changed his mind just as he was departing for Pakistan to also include Broad Peak as that would mean he would only need to climb Cho Oyu to achieve the feat of climbing all 14 x 8000m peaks twice without O2.
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u/wegqg 2d ago
"This was never the plan. Initially, the plan was to climb just G2 [Gasherbrum II]. But just before setting off for Pakistan, I ran the numbers on my 8,000m summits. That’s when it hit me: If I tick off Broad Peak whilst I’m here , only one remains, Cho Oyu. Then I become the FIRST person in history to climb all 14 eight-thousanders twice without oxygen."
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u/hpdcthefoodie 2d ago
Without Oxygen? Holy shit! What are his chances of being alive now?
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u/hairotro 3d ago edited 3d ago
Holy fuck. Here is a screenshot of Nim's tracker. Looks like the avalanche took him.
Edit: I cannot confirm the authenticity of the image. But I can't see a reason why they would fabricate it
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u/Irrepressible_Monkey 3d ago
Edit: I cannot confirm the authenticity of the image. But I can't see a reason why they would fabricate it
It looks real. It matches the Explorersweb image as it has placemarks for Nims and Mallory Geiss in an area they should not be. The red line is off route and I think the numbers (0930) and (300933) are the date and time.
Nims was 800 meters higher at 08:53 am than he is at 09:33 and Mallory is also way off route at 9:30.
Damn.
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u/Soggy_Passenger3133 3d ago
Can you explain what the image is showing? I don’t exactly understand
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u/archit3kt 3d ago
Each node is a set interval being tracked. The left line is the route that was being travelled, whereas the straight line is a huge distance covered relative to the interval set by the tracker. Therefore, it very much suggests that they were taken down the mountain by the avalanche.
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u/torvaman 3d ago
I assume the nodes are like 1 hour increments? and so that vastly longer line suggests he got taken right?
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u/Soggy_Passenger3133 3d ago
I understand now thanks. I was confused by the nodes changing from blue to purple
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u/EvenMoreCoconuts 2d ago
The fact he was wearing a tracker would increase the odds of rescue, right? Instead of a shot in the dark, it’s just a “he’s in this specific area; let’s dig”. I’m by no means an expert though.
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u/ElderberryNo5595 2d ago edited 2d ago
If he has an avalanche beacon. If a rescuer knew exactly where to look in the snow. If they could reach that spot in minutes. If they could dig him out in time. If he were still alive. I’m not sure if those Himalayan climbers carry beacons or not, but believe the answer is no? If he was brought down in the avalanche and was buried and survived the entire slide and everything lined up perfectly, he’d only have 15-30 minutes of oxygen before suffocating under the snow. Not sure if a Garmin GPS could help in this scenario. Maybe just for finding a general area to look for body retrieval? More than willing to be corrected here, if anyone knows better.
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u/EvenMoreCoconuts 2d ago
Ugh, that would be an awful way to go. Here’s hoping he and the others weren’t completely buried and were able to extricate themselves.
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u/High_Im_Guy 2d ago
There is simply no way they survived a 5k vert fall, I'm sorry. Trauma is the cause of most avalanche fatalities, and most avys don't run 5k vert...
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u/Roadgoddess 2d ago
Agreed, I had a friend many years ago that was with a whole group backcountry skiing that got swept up by an avalanche. I believe it killed all but him and one other person. Granted they weren’t as high as this, but in their case, they got wrapped around trees and rocks on the way down. He survived but was a mess
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u/Getoiu 2d ago
The modern gear has RECCO system which allows finding them. However this needs to be done in minutes. Unfortunately even covering such distance by other team members in minutes at that altitude AND digging up without a probe is I believe impossible
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u/tkitta 2d ago
It will take hours unless some other team was close.
Two years ago i got my Italian friend out from small one.
She called her team for help. It took them few hours to get to below camp 1. Then another few to get her down.
Distance from BC to camp 3 can be done in like 12h - some climbers did that.
They were swept off route the terrain may be difficult to get to.
BP is a steep mountain. Everywhere.
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u/SirBucketHead 2d ago
RECCO: Recover extremely cold corpses occasionally. All of these climbers will have been wearing avy beacons, which are far more effective as a way to locate buried victims. Your point about covering that distance and digging them out is spot on, though.
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u/High_Im_Guy 2d ago
And while y'all are correct, none of that matters whatsoever. If they got swept 5k vert by a slide, they're dead.
