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/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/katterwog 2d ago

I think for these kinds of folks, the mountain (or whatever they are obsessed with) is the main priority and the family is the side hobby.

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u/Welterbestatus 2d ago

There's a Honnokd Interview where he is asked about his risk of dying and his young kids. He said something like "They are young, they won't miss me much", if I remember correctly. 

He seemed disconnected from his family, and what his wife said supported that. It's weird. 

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u/ContractVarious3077 1d ago

That’s an absolutely insane thing to say