Pakistan Resumes Search for 6 Missing Broad Peak Climbers as Avalanche Death Toll Reaches 4
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 1
Pakistan Resumes Search for 6 Missing Broad Peak Climbers as Avalanche Death Toll Reaches 4
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 1
Summary
Saturday’s rescue effort restarted on Broad Peak for six missing climbers, including British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja, two days after an avalanche hit the 8,047-meter peak.
Sherpas, Pakistani military personnel and high-altitude rescue specialists joined the operation after drone footage helped narrow the search area where some victims were spotted.
Four bodies were recovered Friday, including Omani Everest summiter Nadhira Alharthy, American climber Sarah Mallory Geis and Nepali climber Pur Bahadur Gurung; a fourth victim has not been publicly identified.
The 10 climbers had set out in four teams early Thursday, lost contact by 9 a.m. local time at about 6,600 meters, and the rescue mission began Friday morning nearly 24 hours later.
Those still missing also include Pakistani alpinist Sohail Sakhi, Chinese climber Wang Zhong and Nepali guide Kili Pema Sherpa, underscoring the international scale of the disaster near K2 in Pakistan’s Karakoram range.