What actually happens on Broad Peak

ExploreAugust 4, 2026013 views

The Karakoram giant is told as the “easiest” 8,000-meter peak. This July it swept ten climbers, including Nirmal “Nims” Purja, down its west face after most other teams had already read the snow and gone home. On the evening of June 9, 1957, four Austrians stood on what most climbers before them would have called the summit of Broad Peak.…

Broad Peak avalanche: all 10 climbers confirmed dead, including Nirmal ‘Nimsdai’ Purja

ExploreAugust 1, 2026034 views

No one survived Thursday’s avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak. Nepal has lost six climbers, among them Nims Purja, the man who redefined high-altitude mountaineering, in the country’s darkest day on the world’s highest peaks. All 10 climbers caught in Thursday’s avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak have died, including renowned Nepali mountaineer Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja, ending two days of searching that…