Rescuers have located the body of famed Nepalese climber Nirmal Purja who died after an avalanche struck his expedition in Pakistan last week, writes CNN.

Purja, 43, – who made history over the years by trekking some of the world’s highest peaks – “tragically lost his life” following the landslide in the Karakoram mountain range, according to a social media post. “His legacy will live on in the countless lives he changed and the people he inspired to climb their own mountains”, the Instagram post read, published Saturday by the Nimsdai Foundation which he founded in 2022.

He was among 10 mountaineers who went missing on Thursday after they were believed to have been on the 8,047-meter-tall Broad Peak, in northern Pakistan, when a landslide hit around midday local time.

Rescuers have located Purja’s body along with those of seven others, but they are yet to be brought back to base camp, the Alpine Club of Pakistan said Sunday. Two climbers from the group remain missing.

At least five people have been confirmed dead, including Purja, the Omani climber Nadhira Al Harthy, the Nepali climber Pur Bahadur Gurung “Yukta” and the US climber Sarah Mallory Geis.