# How a disaster killed a generation of record-setting guides and a climbing legend

https://mins.news/en/item/13067

- BBC News, 2026-08-04 22:09 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2ge4dnj80o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> A disaster in Pakistan has claimed the lives of a generation of mountaineering guides known for setting records. A celebrated figure in climbing was also among those who died. Fellow guides say the losses delivered a devastating blow to Nepal’s mountaineering community. The deaths have therefore affected both the wider climbing world and the Nepalese guides whose work underpins it.