Climbing the 14 highest peaks in the world is an accomplishment very few mountaineers have achieved. Only 44 highly motivated souls, to be exact, have done it. Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja, a Nepalese mountaineer and former British army soldier, is the ...
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Mel Gibson Has Been Cast in John Wick Prequel Series ‘The Continental’
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Senator, Directors Move to Ban Guns on Movie Sets After Hutchins Death
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