Mountainer Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja’s well-wishers have been left worried after it was reported that he remained missing after a horrifying avalanche hit the Broad Peak in Pakistan. For the unversed, the authorities recovered four bodies, while Purja, along with his five companions, remained missing.
If the reports are to be believed, the avalanche struck back on July 30, 2026, and a rescue search is active for Purja and other climbers. Amid this, Nirmal’s last Twitter post made rounds on social media, wherein he said that he didn’t intend to climb the Broad Peak. For the unversed, Nims Purja’s mountaineering career once strained his relationship with his brother. Here’s all about the issues he faced and everything about his last post before going missing.
Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja’s last tweet surfaces amid him being missing following an avalanche hitting Broad Peak
Taking to his X (Twitter), Nirmal Nims Purja wrote on July 27, 2026, that the initial plan was to climb Gasherbrum II, but adding Broad Peak would take them one step closer to making a world record. According to Nims Purja, he would become the first person to climb all 14 eight-thousanders twice without supplemental oxygen.
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