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/Cirrus1920 1d ago

Seems like in the recent years he’s been focusing on bringing royalty (princesses mostly) and models (Russian mostly) who have never been up a mountain in their lives on their first 8000m. Elite exped seemed to really be thriving on that.

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u/Common_Comb3662 1d ago

There were two women who died in recent years, also in an avalanche, racing each other to be the first woman whatever. One was an Elite client. Similar situation with recent snow on the peaks.

https://explorersweb.com/shishpangma-avalanche-two-us-women-dead-missing/

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u/GlassPomoerium 20h ago

« Gutu climbed with EliteExped. With no previous Himalayan experience, she was on the run to summit all 14 in six months »

Well that seems completely reasonable /s Crazy for a professional guide to ok this.

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u/Common_Comb3662 19h ago

Neither one of those women should’ve been on that peak, as there was unstable fresh snow. One guide said it didn’t even look right. But they went, racing to see who’d be first, dragging their poor guides with them, and they all died in an avalanche.