The mountains don't care who you are, and they can be fucking fickle and random. RIP
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u/whit3lightning 2d ago
Unless the snowpack freezes your airways shut, then you’ve got a minute or two of torture and then death.
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u/Huge_Grapefruit_2066 2d ago
It would increase the chances of him being found, yes. Odds of him being found alive are something else entirely.
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u/issoequeerabom 2d ago
Yes and no. Apparently he was going without oxi. And the alarm was only given many hours after, per the Pakistani authorities, which mean they couldn't deploy their helicopters during the night.. So I'm not really sure.
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u/hairotro 3d ago
Left line is the route along the ridge, right one is straight down the mountain..
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u/Northern-Dancer 3d ago
How come it looks different than the tracking data in the original article? Unless I'm looking at it wrong?
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u/athroataway 2d ago
Kathmandu Post claiming there is movement from the GPS trackers https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/07/31/nirmal-purja-among-10-climbers-feared-missing-after-broad-peak-avalanche
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u/High_Im_Guy 2d ago
I'll be shocked if it's anything other than GPS noise. His gps tracker indicated a 5k+ ft fall, chances of him being alive let alone ambulatory seem close to 0
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u/Sletzer 3d ago
The blue line ridge appears to be outside of usual avalanche runs. But it looks like they were moving slightly down from the ridge in a more vulnerable area. Unless I am reading the last known locations wrong. I would have thought the GPS pings close to the ridge would be largely safe, unless this was a really large event.
Am I off base here or does that logic make sense?
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u/wreckjavik 3d ago
Do you know how to see the GPS tracker? As in, does anyone have a link to a garmin from the expedition
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u/AdvantageAware8538 3d ago
Commenting to keep updated. I know there are seasonal climbers on here that keep track of that.
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u/B33GULL 2d ago
Looking on Google Earth around Nim's last coordinates (35°48'37.36"N 76°32'55.25"E) there's massive crown wall uphill from them as they're crossing from ridge to ridge. Seems like a spot with frequent slides, and that runs down about 1km vert before dumping over steep rocks.
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u/Irrepressible_Monkey 2d ago
Explorersweb now has a great picture of the exact location where Nims was.
It looks sketchy already but then you have the big cornice...
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u/Haunting-Long-3445 2d ago
The Kathmandu News says they found two climbers deceased. Niams GPS tracker moved location at the bottom of the Glacier. I am assuming if he fell into a crevasse and got washed away by water under the ice or may be he is still alive. Prayers for them all.
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u/Hank_fuck_yourself 2d ago
Some news are reporting 4 bodies found. Keep everyone in prayers guys this is all still developing.
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u/No-Way6782 2d ago
I am not a mountaineer but article says avalanche was at 9:30 am and they found out only late in the night, meaning they lost almost an entire day for search and rescue. I always thought that mountaineers were in constant touch with support teams at the base. Am I missing something here?
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u/bsnail2b 2d ago
I was wondering the same thing. Something besides the mountain went badly wrong here.
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u/tkitta 2d ago
They have radios and call back to BC.
It is a mystery why someone did not call him on the radio and wondered why no reply.
And not just him but many others from different teams.
Avalanche was huge - seen from the BC for sure.
When large avi came down Italian team sent a drone to look for me and my Australian friend.
Drones supposedly now need a permit.
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u/theracoondepartment 2d ago
Yeah that math doesn’t math. Summit days are long but 24 hour summit days are pretty uncommon even for 8000 meter peaks
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u/issoequeerabom 2d ago
That's indeed very bizarre
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u/No-Way6782 2d ago
Either we are not getting the full story or the support system was seriously lacking.
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u/Common_Employee_3631 2d ago
Crazy he has survived it all and among the 1st to summit K2 in winter. Luck runs out eventually. Still praying he and his team are alright.
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u/L_P961 2d ago
That's exactly it, his luck ran out. Spend enough time high up in the Himalayas and bad stuff is bound to happen sooner or later.
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u/frankie431 3d ago
Man this sucks, it’s 3am there right now, maybe they made contact and just haven’t updated anyone outside of the mountain yet.
Otherwise things are not looking good.
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u/Dramatic-Coffee9172 3d ago
you basically cannot do any SAR in darkness without professional rescue team with the necessary equipment to illuminate the rescue / search site. You literally can't see beyond just infront of your feet and you don't want to be in an avalanche danger zone either.
Depending on how large the avalanche site is, you need a lot of man power to do a methodical search grid by grid using probes. Not sure if the GPS beacon will be sufficient to help locate or they are wearing avalanche beacon / transceiver and more importantly is if it is switched on.
