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Surprised this has not come up already on here - what this guy did is absolutely INSANE. I am reading his book right now. The naysayers will say that he did it with oxygen and talk smack but the reality is that using O2 is a perfectly valid way to do it - just as is doing it without O2. Of course you cannot compare speed with the two methods (meaning obviously doing it with O2 should help you do it faster) but at the…
Surprised this has not come up already on here - what this guy did is absolutely INSANE. I am reading his book right now. The naysayers will say that he did it with oxygen and talk smack but the reality is that using O2 is a perfectly valid way to do it - just as is doing it without O2. Of course you cannot compare speed with the two methods (meaning obviously doing it with O2 should help you do it faster) but at the…
Are there accounts of the sherpas that you’d recommend (ideally instagram)? That sounds really cool.
Amazing accomplishment aside, I listened to him on Rogan and found him to be incredibly arrogant and self absorbed.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
So the takeaway from Nims' story is lost; the sherpas' names are hidden from view behind the name of a foreign figurehead.
Rich Westerners doing rich people stuff. I hope this coming economic crisis will put at least a temporary hold to all this craziness of more and more people trying to ascend those mountains and, in so doing, leaving lots of trash behind them, but I have my doubts.
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...
So the takeaway from Nims' story is lost; the sherpas' names are hidden from view behind the name of a foreign figurehead.
Related, I thoroughly enjoyed "Into Thin Air"[1], a first person account of one of the worst mountaineering disasters that took place in 1996 on the slopes of Mt Everest. The author masterfully interweaves the history of Mt Everest, his personal journey as a mountaineer, and the events of May 1996. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1898.Into_Thin_Air
Related, I thoroughly enjoyed "Into Thin Air"[1], a first person account of one of the worst mountaineering disasters that took place in 1996 on the slopes of Mt Everest. The author masterfully interweaves the history of Mt Everest, his personal journey as a mountaineer, and the events of May 1996. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1898.Into_Thin_Air
Into Thin Air is fantastic. There's a follow up book by Anatoli Boukreev, one of the expedition guides, who comes off particularly badly in Krakauer's book. Unfortunately he comes off even worse in is own book. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/925367.The_Climb
Surprised this has not come up already on here - what this guy did is absolutely INSANE. I am reading his book right now. The naysayers will say that he did it with oxygen and talk smack but the reality is that using O2 is a perfectly valid way to do it - just as is doing it without O2. Of course you cannot compare speed with the two methods (meaning obviously doing it with O2 should help you do it faster) but at the…
The website says the climbs occurred "Between April and October 2019"?
Surprised this has not come up already on here - what this guy did is absolutely INSANE. I am reading his book right now. The naysayers will say that he did it with oxygen and talk smack but the reality is that using O2 is a perfectly valid way to do it - just as is doing it without O2. Of course you cannot compare speed with the two methods (meaning obviously doing it with O2 should help you do it faster) but at the…
This is money project.
1. Financial side of his project (sponsors, movies, advertising) is tremendous. This is financial project done mainly for money, while hiding it.
2. Listen to any of his live interviews. Dude is arrogant as hell.
3. Whole Sherpas motiv is virtue signaling (and clever fake shield for do not criticise me) - this was even written about!
4. Check his media presence: i t is massively huge. Done for revenues and attention.
5. Difference between him and Kukuczka original feat is only one: MONEY (Ok maybe two: Nims ego)
6. Check what of him thinks mountain guides, and people say on r/mountaineering/ - disdain and criticism.
Money buys things like that. And is the main cause of it, while being mentioned in fine print only (another sign of fakeness)
T h i s i s s i m p l y m o n e y.
And ego. A lot of ego with arrogance sauce :-(