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[Sky News @SkyNews]

Former UK Special Forces soldier and renowned climber Nirmal Purja has been confirmed dead after being caught in an avalanche during an expedition in Pakistan.

Sky's Phoebe Southworth reports.

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[L'Équipe @lequipe]

Icône médiatique, soldat d'élite et accusé d'agressions sexuelles : cinq choses à savoir sur Nirmal Purja, mort dans une avalanche au Pakistan.

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[Firstpost @firstpost]

Renowned Nepali mountaineer Nirmal “Nims Dai” Purja has been confirmed dead after a devastating avalanche struck his expedition on Broad Peak in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s Karakoram Range.

[North @nirojsedhai]

In loving memory of Nimsdai - the man who changed mountaineering forever. Before him, the world saw Nepalese climbers as background support - the silent force carrying the loads and clearing the path so others could take the credit. He changed that narrative forever, proving

[aadvark @aadvark89]

“Giving up is not in the blood, sir. It’s not in the blood.”

RIP Legend @nimsdai

[k2 @KrisAnnapurna]

Broad Peak Avalanche

Confirmed: all died.

Source: Elite Exped
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[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: Renowned Nepali climber Nirmal Purja, who set a record for the fastest ascent of the world’s 14 highest mountains, died in an avalanche on Pakistan’s 12th-highest peak, his company said on Saturday.

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[Nirmal Purja MBE @nimsdai]

THE MISSION SHIFTS. THE COMPASS HOLDS.

This was never the plan. Initially, the plan was to climb just G2. But just before setting off for Pakistan, I ran the numbers on my 8000m summits. That’s when it hit me: if I tick off Broad Peak whilst I’m here , only one remains “Cho Oyu.” Then I become the FIRST person in history to climb all 14 eight-thousanders twice. Without oxygen.

This wasn’t planned. The Hattrick project was the focus because it carried a bigger mission. But opportunities don’t scream: they whisper to those already working in silence.

Here’s the secret I’ve carried through every expedition: I never competed with anyone else. My only battle was against the man I was yesterday. Every single day, pushing my own limits. Because the moment you look sideways: at what others are doing, saying, achieving: you drift off your compass. Your heading is YOURS. Guard it fiercely.

They criticized me when I climbed the 14 without O’s during Project Possible. If you haven’t seen what that took, watch 14 Peaks on Netflix. That film is the unfiltered truth. I was there doing multiple rescues of climbers left behind by other expeditions, raising the funds myself, leading from the front, fixing our own lines, dealing with the Shishapangma permit with China, being at hospitals for my mum’s operation and so much more. And now? Now I’m heading for the double without oxygen: triple in total. The noise hasn’t stopped. I just stopped listening.

To those who still doubt: I already climbed all 5 of Pakistan’s 8000ers in just 26 days. Leading. Guiding. Without oxygen. Breaking the records of those who broke mine with oxygen. The receipts are there.

Broad Peak, I ask for nothing but safe passage up and back down. I take zero mountains for granted. Not one. The moment my foot leaves basecamp, it’s 100%. Always has been. Always will be.

This one is dedicated to everyone who carried me here. Supporters. Critics. All of you. Without both sides, there is no fire. So thank you genuinely.

My purpose has never been about me. It’s about what I represent. It’s about showing YOU that your own mountains—whatever they are—are climbable.

#nimsdai #eliteexped #everest

[nisar abbas @AbbasNisarabbas]

4 missing climbers bodies found. 6 are still missing at 8047 m high broad peak #broadpeak #missingclimbers

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

Netflix's 14 Peaks star Nims Purja has died following an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan

Elite Exped confirmed that "other members" of the 10-person group that had been climbing the mountain have also died

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Mountaineer Nirmal Purja killed in Pakistan avalanche, his company says https://t.co/ruBlyodujA

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

Terrible news. World-renowned mountaineer Nirmal Purja, famous for the Netflix documentary on him ‘14 Peaks’ is among 10 climbers missing in avalanche in Karakoram range in Pakistan. Prayers.