The Broad Peak Avalanche of 2026
The day the twelfth-highest mountain on Earth asked a generation for its silence.
READ THE STORY →KARAKORAM · PAKISTAN · 2026
THE NORTH
8,051 metres of stone and silence.
Fourteen summits above the world. Ten souls taken at once.
The North — a covenant
“Death is certain once you are born. I must continue my journey because I have a bigger goal.” — NIRMAL “NIMSDai” Purja
The North is a blank white sea of night. It is not a place you go to — it is a height you earn. Above eight thousand, the air thins to a prayer and every step is a negotiation with gravity. Here died a generation of the brave, on the western face of Broad Peak, swept in a single breath.
8,051Metres · Broad Peak
14Highest Peaks
10Souls Taken
6Nations Mourning
1Brotherhood
Remember the ten
THE TEN
Six nations. One rope. Ten legends who went up the western ridge together on the morning of 30 July 2026.
#01Nirmal Purja
#02Yukta Gurung
#03Kili Pemba
#04Nima Sherpa
#05Nawang Thindu
#06Gyalu Sherpa
#07Sohail Sakhi
#08Nadhira Al Harthy
#09Mallory Geis
#10Wang Zhong
Enter the memorial — and the fall written beneath their pictures →
The heroes
FACES OF THE NORTH
The five who carried the rope the farthest. Nine legends in all — read every story of the ridge.
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