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Nirmal Purja

Search-and-recovery case involving climbers missing after an avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak.

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last updated 23 August 2026 · 7 sources
Confirmed facts
15
Open questions
5
Missing climbers
0
Bodies recovered
8
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Case file Nirmal Purja, reference D C zero one one three. The Associated Press, citing Karrar Haidri of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, reported that on July thirtieth, twenty twenty-six, climbers lost contact with base camp after an avalanche struck Broad Peak in Pakistan. AP reported that rescuers searching for ten missing climbers found four bodies and recovered three on July thirty-first. AP, citing a Gilgit-Baltistan government statement, said those three were identified as Pur Bahadur Gurung, Nathira Ahmed and Mallory Geis. AP also reported that bad weather hampered rescue efforts. According to AP, officials and the Alpine Club of Pakistan said a ground team later found the remains of Nirmal Purja, Wang Zhong, Nima Sherpa and Kili Pemba Sherpa. AP reported that, on August fifth, search teams recovered four bodies and brought them to base camp. AP later reported that officials said local volunteers recovered Pakistani climber Sohail Sakhi’s body, bringing recovered bodies to eight. The file’s open questions include conflicting AP accounts about Mallory Geis’s recovery timeline, whether an early fourth body was later identified, and the official name order for Wang Zhong or Zhong Wang. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero one one three at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed15 entries
30 July 2026
AP, citing Karrar Haidri of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, reported that climbers lost contact with base camp after an avalanche struck Broad Peak while they were attempting to scale the mountain.
AP
31 July 2026
AP reported that rescuers searching for 10 missing climbers on Pakistan’s Broad Peak found four bodies and recovered three of them Friday.
AP
31 July 2026
AP, citing a Gilgit-Baltistan government statement, reported that the three recovered bodies were identified as Nepalese climber Pur Bahadur Gurung, Omani climber Nathira Ahmed and American climber Mallory Geis.
AP
31 July 2026
AP, citing the Gilgit-Baltistan government statement, reported that the three recovered bodies had been transported to a hospital.
AP
31 July 2026
AP reported that officials had not immediately identified the fourth body that had been spotted.
AP
31 July 2026
AP, citing a statement from Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Amjad Hussain, reported that bad weather continued to hamper the rescue effort Friday.
AP
31 July 2026
AP reported that authorities said the search for the missing climbers continued until Friday evening.
AP
1 August 2026
AP reported that authorities said the search would resume Saturday.
AP
2 August 2026
A ground team found the remains of Nirmal Purja, Wang Zhong, Nima Sherpa and Kili Pemba Sherpa on Broad Peak, according to officials and the Alpine Club of Pakistan.
AP · added 23 Aug 2026
2 August 2026
Military-backed rescue teams resumed the search for two remaining climbers while efforts continued to bring down the bodies found by the ground team, local officials said.
AP · added 23 Aug 2026
4 August 2026
Teams searched on foot for remains on Broad Peak while poor weather kept helicopters grounded, authorities said.
AP · added 23 Aug 2026
5 August 2026
Search teams backed by military helicopters recovered the bodies of Nirmal Purja, Zhong Wang, Nima Sherpa and Kilu Sherpa and brought them to Broad Peak base camp, bringing the number of recovered bodies to seven, the Alpine Club of Pakistan said.
AP · added 23 Aug 2026
11 August 2026
Nepal's ambassador to Pakistan said the bodies of all six Nepalese climbers had been returned to their families.
AP · added 23 Aug 2026
13 August 2026
A team of local volunteers recovered the body of Pakistani climber Sohail Sakhi, and search teams had recovered eight bodies including Sakhi, officials said.
AP · added 23 Aug 2026
21 August 2026
Search teams found remains identified as American climber Mallory Geis, described in that account as the last missing member of the 10-member expedition, according to a mountaineering official and local authorities.
AP · added 23 Aug 2026
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
Has the fourth body spotted by search teams been identified or recovered?AP reported it was not immediately identified · unconfirmed
Did search operations resume on 1 August 2026 as authorities said they would?future plan in latest trusted report · unconfirmed
AP's later account described Mallory Geis as the last missing member whose remains were found on 21 August 2026, but the existing file cites earlier AP reporting that identified her among bodies recovered on 31 July 2026; which recovery timeline is correct?conflicting AP accounts · unconfirmed
Was the fourth body spotted by search teams before 1 August 2026 among the bodies later identified or recovered?not specified in later AP reporting · unconfirmed
What is the official spelling and name order for the Chinese climber identified by AP as Wang Zhong in one account and Zhong Wang in another?name discrepancy in AP reporting · unconfirmed
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