Broad Peak avalanche

The three were among ten climbers swept away by an avalanche that struck the 8,051-metre peak — the world’s 12th highest — in Pakistan’s Karakoram range in Gilgit-Baltistan. The group, which included climbers from Nepal, Oman, China, the United States and Pakistan, was led by well-known mountaineer Nirmal Purja.

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