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Joe Puryear Dies,
Tibet this week,
37-year old Joe Puryear
37-year old Joe Puryear, one of the top alpine climbers in the U.S., perished while climbing in Tibet this week. The former Mt. Rainier guide was attempting to scale the 7367 meter (24,170 ft) Labuche Kang, located in the southern region of Chinese controlled Tibet, when the cornice he was scaling collapsed, sending him falling 1500 feet to his death. Puryear earned a reputation as a fearless climber in the 90's when he put up new routes in a variety of places around the world. He was even hired by the ...
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from UKClimbing.com News
Joe Puryear, one of America's top Himalayan climbers has been killed on Labuche Kang (7367m) in Tibet.
Puryear was climbing with David Gottlieb on the peak. The pair had made several notable ascents together in recent years.
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from The Alpinist - newswire
News Flash: The following news flash is a preliminary report posted as a service to our readers. Alpinist will post a story in detail when more information becomes available.--Ed. American alpinist Joe Puryear has been killed while climbing Labuche Kang (7367m) in Tibet. Initial reports indicate he was climbing unroped and fell through a cornice. Puryear, with partner David Gottlieb, had received the Mugs Stump award and Goretex Shipton-Tilman grant for an exploratory expedition to Nepal and Tibet. The ...
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from www.arareko.net
As first reported in the March 18, 2010 NewsWire, Joseph Puryear and David Gottlieb have made the first ascent of Takargo (6771m), the tallest peak of its group in the Rolwaling Himal of Nepal. Though the Americans spent just two days climbing the east face to the summit, Puryear considers the alpine-style ascent one of [...]
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from The Alpinist - newswire
As first reported in the March 18, 2010 NewsWire , Joseph Puryear and David Gottlieb have made the first ascent of Takargo (6771m), the tallest peak of its group in the Rolwaling Himal of Nepal. Though the Americans spent just two days climbing the east face to the summit, Puryear considers the alpine-style ascent "one of our biggest overall mountain climbing efforts ever." Gottlieb and Puryear were first to climb two other major peaks in the area: Kang Nachugo (6735m) via the south face and west ridge in
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from The Alpinist - newswire
News Flash: The following news flash is a preliminary report posted as a service to our readers. Alpinist has not confirmed the veracity of its contents but will post a story in detail when more information becomes available.--Ed. Joseph Puryear and David Gottlieb reached the summit of Takargo (aka Dragkar-Go, 6771m) on March 12, making the first ascent of this major peak just east of Chobutse in Nepal's Rolwaling Himal. In early March, the team established base camp on the Tradkarding Glacier below ...
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