French climber Marc Batard to explore new Everest route
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Book Title: The World Beneath Their Feet
Author: Scott Ellsworth
Avay Shukla
“This is a book about the mountains. But it is also a book about the men and women who dared to match them.” These opening lines by the author provide the essence of this detailed narrative on conquering the Himalayas in the first half of the last century, particularly the ‘Achttausenders’, the 10 peaks above 8,000 metres. The lofty crown of the Himalayas remained the only unexplored territory on the planet where the human imprint was still missing.
For long, nobody made it beyond 27,000 feet on Everest. The weather, logistics of maintaining a supply chain and pitching camp on narrow ledges and precarious cornices the odds needed a superhuman effort to conquer.
Nims told
Rock and Ice in a Skype interview about the first winter ascent of K2, “It was for Nepal. We were trying to show the world that we could make the impossible possible.” By Michael Levy | January 29th, 2021
Nirmal “Nims” Purja before his winter attack on K2 on January 5, 2021. Photo: Nimsdai / Red Bull Content Pool.
“Namaste,” says the voice on the other end of the line as the Skype call begins. The mellow timbre and softness catch me a bit off guard. I half expected Nirmal “Nims” Purja to have a stern, stentorian voice befitting his UK Special Forces background.
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