Kathmandu: The bodies of three Nepalese climbers, who were among the 10 killed in an avalanche in Broad Peak in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir July 30, will be brought to Kathmandu August 12, Nepal’s foreign ministry said Monday.
Kili Pemba Sherpa, Gyalu Sherpa and Nima Sherpa are the three whose bodies will arrive at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu and then be handed over to their families, the ministry’s press statement said.
The body of another Nepalese climber, Pur Bahadur Gurung, who was in the same group, was brought to Kathmandu August 7 and cremated the next day.
Veteran Nepalese-British mountaineer Nirmal Purja and nine others were killed in the Broad Peak avalanche July 30.
Purja’s body was flown to the UK, where his family resides Saturday.
Of the nine other climbers in the group, five were from Nepal, one was a Pakistani, one an Omani, one an American and one a Chinese.
The bodies of one Nepalese climber and of those from the US and China are yet to be brought back from the mountain.
Broad Peak (8,051 metres), located in the Karakoram range near K2, is the world’s 12th-highest mountain and is considered one of the most challenging peaks to climb.
Recovery operations at such extreme altitudes are particularly hazardous because of unstable snow conditions, steep terrain and unpredictable weather, often requiring specialised high-altitude rescue teams.
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