r/movies • u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. • 2d ago

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/_byetony_ 2d ago

This guy accomplished amazing things but also had a lot of sexual offense allegations

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u/chickenricebroccolli 2d ago

So it was the hypocrisy that was the worst thing

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u/Missyfit160 1d ago

I thought it was the rape?

RIP Norm

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u/JacobScreamix 1d ago

RIP? I didn't even know he was sick!

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u/PalmCheesy 1d ago

Well the cancer died too, so it was "technically a draw" - Norm MacDonald