{"id":414615,"date":"2026-08-23T13:02:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/414615\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T13:02:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:02:36","slug":"remains-found-of-san-antonio-mountain-climber-who-died-in-an-avalanche-on-pakistans-broad-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/414615\/","title":{"rendered":"Remains found of San Antonio mountain climber who died in an avalanche on Pakistan\u2019s Broad Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD \u2013 Search teams on Friday found the remains of American climber Mallory Geis,<\/a> the last missing member of a 10-member international mountaineering team that was killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak weeks ago, a mountaineering official and local authorities said.<\/p>\n

Geis\u2019 remains were found by a team made up of local volunteers, according to Irfan Arshad Khan, president of the Alpine Club of Pakistan. The expedition was Geis\u2019 first attempt to climb an 8,000-meter (26,247-foot) peak in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Geis, 39, lived in the Alamo City. She announced on social media earlier this year that she was closing her Pilates studio to take \u201ca giant leap of faith into the unknown to see where life goes. I have a sneaking suspicion there will be lots of helmets, harnesses, and crampons involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her family remembered her in a statement earlier this month as \u201ca bright light who was loved deeply by her family and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

The recovery ended a search that began on July 31 after the expedition, led by renowned climber Nirmal Purja, was swept away by an avalanche on Broad Peak. <\/p>\n

Purja, a Nepal-born former British Army soldier widely known as Nims Dai, climbed the world\u2019s 14 highest peaks in a record 189 days in 2019, an achievement featured in the Netflix documentary \u201c14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible.\u201d His record was broken in 2023.<\/p>\n

Accidents are common on climbing expeditions<\/a> in northern Pakistan because of avalanches, falling ice and rock, high altitude and rapidly changing weather.<\/p>\n

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