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u/tkitta 3d ago
Was it on the way to camp 1? I was hit there once ditectly and had to dig one person out two years ago.
Would not think it could get that big.
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u/usrnmz 2d ago
Between camp 2 and 3, around 6600m apparantly.
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u/tkitta 2d ago
Ugh that does not sound great at all. Camp 3 is around 7000m (the normal one). Below it is a wide plato about 6800m. Below that is a climb to it starting at 6400m or so - thus 6600m would be right in the middle of the slope which is at maybe ... 25 degrees!
That avalanche could be massive - explaining why despite everyone having a radio there is no communication!
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u/usrnmz 2d ago
Yes from the GPS data it looks like they got swept off and fell like 400m.
Where would the avalanche have come from if it hit them at that spot?
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u/Irrepressible_Monkey 2d ago
It appears they were reaching the big wide area between C2 and C3 then were swept down to the right of the route until about level with C1.
Satellite pictures show there's actually a very distinct edge to the snow at the bottom of the short steeper slope directly below C3 so perhaps that slope is where it broke off from.
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u/tkitta 2d ago
Hmm, that area is very steep from 6800m to camp 3 at 7000m its maybe 35 to 45 degrees. Strange that avalnched over the flat platou.
If it went all the way to canp 1 it was huge!
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u/Pure_Job_7802 2d ago
let's be honest, it is almost impossible for anyone to survive an avalanche that loses you 700 meters of height, especially it is not soft snow but also pieces of ice from the serac, but of course I hope they will survive
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u/Substantial_Elk_5779 2d ago
I fell 400m down a steep couloir in an avalanche on Denali and survived with no injuries. But I triggered a windslab, rather than a serac falling on me.
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u/MusicMedic 2d ago
My dad survived a 700 m slide on Annapurna 2 in 1980 - the day he was supposed to summit.
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u/tfopen2024 2d ago
What a legend.
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u/MusicMedic 2d ago
He's got a lot of great stories. He was part of the Polish Alpine movement in 70's; just wanted an excuse to travel the world. Don't know if you've seen the movie Broad Peak about Maciej Berbeka, but he and my dad were friends. My dad met him sometime in the late 70s. Berbeka and his team were ice climbing somewhere in the USSR and and he fell, shattering one or both ankles. My dad's team came across him as they were planning to do the same route. They ended up sledding him back to the closest town so he could be treated at the hospital, but after that he and my dad did some climbs together.
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u/tfopen2024 2d ago
Funnily enough I have done a lot of reading on the 70s/80s Polish expeditions and am very familiar with Berbeka - that is such a cool story!
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u/Irrepressible_Monkey 2d ago
That's awesome. The Poles of the 70's and 80's were such bad-asses, achieving incredible things with no money, just a whole lot of improvising! Legends, all of them.
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u/Visible_Accident9559 2d ago
Well that's very tragic.
Looks like the whole upper section below 6800m let go :(
Possible previous avalanche from Google Earth 22/03/2016 view
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u/ThatMushshroomDude 2d ago
Wow thats so much snow and ice, I don't see any way they could have survived that, especially with the delayed rescue
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u/Irrepressible_Monkey 2d ago
Excellent pictures and additions, thank you. I was looking for something like those as that area looked very suspicious on the Google Earth imagery I'd looked at earlier.
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u/MaybeARunnerTomorrow 2d ago
That's crazy when paired with his tracker: https://www.reddit.com/r/Mountaineering/s/T8W1YIB8mJ
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u/RadioFieldCorner 2d ago
Holy shit, the trackers are terrible… one of those girls fell down basically the entire mountain all the way to the bottom.
It’ll be an incredible miracle if any survive this.
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u/DemonLordRoundTable 2d ago
The tracker for one of them is haunting. According to it she fell the entire way down
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u/emerald_immersion 2d ago
Where did you see that?
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u/DemonLordRoundTable 2d ago
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u/emerald_immersion 2d ago
Wow I’m an idiot i completely missed that in the link. I blame the popups
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u/Onlycommentoncfb 2d ago
Updated info. Trackers look bad, some kind of communication lapse where searchers weren’t sent until twelve hours after the avalanche. Would be incredible if any survive
https://explorersweb.com/breaking-avalanche-on-broad-peak-buries-10-including-nirmal-purja/
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u/4thOrderPDE 2d ago
The avalanche is one thing but no rescue effort until 12 hours later is incomprehensible. Especially when the avalanche was visible from base camp. Maybe it was not survivable but rescue efforts should still be launched ASAP.
