The Gurkha mountaineer and Netflix star died in an avalanche on July 30th, aged 43
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Nirmal Purja set a record for the fastest ascent of the world's 14 highest mountains and became widely known after a Netflix…
Nirmal Purja, 43, died in an avalanche in Pakistan as he was on his latest expedition, a climb to Broad Peak in the Karakoram…
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The Netflix-famous climber died, among nine others, climbing the world's 12th highest mountain.
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Mountaineering star’s bid to become the first person to climb all 14 of the world’s eight-thousanders twice without supplemental…
