Nepal remembers Broad Peak Climbers with runs, vigils and silence

Aug 09, 2026

Kathmandu (Nepal), August 08 (ANI): Tributes have continued to pour in for the Nepali climbers who died in the Broad Peak avalanche.On Saturday morning, hundreds of people took part in the "Tribute Run 5K", paying tribute to the climbers who perished in the avalanche that struck the world's 12th-highest peak at the end of July. The runners, upon reaching the Bouddhanath Stupa, the finish line of the marathon, held vigil, lighting the butter-fed-lamp in front of the photo of the climbers. Portraits of British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja, Nima Sherpa, Nawang Thindu Sherpa, Pur Bahadur Gurung, Kili Pemba Sherpa and Gyalu Sherpa were kept facing the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bouddhanath Stupa, and paid the vigil. Rescuers had retrieved four of the bodies of the climbers on August 2, 2026. A total of 7 bodies have been recovered from the peak, with three still on the slopes of one of the technical peaks. The body of one Nepali climber is yet to be retrieved, while three other bodies have been brought to Skardu in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan, where procedures are being completed for the retrieval back home. Only the body of Pur Bahadur Gurung, the ten-time Everest summiteer, has been retrieved back home, and a funeral was held on Friday.