Pura Vida The Ridge

On the south face of Annapurna at 7400 metres Iñaki Ochoa de Olza is dying His rope companion sounds the alarm And from the other side of the world the biggest rescue attempt in the history of the Himalayas gets underway For four days a dozen men including some of the best mountaineers in the world from ten countries set out to try to rescue their stricken comrade Even beyond his peaks Iñaki is an exceptional man As exceptional as the rescue attempt itself and the men who risked their lives to save him Exceptional because their one driving rule is to live To live in the only way possible with pure intensity and honesty