SocietyBodies of famed climber Nirmal Purja and four others recovered from Broad Peak

Regional authorities said military helicopters carried the bodies of famed climber Nirmal Purja, Chinese climber Zhong Wang, Nepali climbers Nima Sherpa and Kilu Sherpa, and another Sherpa climber from Broad Peak’s base camp to the city’s airbase. The remains were then transported to Skardu. Three additional bodies had already been brought down from the mountain on August 1.