{"id":797260,"date":"2026-08-01T11:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T11:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/797260\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T11:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T11:03:25","slug":"american-climber-among-dead-after-broad-peak-avalanche-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/797260\/","title":{"rendered":"American climber among dead after Broad Peak avalanche in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">The remains of an American mountain climber who got caught in an <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_4882099\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/disasters\/avalanche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">avalanche<\/a> in Pakistan were found on Friday, according to Pakistani officials.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Sarah Mallory Geis was climbing Broad Peak in Pakistan&#8217;s Karakoram mountain range with an international group of at least 10 people when they <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_4882100\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/missing-persons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">went missing<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">A rescue team also found the remains of Nadhira Ahmed Abdullah Al Harthy of Oman and Pur Bahadur Gurung of Nepal on Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_4882101\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/nurse-impaled-pole-during-hike-forced-trek-10-miles-help-a-freak-thing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">NURSE IMPALED BY POLE DURING HIKE FORCED TO TREK 10 MILES FOR HELP: &#8216;A FREAK THING&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/broad-peak-avalanche-rescue-operation.jpg\" alt=\"Rescue team members prepare to depart from an airbase in Skardu, Pakistan.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Members of a mountaineers rescue team prepare to depart from an airbase on a search operation for climbers missing after an avalanche on Pakistan&#8217;s Broad Peak in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, in northern Pakistan, on Friday. (Alpine Club of Pakistan via AP)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">There were signs of several more bodies where the rescue team was searching, drone footage showed, according to local officials.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">At 26,414 feet, Broad Peak is the twelfth-tallest mountain in the world.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_4882102\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/missing-grand-canyon-hiker-83-rescued-separated-companion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">MISSING GRAND CANYON HIKER, 83, RESCUED AFTER GETTING SEPARATED FROM COMPANION<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;We hope to continue our operations, both aerial search and the \u200b ground rescue, till the time we find the survivors or the dead bodies,&#8221; Irfan Arshad, president of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, said Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The rescue operation was temporarily halted Friday night due to weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nirmal-purja-k2-winter-mountaineering.jpg\" alt=\"Nirmal Purja gestures as he arrives at Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Renowned mountaineer Nirmal Purja is among the missing. (AP Photo\/Niranjan Shrestha)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Sajid Hussain, deputy director \u200b of the tourism department in Gilgit-Baltistan, called the rescue area &#8220;remote and difficult.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_4882103\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/nevada-man-dies-famed-sequoia-national-park-trail-sudden-emergency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">NEVADA MAN DIES AT FAMED SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK TRAIL AFTER SUDDEN EMERGENCY<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;High-altitude porters and rescue teams are working to retrieve the bodies and transport them to the base camp,&#8221; the Gilgit-Baltistan police said in a Facebook post Friday. &#8220;Due to the extremely rugged terrain and challenging weather conditions, the rescue operation is being carried out with the utmost caution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/broad-peak-karakoram-pakistan.jpg\" alt=\"Broad Peak mountain rises in the Karakoram range in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Broad Peak is the world&#8217;s 12th tallest mountain. (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The other missing climbers are from Nepal, Pakistan, China and the U.K.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Renowned British mountaineer Nirmal Purja, 43, who is of Nepalese origin, and who set the record for the fastest ascent of the \u200b world&#8217;s 14 highest mountains, was among the missing.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Purja was featured in the Netflix <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_4882105\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/genres\/documentary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">documentary<\/a> &#8220;14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brie Stimson is a Los Angeles-based entertainment and breaking news writer for Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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