Nepali climber ‘Yukta’ killed in avalanche cremated

KATHMANDU, Aug 7: Nepali climber Pur Bahadur Gurung, who was among the 10 mountaineers killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, was cremated following Buddhist rituals and tradition in Kathmandu on Friday. Gurung, popularly known as ‘Yukta’, and nine other climbers, including veteran Nepalese-British mountaineer Nirmal Purja, died after the avalanche struck the world’s 12th-highest mountain at 8,051 metres in PoK’s Gilgit-Baltistan on July 30.The climbers were declared dead on August 1.Oficials, political leaders, tourism entrepreneurs, mountaineers, well-wishers and family members of Yukta were present when he was…