'Your legacy will live forever': Nepal mourns climber Nirmal Purja

Nepal is mourning after an avalanche killed several of the country's leading mountaineers, BBC News reports, among them renowned climber Nirmal Purja. Tributes have been pouring in nationwide for a figure celebrated for his record-breaking ascents in the Himalayas.

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