Nirupam
Names: NirupamNiru
First appears in Book 4: The Adversary, chapter 15 (3)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
B4
What you know
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 15Cheerful little Bastard factotum who circulates freely and made huge climbing boots for the high-pocketers.
- Ch 15Nirupam is a genuine Sherpa and has made vitredur crampons, pitons and ice screws for the climb.
- Ch 20An experienced Indian climber and technician who advised using an open couloir instead of the black-ice one; he died in the avalanche, his neck broken.
- Ch 20Nirupam died serenely reciting a Buddhist prayer.
Connections
- ally ofBasil Wimborne
- friend ofBasil Wimborne
Key moments
- Book 4 · Ch 20Crevasse fall
Basil falls into a crevasse, cuts his rope to relieve strain on Chazz, lands on a shelf, and walks out; the team recovers him.
- Book 4 · Ch 20Avalanche in Darjeeling Gutter
While Chazz and Derek swap rope positions, a slab avalanche sweeps down; Chazz, Derek and Nirupam die, and only Basil survives.