When an avalanche killed climber Nirmal Purja, his friends faced the hardest mission of all

Nirmal Purja, a mountaineer, died in an avalanche. Mingma G, a fellow mountaineer and friend of Purja, spoke to the BBC about efforts to recover Purja's body and those of other climbers who died in the same avalanche. The recovery operation required a climb to the location where the avalanche occurred. Purja was known for mountaineering expeditions in high-altitude regions.

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