Nirmal Purja was a very famous mountain climber. He came from Nepal. He had a British passport. On Thursday there was an accident at the mountain Broad Peak. This is a very high mountain in Pakistan. An avalanche hit a group of 10 people.
The group was at a height of 6600 meters. The avalanche dragged the mountain climbers many meters down. At first many people were missing. On Saturday there was sad news. The company of Nirmal Purja said: He is dead. All other people from the group are also dead.
Nirmal Purja was a record holder. In the year 2019 he climbed all 14 highest mountains in the world. He only needed 6 months and 6 days. He was also a star in a movie on Netflix. Purja wanted to climb the high mountains a second time without extra oxygen.
