Is this the most bad ass thing ever? And is this guy the most bad ass guy on Earth?

[GOHOX69]

How a Nepali Climber Shattered the Record for Summiting the World's 14 Tallest Mountains

Nirmal Purja discusses his Possible Project, a mind-bending six-month expedition that redefined the rules of mountaineering

www.insidehook.com

I'd say him and Reinhold Messner.

 

[z_ape]

I just watched the doc about him on Netflix. Crazy accomplishment. The stamina it took to pull it off is crazy. Dude had unusual ability to utilize oxygen so efficiently. Seeing them shred Nanga Parbat and K2 so easily was impressive.

Messner may have done some of those without oxygen, but not on such a compressed time scale.

 

[z_ape]

No real desire to summit any of the 8m peaks, but I'd love to trek around them

Nanga Parbat

 

[GOHOX69]

No real desire to summit any of the 8m peaks, but I'd love to trek around them

Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat literally means "Naked Mountain." Nanga means naked. Parbat means mountain or rock or stone

 

[Whatsgoingonwitgyouguys0190]

Nanga Parbat literally means "Naked Mountain." Nanga means naked. Parbat means mountain or rock or stone

Cool. I trek around nanga all the time showing off my parbat to anyone that dares to look through my windows

 

[GOHOX69]

Cool. I trek around nanga all the time showing off my parbat to anyone that dares to look through my windows

Now only if your parbat was 8000 meters long

 

[seminole97]

This thread gave me a flashback of Touching the Void.

Worth seeing.
Harrowing.

 

[z_ape]

This thread gave me a flashback of Touching the Void.

Worth seeing.
Harrowing.

Probably my favorite mountain book. (and documentary iirc)

 

[z_ape]

Shot from near the peak of Hawkeye Point.

 

[GOHOX69]

Shot from near the peak of Hawkeye Point.

That was actually taken by NIMS, the same guy who did the 14 peaks. That's totally insane but hey the Nepali govt makes 50K off each schmuck so why me worry?

 

[jasonrann]

Fvck all of that. No thanks.

 

[The Tradition]

Fvck all of that. No thanks.

This.

 

[GOHOX69]

Fvck all of that. No thanks.

If Everest were renamed PIITB mountain, Jason and I would be first in line

 

[Fan In Black]

climbing mountains is stupid now. we have helicopters that fly right up there.

 

[GOHOX69]

climbing mountains is stupid now. we have helicopters that fly right up there.

Very few choppers fly above 24K feet my good man.

 

[Fan In Black]

Very few choppers fly above 24K feet my good man.

space ships can.

 

[GOHOX69]

space ships can.

Well of course. We all know it's the secret home base of the greys and the yeti.

 

[jasonrann]

Very few choppers fly above 24K feet my good man.

Which is exactly why no person had any GOT DAMN business up there.

 

[jasonrann]

If Everest were renamed PIITB mountain, Jason and I would be first in line

As long as I could climb it in 30 seconds toting a cooler and lawn chair.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Tall people don’t do well in mountain climbing because of oxygen is something I recall reading.

poor people don’t do well either.

impressive but two big factors that some people have no control over.

 

[jasonrann]

Tall people don’t do well in mountain climbing because of oxygen is something I recall reading.

poor people don’t do well either.

impressive but two big factors that some people have no control over.

Thank Christ I am 8' 13''. I thought there was something wrong with me.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Thank Christ I am 8' 13''. I thought there was something wrong with me.

I was a Sherpa at Eagle Point Park in Dubuque one summer. I wouldn’t be scared.

 

[torbee]

Second-favorite Nirmil/Nermal ever

 

[LBoogie28]

Nanga Parbat literally means "Naked Mountain." Nanga means naked. Parbat means mountain or rock or stone

This puts “mansplaining” to shame.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

I'd say him and Reinhold Messner.

Alex Honnold says "Hold my beer".

 

[mnole03]

There’s a big debate in the alpinist community about whether it counts if you don’t use the search bar.

 

[GOHOX69]

Alex Honnold says "Hold my beer".

He is in a different league. He'd die on those peaks. Alpine climbing and his climbing are totally unrelated but he's the goat at what he does.

 

[SSG T]

This has to be up there

'Iron Cowboy' Completes 100 Triathlons in 100 Days

James Lawrence crossed the finish line in Utah on Tuesday as he finished his self-created "Conquer 100" challenge.

www.google.com

 

[Hawki97]

He is in a different league. He'd die on those peaks. Alpine climbing and his climbing are totally unrelated but he's the goat at what he does.

If you want to see some absolutely insane free soloing - which also happens to be on Netflix right now - check out The Alpinist. Mark-Andre Leclerc is probably the most stunning alpine climber I've ever seen. His command of rock and ice is unbelievable.

 

[Hawki97]

How a Nepali Climber Shattered the Record for Summiting the World's 14 Tallest Mountains

Nirmal Purja discusses his Possible Project, a mind-bending six-month expedition that redefined the rules of mountaineering

www.insidehook.com

I'd say him and Reinhold Messner.

I was following Nims all while he was doing it on social media and really looking forward to the documentary. It's very good and they crammed a ton of material (all 14 peaks!) into under 2 hrs. I'm glad they didn't just keep showing a bunch of fisheye angles going up snowy, wind blow slopes from helmet cams and instead spent a lot of time on his background, the team, the "why" he was doing it, etc. His comment at the end to the crowd showing his appreciation for them being there but also saying the crowd would be 10x bigger if he was a western climber was spot on. Between this and winter K2 summit - hopefully it's the start of recognizing Sherpa climbers as truly the best high altitude climbers (not every discipline) in the world. All us white folk are just riding their coattails and always have been (sorry Hillary). Nims certainly seems to have the swagger and the chip on his shoulder to keep the momentum going and I hope he does.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

He is in a different league. He'd die on those peaks. Alpine climbing and his climbing are totally unrelated but he's the goat at what he does.

He still tops them on the "most bad ass guy on Earth" scale.

 

[fredjr82]

Cool. I trek around nanga all the time showing off my parbat to anyone that dares to look through my windows

You misspelled pear bod 🍐

 

[Hawki97]

He still tops them on the "most bad ass guy on Earth" scale.

You should watch the movie I linked above. Even Honnold thinks Leclerc is next level.

 

[Whatsgoingonwitgyouguys0190]

You misspelled pear bod 🍐

Ah naw man, I’m a golden god.