He Wasn't Chasing Mountains - by Hassan Khan
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Nims Purja and the cost of feeling alive
I haven’t been able to stop thinking about Nirmal Purja since I heard the terrible news last night. I watched 14 Peaks a while ago, the documentary chronicling his astonishing mission to climb all 14 of the world’s 8000 metre peaks in just six months, a feat many believed impossible, and sat there in complete awe. I was blown away by Nims’ courage, his almost unimaginable sense of adventure and the sheer audacity of what he was attempting. It’s tough to put into words, but there was something wonderfully outrageous about him. He seemed to have made peace with fear in a way most of us never…
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