{"id":198919,"date":"2026-07-31T17:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T22:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198919"},"modified":"2026-07-31T17:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T22:49:50","slug":"four-bodies-located-after-10-climbers-go-missing-on-pakistani-peak-environment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198919","title":{"rendered":"Four bodies located after 10 climbers go missing on Pakistani peak | Environment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Mountaineer Nirmal Purja among those reported missing after avalanche hit Broad Peak, Pakistan alpine club says.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 31 Jul 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">31 Jul 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Three of four climbers whose bodies have been located by Pakistani search crews have been recovered after at least 10 mountaineers went missing in a suspected avalanche on Broad Peak a \u2060day earlier, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The Gilgit-Baltistan regional government said on Friday evening that the bodies of Nepalese climber Pur Bahadur Gurung, Omani Nadhira Al Harthy, and Mallory Geis from the United States were now secured in local facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Among those still missing is Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja. The leader of the expedition, also known as Nims Dai, holds the record for the fastest ascent of the world\u2019s 14 highest mountains.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2,2\">Nadhira Al Harthy made history as the first Omani woman and second Omani national to summit Mount Everest, becoming a landmark figure for adventurers across the Sultanate.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2,2\">Her high-altitude accomplishments also included successful summits of several of the world\u2019s most formidable 8,000-meter peaks, including Manaslu, K2, and Nanga Parbat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The 39-year-old Geis closed her Pilates studio earlier this year to focus on outdoor adventures. Reflecting on the transition in a social media post, she described it as taking \u201ca giant leap of faith into the unknown,\u201d adding, \u201cI have a sneaking suspicion there will be lots of helmets, harnesses, and crampons involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sajid Hussain, the deputy director of the tourism department in Pakistan\u2019s Gilgit-Baltistan region, told Reuters the search for the remaining six was focusing on a \u201cremote and difficult area\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Broad Peak is the 12th-highest mountain in the world. The 10 climbers went missing after an avalanche.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cThe Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) has received deeply concerning reports of an avalanche that struck a team of climbers on Broad Peak (8,047m) in the Karakoram mountain range,\u201d the club said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>ACP said the expedition comprised 10 people overall: five Nepalese including Gurung, Pakistani mountaineer Sohail Sakhi, and a climber from China identified only as Wang, as well as Al Harthy and Geis.<\/p>\n<p>Police did not mention a US citizen but said two British nationals \u2013 a man and a woman \u2013 were in the missing team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cThe entire team has reportedly been out of communication since the avalanche,\u201d the club said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cEvery possible effort is being made to ensure that helicopter support and all available rescue resources are mobilised at the earliest opportunity, subject to weather and operational conditions,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said they were \u201curgently working to verify and understand the situation\u201d and said Beijing was willing to provide assistance to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">Purja, 43, has broken multiple climbing records since becoming a full-time mountaineer and tour guide in 2018, after leaving the British military.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">He climbed all 14 \u201ceight-thousanders\u201d (peaks above 8,000 metres, or 26,000 feet) in six months and six days between April and October 2019, a record at the time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">In 2021, Purja completed the first winter ascent of K2 as part of a team of nine other Nepalese climbers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/31\/four-bodies-located-after-10-climbers-go-missing-on-pakistani-peak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mountaineer Nirmal Purja among those reported missing after avalanche hit Broad Peak, Pakistan alpine club says. Published On 31 Jul 202631 Jul 2026 Three of four climbers whose bodies have been located by Pakistani search crews have been recovered after at least 10 mountaineers went missing in a suspected avalanche on Broad Peak a \u2060day&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26212068769209-1785472083.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":198292,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198292","url_meta":{"origin":198919,"position":0},"title":"Pakistan accused of fatally shooting 30 unarmed protesters in Kashmir | Kashmir","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"At least 30 people are alleged to have been killed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir in the past two days as part of what has been claimed is a brutal state crackdown that has engulfed the disputed region for weeks.According to a local civil society group, Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3838.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3838.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3838.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3838.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3838.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":194845,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194845","url_meta":{"origin":198919,"position":1},"title":"Shubman Gill: In World Cup, we will play 11 matches and here players are unable to complete 3 games","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 20, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Captain Shubman Gill said India failed to field its best combination in the ODI \u200bseries against England because of frequent injuries to players, a \u200cconcern the team must address before next year\u2019s \u200bWorld Cup. 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