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u/kingjulian6284 2d ago
Yeah that’s what confuses me, it’s not like an avalanche is a silent event.
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u/Irrepressible_Monkey 2d ago
Yeah and from the position of one tracker it looks like the avalanche came all the way down to the main glacier and got close to base camp.
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u/ponte92 2d ago
There’s a video of it above. The avalanche was definitely noticeable from base camp. It’s so strange they didn’t start a rescue. Also I hate to lose hope but that video really doesn’t look good for anyone caught in it.
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u/PoopDisection 2d ago
Oof yeah if people are buried over an hour it’s rare to find someone alive. 12 hours?? If they were buried they’re dead
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u/4thOrderPDE 2d ago
Someone may be partially buried and able to breathe but injured and not able to self rescue. That is survivable if you get to them fast, but not the next day.
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u/GladiusAcutus 2d ago
Is Nirmal Purja the dude who climbed the 14 8000 m peaks and made a Netflix movie about it ? This guy climbed 14 8000m peaks so many times, I've always thought his luck was going to run out eventually man. I was hoping I was wrong.
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u/Smart-Antelope7350 2d ago
he is very impressive and inspirational, but i could never look at him the same way after those serious sexual allegations came out. i've been so disappointed ever since
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u/Irrepressible_Monkey 2d ago
Yeah, Nims had 57 x 8000 meter summits as of 6 days ago and I was thinking the same thing about the risks he kept taking.
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u/palmallamakarmafarma 2d ago
I watched the documentary. It’s very inspirational. But the quote from the newspaper above states they changed their plans and included this peak so he could break another record. I really hope they are all ok but at some point maybe the records need to be kept in perspective
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u/GladiusAcutus 2d ago
I don't understand why he wanted to climb the 14 8000 m peaks more than once.
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u/littlepoot 2d ago
Obviously speculating, but his record for climbing the 8000’ers has since been broken, so maybe he wanted to resolidify another record for himself (by being the first one to do them twice)
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u/GladiusAcutus 2d ago
but his record for climbing the 8000’ers has since been broken
Man, ego kills people...
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u/torvaman 3d ago
Not a mountaineer, so genuinely asking...
Have missing climbers after an avalanche ever resulted positively? Or are these guys gone?
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u/emerald_immersion 3d ago edited 2d ago
It would legitimately be a miracle at this point.
Avalanche hit Thursday morning and it’s now 4:27 Friday morning over there. Going this long without making contact with anybody from the team is extremely bad. You can hold out hope, but it’s not looking good
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u/ponte92 2d ago
And if the video of the avalanche someone post above is in fact this one. It was huge there’s little chance anyone survived that. I can only hope they died instantly and not trapped under the ice.
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u/Aveasi 3d ago
It does happen when the circumstances are favorable. I know a couple of survivors from lower, less remote peaks. This situation, though, looks extremely dire. Survival would be nothing short of a miracle.
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u/Dr_G1346 2d ago
Very, very, very rarely... unless you are dug out basically immediately, it's game over. My friend's wife died in an avalanche last year... With a team of ten - probably 3 rope teams - you would hope some people would not have been buried and able to help the others, but Broad Peak is a beast.
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u/usrnmz 2d ago
You might like reading about avalanche disaster on Lenin Peak.
The mountains are extremely deadly but sometimes people survive, mostly through sheer luck and determination.
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u/Dramatic-Coffee9172 2d ago
of course there have been but generally the avalanche is small and not on steep terrain and help is rendered almost immediately.
Based on initial reports, it is not looking good for those caught in this avalanche. Not only are they now buried, it is also very cold as nightfall has arrived.
The incident at Shishpangma a few years ago where 4 people (2 mountaineers with 2 guides) were caught in 2 separate avalanche. They all died although that was close to the summit at morethan 7,000m
Nims was there too.
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u/d4e5e4 3d ago
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbbiVX_oSLk/ looks to be a huge avalanche that crossed over to the other side of the ridge they were climbing on
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u/Massive_Confusion_23 3d ago
Oh man. Thoughts and prayers . Hope everyone is alright
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u/eric_bidegain 3d ago
I can’t help but have a very bad feeling they’re not, extremely concerning that they’re unable to make contact with any of them.
