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KATHMANDU, Nepal \u2014 The bodies of four climbers were located by Pakistani search crews on Friday after at least \u200b10 mountaineers went missing in a suspected avalanche on Broad Peak a day earlier, Pakistani sources said.Among those missing is Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja, 43, who set a record for the fastest ascent of \u200cthe world's 14 highest mountains, a feat chronicled in the 2021 Netflix documentary "14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible."The climbers are believed to have been swept away \u2060by an avalanche on the 26,414-foot peak, the world's \u200b12th-highest mountain, around midday on Thursday.Search and rescue operations \u2060were continuing on Friday, Sajid Hussain, deputy director of the tourism department in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region, told Reuters.The search was \u200cfocusing on a "remote and difficult \u200carea," Hussain said.The four bodies found had not yet been recovered, according to Pakistani security sources, \u2060who did not give details of where they were found or \u2060about their identities.Two Pakistan Army Aviation rescue helicopters have been dispatched, the Aviation Cooperation Program said."We remain hopeful for the safe recovery of the missing climbers," the club said. "The entire team has reportedly been out of communication since the avalanche."The expedition included Purja and nine other climbers from Nepal, Pakistan, Oman, the U.S. and China, the ACP said.Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a news briefing on Friday that Chinese authorities were "urgently verifying \u200cthe situation and gathering information" and "are willing to offer help based on the \u200brequirements of the Pakistan side."The Nepalese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said six of the 10 climbers missing in the avalanche were Nepalis. Nepal had "received assurances from the Pakistani authorities that they would mobilize all available resources for timely search and rescue operations", it said in a statement.Friends and relatives of the climbers feared the worst. Mingma David Sherpa, a business partner of missing Nepali climber Purja, said he was on his way to Pakistan on Friday after hearing the news.Trekking company Seven Summit Treks had three sherpa guides among the missing climbers, Chhang \u200bDawa Sherpa, a board director, told Reuters.Chhang said team members' last tracked location at the time of the suspected avalanche was at 21,653 feet and "fell \u200cdown straight from there".Broad \u2060Peak, locate
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