The deaths of record-setting mountaineering guides in a disaster in Pakistan have been described as a major blow to Nepal’s mountaineering community.
Fellow guides said the loss had deeply affected the community, which has long been closely associated with high-altitude climbing and guiding. The guides who died were described as part of a generation known for setting records in mountaineering.
The same disaster also killed a climbing legend, adding to the significance of the tragedy for those connected to the sport and for the wider climbing world.
The available information does not name the guides or the climbing figure, nor does it provide further confirmed details about the exact location, timing or circumstances of the disaster.
The latest known position is that the deaths are being mourned by fellow guides, who have characterised the incident as a devastating moment for Nepal’s mountaineering community.
