Jordan Reynolds

Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja, a former British Special Forces soldier and star of Netflix’s 14 Peaks documentary, died in an avalanche while leading a 10-person expedition on Pakistan’s Broad Peak. His company Elite Exped also confirmed the deaths of climbing partners and guides Pur Bahadur Gurung and Nima Sherpa. Tributes came from Bear Grylls and Spencer Matthews, who had worked with Purja to recover the body of Matthews’s brother, Michael. Purja became internationally known after climbing all 14 peaks above 8,000 metres in a record 189 days and was awarded an MBE in 2018.