
ビヨンド・ポッシブル ニムス・プルジャ著
$15$30

ネパール人登山家のニムス・プルジャは、世界の8000メートル級「デスゾーン」の全14峰を7ヶ月未満で登頂した初めての人物です。彼の画期的な記録は、それまでの7年間という従来記録を大幅に更新しました。
I finished this in two sittings because the pacing of the summit pushes just pulls you along. What stuck with me was how honestly the exhaustion and risk come through alongside the record-breaking timeline.
The chapter on the fourteen 8000-meter peaks in under seven months had me putting the book down just to process it. I read the Death Zone sections twice, and the pacing made the whole thing feel like a thriller rather than a memoir.
I went in expecting a climbing memoir and got something closer to a thriller — the chapter on fixing ropes on K2 had me gripping the book. The way he breaks down the logistics of knocking off all fourteen 8000-meter peaks in under seven months made the impossible feel almost methodical.