𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐍𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐢 (𝐍𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐣𝐚) 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞 World-renowned mountaineer Nirmal "Nims Dai" Purja is among 10 climbers missing after a massive avalanche struck Broad Peak (8,047m) in Pakistan's Karakoram Range on Thursday, July 30, 2026. 📍 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝: The avalanche hit around midday, cutting off all communication with the 10-member international expedition. The team included five Nepali climbers led by Nims Dai, Pakistani climber Sohail Sakhi, Omani mountaineer Nadhira, American climber Mallory Geis, a Chinese climber (Mr. Wang), and one other foreign climber. 🚁 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: Search and rescue operations are underway, though bad weather initially grounded helicopters and forced ground search efforts. Two bodies have been found at the avalanche site, but their identities have not yet been confirmed. Tracking data reportedly showed movement from Purja's device after the avalanche, offering a glimmer of hope, though officials caution this doesn't confirm his condition. 🙏 Nims Dai is famous worldwide for completing all 14 of the world's 8,000m peaks in just over six months in 2019, and had recently climbed Gasherbrum II without supplemental oxygen — his 57th 8,000m summit — just nine days before the avalanche. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐲. See less https://highrouteadventure.com/worlds-eight-highest-peaks-above-8000-meters/