Himalaya Fall 2019: Nims Summits Manaslu, Gets 13th 8000-Meter Peak
Despite the fact that I have already written a fairly extensive update on the Himalaya today, I thought this news deserved its own post. Lat Friday, Nirmal "Nims" Purja took one more step towards achieving his goal of climbing all 14 8000-meter peaks in a seven month period by reaching the top of Manaslu. Now, just one mountain remains, but it seems increasingly likely that he won't even get the chance to step foot on that peak.
The summit of Manaslu came last Friday - September 27 - after the major wave of climbers reached the top the day ...