Acclaimed British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja was among the missing. According to the Alpine Club, the expedition comprised five Nepali climbers, Pakistani mountaineer Sohail Sakhi, Omani climber Nathira, American climber Mallory Geis, a Chinese climber identified only as Wang, and another foreign climber. The company said this was Geis' first try at an 8,000-meter (26,000 foot) peak in Pakistan, while it was expected to be Sakhi's final one. It lies in Pakistan's Karakoram range, home to five of the world's 14 peaks above 26,000 feet, attracting climbers from around the globe. Accidents are common during climbing expeditions in northern Pakistan because of avalanches and rapidly changing weather.