Project Possible: Ascending 14 peaks in 7 months

rpmw wrote: post #2

Kristin Harila of Norway is attempting to beat this record this year. She has just 3 remaining. https://explorersweb.com/gasherbrum-i-summits-keep-speed-rec...

I was shocked to find out she is only 36, is sunscreen just not a concern for people ascending the peaks??

Re: Project Possible: Ascending 14 peaks in 7 months

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Post by prionassembly » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 6:54 PM UTC

xwdv wrote: post #5

rpmw wrote: post #2

Kristin Harila of Norway is attempting to beat this record this year. She has just 3 remaining. https://explorersweb.com/gasherbrum-i-summits-keep-speed-rec...

I was shocked to find out she is only 36, is sunscreen just not a concern for people ascending the peaks??

Someone else will be able to give a scientific explanation, but the sun is just different at heights. I used to have famiy both in La Paz and Quito and just 15 days in one of those places -- dressed for cold --made me as brown as two months going to the beach in coastal Brazil.

Re: Project Possible: Ascending 14 peaks in 7 months

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Post by hgomersall » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 6:55 PM UTC

xwdv wrote: post #5

rpmw wrote: post #2

Kristin Harila of Norway is attempting to beat this record this year. She has just 3 remaining. https://explorersweb.com/gasherbrum-i-summits-keep-speed-rec...

I was shocked to find out she is only 36, is sunscreen just not a concern for people ascending the peaks??

Cold wind makes your skin red too.

Re: Project Possible: Ascending 14 peaks in 7 months

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Post by ryeights » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 6:59 PM UTC

An astounding accomplishment no doubt, but Nims is clearly very arrogant and self-centered. In addition, he didn’t reach the true summit of Manaslu, and has likely lied about other aspects of his climbs (for example, claiming to have climbed Kangchenjunga without supplemental oxygen)

Re: Project Possible: Ascending 14 peaks in 7 months

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Post by winkywooster » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 7:07 PM UTC

There’s another famous 14, but at 14k feet, the Nolans 14 in Colorado: http://mattmahoney.net/nolans14/

Re: Project Possible: Ascending 14 peaks in 7 months

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Post by mym1990 » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 7:07 PM UTC

ryeights wrote: post #8

An astounding accomplishment no doubt, but Nims is clearly very arrogant and self-centered. In addition, he didn’t reach the true summit of Manaslu, and has likely lied about other aspects of his climbs (for example, claiming to have climbed Kangchenjunga without supplemental oxygen)

And you know Nims personally?