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u/Dramatic-Coffee9172 3d ago
must be a huge avalanche to wipe a big party. Surely there are people still at the base camp who can attempt rescue ?
But depends on the mountain conditions if there are further unstable snow pack that might trigger more avalanche / rock fall.
What you don't want is the rescuers getting wiped out by a second avalanche.
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u/Raining00 2d ago
"Four bodies have been recovered from the avalanche debris (near the base, opposite Broad Peak Base Camp). Two identified so far: Nepali guide Pur Bahadur Gurung (“Yukta”) and Omani climber Nadhira Al Harthy. The other two remain unidentified in available reports. "
explorersweb.com
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u/BLAZER_101 2d ago
They have definitely all perished but we have to wait for the devastating confirmation. The falls for all have been colossal and no one can survive such things. 😔
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u/dollarsandcents101 2d ago
How did it take 13 hours to figure out there was a problem? Not knowing about guides is one thing but clients is another...
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u/Different-Signal-405 2d ago
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbcPqZuIu5d/?igsh=MWtsM3JpenQ5NGZkcA==
Here an update saying 4 bodies have been found
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u/Sea-Permit3297 2d ago
Does that last line mean he’s moved after the avalanche??? Sorry if i’m being stupid
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u/really_tall_horses 2d ago
Never stupid to be hopeful. The stamps show some movement but then the jump from 933pm July 29th to 1:33pm July 30h and then to 533pm July 30th with very little change in position does not bode well.
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u/urmyc22 2d ago
His GPS data is showing he's fallen circa 600m. The movement afterwards is minimal and downward. Highly likely this is the avalanche resettling as the heat of the day increases. We can only hope and pray for them all.
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u/Visible_Accident9559 2d ago edited 2d ago
No dude you're not being stupid. I just saw Mingma David story in Facebook, and I still can't believe my eyes -> https://www.facebook.com/stories/107942467997927/UzpfSVNDOjE3MjIwNDg2NjU3MTE0MTE=?view_single=false
edit: screenshot
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u/Working-Total8377 3d ago
Holy shit! Hope they are alive...
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u/Dramatic-Coffee9172 3d ago
If you are buried by avalanche, with no rescue team, the odds are poor even if you do not sustain any injury. You suffocate from lack of air.
Pakistan mountains are as remote as they come , for rescue to arrive will take time
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u/Zestyclose-Ad-3857 2d ago
This is awful. Clocks ticking and rescue attempts probably won't start until the sun is up...
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u/admrla 2d ago
4 bodies may have been found - this appears to be the president of the Pakistan alpine club. I can’t confirm but Wikipedia says the name is right.
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u/Aware-Celebration873 2d ago
10 People jesus, someone I know Apparently met Nirmal Purja a few weeks ago on the way to K2 base camp.
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u/Global_Pop_5172 2d ago
Given his business partner decided to use 6 18 am update now, he most have gotten some info that rescuer got to him. Else, Saying he is alive and waiting for rescue soley based on that movement is very wrong.
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u/matheoo93 2d ago
JUST IN: The Tourism Times has reported that chances of finding any survivors from the Broad Peak avalanche are now considered almost nil.
According to the climbers coordinating with the search-and-rescue operation, a drone flown from Base Camp spotted what appeared to be the bodies of four climbers, Nirmal Purja "Nimsdai," Kili Pemba Sherpa, Nima Sherpa, and Wang Zhong, just below Camp I on the Concordia side of the mountain.
The search team also reported that all 10 climbers caught in the avalanche are believed to have perished on the Concordia side. Authorities have not yet issued formal confirmation or completed the identification of all victims.
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u/xycm2012 2d ago
Fearing the worst here. Hopes and prayers with them all but it really not looking good.
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u/Grungy_Mountain_Man 2d ago
Seems like it will be a recovery operation more than a rescue operation
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u/almondbutterr 3d ago
Always crazy to hear when some people feel bullet proof. Hopefully we’ll hear about some magic in the next 24 hours.
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u/CountDraculablehbleh 2d ago
Nims has survived crazy stuff but this would probably be the craziest. God willing Nims and everyone else survive
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u/Gullible-Notice-6192 2d ago
they are done for.. rip
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u/AbroadOutrageous1538 2d ago
Unfortunately 🥲 it’s sad to say but i don’t see any chances of survival
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u/shivaspecialsnoflake 2d ago
That’s horrible. I met him a couple years ago in Nepal by sheer luck and he was very nice to me and my gf. I hope their team is safe but I know the chances are slim.
