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Nims Dai and Team Lost on Broad Peak | Lubbock News
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Tragedy strikes the climbing world as Nirmal Purja, the legendary “Nims Dai” who shattered records scaling all 14 eight-thousanders in under seven months, and nine others are confirmed lost in a devastating avalanche on Broad Peak. The entire ten-person team vanished in the storm, with only three bodies recovered so far amid brutal weather that’s grounded rescue helicopters. Military aircraft are racing to find the missing, while the global mountaineering community mourns the loss of climbers from Oman, the U.S., and Nepal — some on their first 8,000-meter summit, others perhaps on their final great climb. This heartbreaking event underscores the unforgiving nature of the mountains, where even the most prepared face unimaginable risk.
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