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Welcome to The Death Zone. Fourteen mountains on Earth tower over 8,000 metres above sea level, an altitude where the brain and body withers and dies. Until recently, the world record for climbing them all stood at nearly eight years. So I announced I was summiting them in under seven months. People laughed. They told me I was crazy, even though I'd sharpened my climbing skills on the brutal Himalayan peaks of Everest and Dhaulagiri. But I possessed more than enough belief, strength and resilience to nail the job, having taken down enemy gunmen and terrorist bomb makers while serving with the Gurkhas and the UK Special Forces. Throughout 2019, I came alive in the death zone. Soon after, I was showing the world a new truth: that with bravery and enough heart and drive, the impossible was possible ... (From the publisher) + Περιεχόμενα (P/B) BEYOND POSSIBLE +
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Εκδότης
HODDER & STOUGHTON
ISBN
9781529312263
Τύπος
ΕΝΤΥΠΗ ΕΚΔΟΣΗ
Κατάσταση
Καινουριο

Συγγραφέας: PURJA NIMSDAI

PURJA NIMSDAI

Ο Νίρμαλ "Νιμς" Πούρτζα είναι Νεπαλέζος Γκούρκα ορειβάτης, γνωστός για την ολοκλήρωση των 14 κορυφών των Ιμαλαΐων άνω των 8.000 μέτρων σε 6 μήνες και 6 ημέρες. Επιπλέον τον Ιανουάριο του 2021, μαζί με άλλους 9 Sherpa πραγματοποίησε την πρώτη χειμερινή ανάβαση στο όρος K2, την δεύτερη υψηλότερη κορυφή του κόσμου.