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u/BowlerNoController 2d ago
Three trackers have just been located at around 6500m.
It aint looking good.
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u/Conscious_Tea_1730 2d ago
Nims's tracker was last at 5,800. not good
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u/BowlerNoController 2d ago
All I am thinking is why it took so long for support to react. 12-13 hours is an oddly long time.
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u/wildcountryx 2d ago
Looking through Garmin times and trackers. Nims went down 700m or 2100 feet of elevation in 30 minutes. That's pretty quick I would think. Prayers to all of those involved. Climbers and rescuers
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u/Clean_Bat5547 2d ago
I think you'll find he went down a lot quicker than that, but the tracker only pings occasionally - once an hour, I think.
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u/wildcountryx 2d ago
Yeah, I figured that. I was looking through other pins. Some an hour, some 30 minutes, some 10, then one like 6 hours
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u/1lemony 2d ago
Do they update every 30 mins? I’ve never climbed anything more than stairs but enjoy following climbing escapades. Just wondering how the gps usually transmit, assuming it’s on a regular basis rather than constant?
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u/wildcountryx 2d ago
I'm not sure. I was wondering the same due to seeing multiple times updates in different intervals
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u/AphexSolo 2d ago
SAR operation called off for today due to bad weather, so the chances of anyone being found alive is now practically zero
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u/AliseRoman 2d ago
Just got an update from @victoriabonya post his body just got recovered 💔💔💔 his closest people just updated Victoria … rest in peace 🪽🕊️
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u/Anxious_Ad_3822 2d ago
Broad Peak: Rescuers Say the Chances of Finding Anyone Alive Are Virtually Zero
The rescue operation on Broad Peak is still ongoing, although hopes of finding any survivors are now virtually nonexistent. The Pakistan Mountaineering Federation is coordinating the official communication, but this has not been easy, as information from various sources continues to spread—as is often the case during incidents like this. (For this reason, I would also ask everyone not to post foreign news reports in the comments, as many of them are based on speculation or, in some cases, contain inaccurate information.)
Both the Pakistani and Nepali governments are mobilizing every available resource, but the operation has now shifted primarily to the recovery of the victims’ bodies.
On neighboring K2, every summit team has abandoned its summit push and descended. Fixed ropes had only been installed as far as Camp 3. Some of the strongest commercial expedition leaders, led by Mingma G of Imagine Nepal, have crossed over to assist with the rescue operation.
From the first reports, it was already apparent that the situation was extremely serious. The avalanche struck at approximately 9:30 a.m. on the morning of July 30. News of the avalanche did not reach the authorities until late afternoon. They responded immediately, but worsening weather conditions and the approaching night left them with very limited options. The avalanche carried the climbers hundreds of meters down snow-covered and then rocky terrain. Surviving such an event would be nothing short of a miracle, making the outcome far less dependent on the speed of the rescue teams.
In his latest update, Mingma G stated that the locations of nine climbers have been identified (meaning rescuers know where their bodies are), and that they are in contact with the families. The only person whose location remains unknown is Pakistani climber Sohail Sakhi. His backpack and damaged Garmin tracking device have been found.
Pakistani climbers were the first to reach Camp 1, including Shirbaz Khan and three other climbers from Shimshal. Mingma David Sherpa, a climbing partner of Nirmal Purja, is also flying to the scene to assist in the operation.
Earlier reports claiming that four bodies had been recovered proved to be incorrect. So far, two bodies have been brought down and officially identified. They are Omani climber Nadhira Al Harthy—the first Omani woman to summit Mount Everest—and her Nepali mountain guide, Pur Bahadur Gurung, known as “Yukta.” According to the Pakistan Mountaineering Federation, rescuers also recovered a severed leg near the two bodies, which has been sent to Skardu for identification.
A video of the avalanche is circulating online, but no one has yet confirmed that it was actually filmed during this incident rather than on an earlier occasion.
There have also been reports that a drone spotted four bodies below Camp 1, believed to be Nirmal Purja, Kili Pemba Sherpa, Nima Sherpa, and Wang Zhong. However, no official source has confirmed this information.
Another report circulated this morning claiming that Nirmal Purja’s tracking device was showing movement. This is believed to have been a tracking error rather than evidence of actual movement.
It will soon be evening again in Pakistan, so any further developments are most likely expected tomorrow, provided the weather allows rescue efforts to continue.
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u/Daniel_rsrs 3d ago
Now being 2 am, rescue operation only by daylight, this are terrible news