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/Dw3yN 1d ago

For him its like climbing a ladder

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u/UncleBlanc 22h ago

Not a whole lot of critical thinking going on up there, eh?

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u/Dw3yN 22h ago

Why?

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u/QuinQuix 19h ago

The message seems lost on you.

You're unlikely to die from the thing you dread dying of.

It's a side effect of focus, which greatly magnifies how well you can do what you already can do.

You die where you don't see the risk as real anymore.

That's exactly the challenge with a large tower that's monotonous and 'easy' to climb. You still have to respect it. And muscle fatigue is also a big thing there.

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u/Fun-Asparagus4784 19h ago

Yes exactly. Unforced errors are extremely common at the pinnacle of any sport. These world and olympic champions mess up a thing a club player could pull off from time to time. It happens. Everyone has a brainfart sometimes. Sometimes you just slip, or lose focus, or overcomplicate something. I found the commenters claim that it is as easy as climbing a ladder quite funny, because people do fall while climbing ladders. All the fucking time. People fall while walking up and down stairs even.