Thursday’s airlift raised the number of recovered bodies to eight, including renowned British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja. The bodies of Purja, Chinese climber Zhong Wang, Nepali climbers Nima Sherpa, Gyalu Sherpa and Kilu Sherpa were flown from the base camp of Broad Peak to the air base in Skardu before being transported to the hospital, regional authorities said. The bodies will be flown to Pakistan’s capital Islamabad after coordination with the embassies of the climbers’ home countries, officials said. Mountaineering accidents are common in northern Pakistan, where climbers face hazards including avalanches, falling ice and rock, extreme altitude and rapidly changing weather. The bodies of foreign climbers who die attempting to summit Pakistan’s mountains are typically recovered only at the request of their families and governments.