Alan Hinkes Became Chapati Man

In July 1997, British mountaineer Alan Hinkes was attempting Nanga Parbat in the Himalayas when flour from a burnt chapati, a type of flatbread, entered his nose. He sneezed so violently that he prolapsed a spinal disc, leaving him immobilized and in severe pain for 10 days before a helicopter carried him to a hospital for treatment. The incident earned Hinkes the nickname "Chapati Man." He returned the following year and successfully summited Nanga Parbat.

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