Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja, widely known as Nims Dai, is among the climbers reported missing after an avalanche struck Broad Peak in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan. Purja, one of the most recognised names in modern mountaineering, is best known for climbing all 14 of the world’s eight-thousanders in six months and six days in 2019, a record at the time.
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