00:00Renowned Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja is among ten people missing after an avalanche struck his climbing expedition in northern Pakistan.
00:08Military helicopters and ground rescue teams equipped with geolocation devices have located four bodies,
00:13and officials confirmed that recovery operations and the search for the six remaining climbers were continuing,
00:19though severe weather has hampered military helicopter flights in the region.
00:23The team was struck on broad peak at 8,047 meters in the Karakom range, losing all communication late Thursday.
00:29Purja, aged 43, previously set records by climbing all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters in just six months in
00:382019.
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