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Newspaper Article Nimsdai
Newspaper Article Nimsdai
the possible
I am pretty sure that most of you have already watched ’14 Peaks:
Nothing is Impossible’ — the Netflix documentary on Nirmal Purja
(Nimsdai) about his record-breaking mountain expedition: Project
Possible 14/7.
The second phase of his project took him to Pakistan where he had
to summit five peaks, including the deadly K2 and Nanga Parbat.
Nimsdai and his team made another world record by climbing K2
on 24 July 2019 — the first-ever winter ascent. Numerous climbers
had failed to do so since the first attempt in 1987. Also, he was the
only team member to the summit without the use of supplemental
oxygen, becoming the first individual to do so in history.
Other than the major world record of the fastest ascent of the 14
tallest mountains in the world, Nimsdai broke these Guinness
World Record: Most 8000m mountains (six) in the Spring season;
most 8000m mountains (five) in the Summer season; the fastest
summit of the three highest mountains in the world, Mt Everest,
K2, and Kanchenjunga; the fastest summit of the five highest
mountains in the world, Mt Everest, K2, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse,
and Makalu; fastest bottom 8000m mountains, Gasherbrum I, II,
and Broad Peak; fastest consecutive summits of Everest, Lhotse,
and Makalu in 48 hours, beating his own previous record of five
days.