Netflix star feared dead after avalanche hits Broad Peak mountain in Pakistan
Netflix star feared dead after avalanche hits Broad Peak mountain in Pakistan
Tatiana Krisztina Fri, July 31, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC
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Nirmal Purjas appeared in a Netflix series -Credit:AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha
Netflix star Nirmal Purja is feared dead after an avalanche killed at least four hikers.
The avalanche occurred in Pakistan on Broad Peak, when a snow-and-ice tsunami hit the 26,400-ft mountain peak around 12 p.m. local time on July 30. Purjas, 43, was leading a 10-person expedition up the mountain during the event that consisted of four Nepalese, a Pakistani, an Omani, an American, a climber from China, and one other foreigner.
Purja appeared on the 2021 documentary 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible on the streaming service. This came after Bryan Kohberger spoke out about receding his guilty plea after Netflix released The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare.
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Four bodies have since been found on Friday and rescuers have continued their search for the other six in Purja's expedition. The four bodies have not been identified publicly yet.
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In a statement from the Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) on Thursday, it said they "received deeply concerning reports of an avalanche that struck a team of climbers on Broad Peak in the Karakoram mountain range." The statement added, "'The team could not be reached since the incident."
Nirmal Purja was the star of a Netflix documentary -Credit:AFP via Getty Images
Purja, known as Nims, rose to fame in 2019 when he climbed the world's 14 highest mountains, all with peaks above 26,247 ft, in 189 days, breaking a world record. His feat was documented in Netflix's 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible.
He started his world-record experience on April 23, 2019, with Annapurna before climbing Everest in May and K2 in July. He also climbed Broad Peak, Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu, Dhaulagiri I, Manaslu, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum I, Gasherbrum II, and Shishapangma.
"'It has been a grueling but humbling six months, and I hope to have proven that anything is possible with some determination, self-belief and positivity," he said at the time.
It's unclear if he's one of the four bodies found -Credit:AFP via Getty Images
"I could not have made it happen without the unending support of my friends and family who have been in my heart this entire time," Purja continued. "We started with nothing, but look how far we've come."
Born in Western Nepal, Purja became part of the Gurkhas in his teens, a section of the British army known for its fearlessness. He served in the British military for 16 years, 10 of which were spent in special forces, and he was awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 2018 for his achievements in extreme high-altitude mountaineering.
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