The remains of American mountain climber Sarah Mallory Geis were discovered on Friday following an avalanche in Pakistan’s Karakoram mountain range. Geis, along with an international group, went missing while climbing Broad Peak, the twelfth tallest mountain globally at 26,414 feet.
Pakistani officials also located the bodies of Nadhira Ahmed Abdullah Al Harthy of Oman and Pur Bahadur Gurung of Nepal. Rescue teams, equipped with drones, detected signs of additional bodies in the search area. The terrain is remote and challenging, complicating rescue operations.
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Members of a mountaineers rescue team prepare to depart from an airbase on a search operation for climbers missing after an avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, in northern Pakistan, on Friday. (Alpine Club of Pakistan via AP)
Rescue efforts were temporarily suspended due to weather conditions but are set to resume. Irfan Arshad, president of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, expressed commitment to recovering both survivors and deceased. He highlighted that renowned mountaineer Nirmal Purja is among the missing.
Sajid Hussain from the tourism department emphasized the difficulty of the operation due to rugged terrain and severe weather. High-altitude porters and rescue teams are involved, cautiously working to bring the bodies to the base camp.
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High-altitude porters and rescue teams are working to retrieve the bodies and transport them to the base camp, the Gilgit-Baltistan police said in a Facebook post Friday.
The group also included climbers from Nepal, Pakistan, China, and the U.K. Among them is Nirmal Purja, a British mountaineer of Nepalese origin known for setting the fastest record in climbing the world’s 14 highest peaks. His achievements were documented in Netflix’s film “14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible.”
Brie Stimson is a Los Angeles-based entertainment and breaking news writer for Fox News Digital.