3 bodies recovered after 10 climbers go missing on Pakistani mountain: PESHAWAR/KATHMANDU – Pakistani search crews on Friday (July 31) recovered the bodies of three of a group of at least 10 mountaineers who were caught in an avalanche on Broad Peak a day earlier, Pakistani officials said.Drone footage showed signs of several more bodies in the search area, said the regional government in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan, where Broad Peak is located.Among those missing is Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja, 43, who set a record for the fastest ascent of the world’s 14 highest mountains, a feat chronicled in the 2021 Netflix documentary 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible.The three bodies recovered are those of US citizen Sarah Mallory, Nadhira Ahmed Abdullah Al Harthy from Oman, and Nepalese citizen Pur Bahadur Gurung, said Gilgit-Baltistan officials.The climbers were swept away in an avalanche on the 8,051-metre (26,414-foot) peak, the world’s 12th-highest mountain, around midday on Thursday.Regional police said the rescue operation was suspended on Friday night because of weather conditions. #BroadPeak #Avalanche #Mountaineering #Climbing #Nepal
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