“The conditions are very dangerous,” rescuer Sirbaz Khan told CNN on Monday. This rescue mission is his 20th time climbing Broad Peak. The optimal weather window for summiting the peak is from July 15 to 30, making current conditions riskier, mountain photographer Tehsin Razi told CNN. Razi survived an avalanche when climbing Broad Peak last July and described the challenging conditions. In an interview in 2019, Purja told CNN that he wanted to use his platform to honor the skills of Nepal’s Sherpa people.