Body of US climber who died in Broad Peak avalanche found
GILGIT: The body of US climber Sarah Mallory Geis, who was part of a 10-member expedition team that died in an avalanche on Broad Peak on July 30, was recovered on Friday. The avalanche struck on July 30, cutting off contact with the 10-member international expedition led by world-renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja on Broad Peak, one of the world’s highest mountains. Purja’s company…
The body of US climber Sarah Mallory Geis, who perished in an avalanche on Broad Peak on July 30, has been discovered by local rescue volunteers on Friday. Geis was part of a 10-member international expedition led by renowned mountaineer Nirmal Purja. The earlier avalanche severed communication with the expedition, resulting in no survivors.
Subsequent missions found the bodies of eight team members, but Geis and Nepal's Nawang Thindu Sherpa remained missing until now. Major General Irfan Arshad Khan, president of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, confirmed the identification of Geis' body, stating that it will be transported to base camp and subsequently airlifted to Skardu via Pakistan Army helicopters.
The search for the remaining missing Nepali climber, Nawang Thindu Sherpa, is ongoing. Separately, a team of local climbers has been dispatched to retrieve the body of Pakistani climber Dr Asma Mushtaq, who passed away due to a severe high-altitude medical emergency during her descent from the peak. Mushtaq, a UK-based obstetrician and gynaecologist, was also an avid traveller, vlogger, and mountaineer.
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