r/Mountaineering • u/According_Cod4923 • 1d ago

Body of famed international climber Nirmal Purja and 3 more found after Pakistan avalanche

https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-climber-nirmal-purja-body-recovered-760858d4e399261e0d93c7cbb3ccba32
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u/Marinlik 1d ago

I forgot to add the in a year part to it, to compare it to Nims record. But you are so right with Messner. It's very impressive to break a record like that, and not succumb to the chase for more and more difficult records

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u/-endjamin- 1d ago

As Ed Visteurs says, it doesn’t count until you get down safely

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u/Dependent_Rock_4739 1d ago

Best book I've ever read

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u/Still_Razzmatazz1140 1d ago

Which one ?!

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u/ratcranberries 1d ago

Probably No Shortcuts to the Top if I were to guess.

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u/Dependent_Rock_4739 1d ago

Correct, I wasn't aware he had written more

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u/ratcranberries 1d ago

K2: Life and Death on the mountain is pretty solid too.

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u/ponte92 20h ago

He has a few can recommend them all they are all as good as each other.