Nirmal Purja, Renowned Mountaineer, 43, Is Found Dead
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Renowned British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja and all the other nine climbers swept away by an avalanche in Pakistan have died, and search teams were trying to recover their bodies, Purja's expedition company said Saturday.
Climbers in K2 and K3, two nearby mountains in the Karakoram range are descending from their camps to help with search efforts, says Mingma Gyabu Sherpa, a Nepalese lawmaker. He's also a business associate of Nirmal Purja. Members of Imagine Nepal, a commercial mountaineering operator, are also helping out, he says.
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