Joe Puryear has been killed climbing in Tibet.

http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web10f/news ... oe-puryear

With a long thread at: http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum ... d-in-Tibet

In recent years Joe and his climbing partner Dave Gottlieb had been doing the kind of climbs that most people only talk about - FA of Kang Nachugo, FA of Jobo Ribjang, PFA of Trakargo and more. Their climbs were inspirational to many of us. Joe climbed with a lot of passion and care for both the mountains and those who lived around them.

Joe and I swapped a lot of information about these kinds of mountains and I know why he went where they did. I always figured he would come back and we'd do it all over again.

I wish his friends and family, and especially Dave, condolences on the loss of Joe, all strength for the times ahead and thanks for helping make him who he was.

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Terrible news, I just saw the same on the Alpinist site. Didn't know him personally, but his writing in particular has been a source of inspiration.

Sad news.

Condolences to family and friends -- Terrible news

Holy crap.
Terrible, terrible sad news for us. Joe was in a league with a select few others.
The guy WAS a phenominal inspiration.

Terrible News. I really love his Alaska Climbing guide book. I emailed him at least once and he was very helpful in providing me with additional information.

Bummer!

Ran into him and his wife on the 4th P of the EB of Whitney(they nicely let me pass em up) in early August on my final C-C solo run up that route. Nice dude.

Peace in the next dimension Brother.

Sad RIP

http://climbtibet.blogspot.com -- Updated website

Oh God, that's awful.

Condolences to David, as well as Joe's family and friends.