Avalanche, Loss, and the Search for Home | Global News

A deadly avalanche on Broad Peak claimed the lives of climbing legends Nirmal Purja and Kili Pemba Sherpa in July, leaving their friend and fellow climber Mingma Gyalje Sherpa heartbroken and determined to bring them home. Despite being on nearby K2, Mingma G led a perilous, delayed recovery mission through shifting avalanches and treacherous terrain, ultimately retrieving their bodies with courage under impossible odds — a loss that haunts him and forces him to confront his own future on the mountain.

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