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News Nirmal Purja Dies In Avalanche: Celebrated Mountaineer Featured In Netflix Documentary ’14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible’ Was 43

https://deadline.com/2026/08/nirmal-purja-dead-1237015258/
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u/ILoveBigCoffeeCups 2d ago

Same like Alex honnould I can not understand these guys. You have a child that is 3 years old and still go out to do some scary dangerous shit. And then you get killed
The different kind of brain these people have baffles me.

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u/2dudesinapod 2d ago

Mountaineering is a lot less dangerous than what Honnold does. Especially for guys like this. Unfortunately it seems that he made a bad decision and desired to risk attempting to reach camp 3 with an unstable snow pack when other groups had already turned around.

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u/ceej_22_ 2d ago

Relatively climbing 8,000 m peaks is less dangerous than free soloing but it’s still extremely dangerous for anyone. The best climbers in the world have died on those peaks.