How Nirmal Purja raced against time to save a stranded climber on Annapurna

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Purja went public in frustration, posting: “Chin Wui Kin is still alive… LETS SAVE LIFE.” We did that in four hours,” Purja told National Geographic. Global Desk · Remembering Nims Purja 43 hours on Annapurna In April 2019, days into his record run, Nims Purja turned around to help a stranger stranded above 7,500 metres. 8,091 m · Summit 7,500 m · Chin stranded 7,100 m · Camp 4 6,500 m · Camp 3 4,130 m · Base Camp . Annapurna was not the last time Purja abandoned a summit push to save lives that season.