Relatives mourn victims of Pakistan avalanche
Relatives gathered to mourn the three Nepali mountaineers, Kili Pemba Sherpa, Gyalu Sherpa, and Nima Sherpa.
![nepal - pakistan - avalanche - accident [PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image-1786481713.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Relatives gathered to mourn the three Nepali mountaineers, Kili Pemba Sherpa, Gyalu Sherpa, and Nima Sherpa.
![nepal - pakistan - avalanche - accident [PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image-1786481713.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)



![A file photo of Nirmal Purja, one of the team member of the all-Nepalese mountaineering team that became the first to scale Mount K2 in winter, gestures as the team arrives at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal on Jan. 26, 2021. [Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/AP26212068769209-1785472083.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![A file photo of Nirmal Purja, one of the team member of the all-Nepalese mountaineering team that became the first to scale Mount K2 in winter, gestures as the team arrives at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal on Jan. 26, 2021. [Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/AP26212068769209-1785472083.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)


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