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Nimsdai Purja Dead on Broad Peak | Leeds News
Tragedy strikes the climbing world as Nirmal Purja, the legendary mountaineer known as Nimsdai, has been confirmed dead at age 43 after an avalanche on Broad Peak — the twelfth-highest mountain on Earth. A former British Army and Royal Marines soldier with a record-shattering 14 peaks over 8,000 meters in under 190 days, Purja was also a key figure in the Netflix documentary “14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible.” His expedition team, including guides Pur Bahadur Gurung and Nima Sherpa, perished alongside him. The loss deeply impacts the climbing community and fans worldwide, including British TV…
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