“Giving up is not in the blood, sir”: Nims Purja’s extraordinary 189-day mission to conquer all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks and achieve the impossible
For Nirmal “Nims” Purja, giving up was never supposed to be an option. A former Gurkha and British Special Forces soldier, Purja became one of the most recognisable mountaineers in the world after attempting what many considered absurd: climbing all 14 of the world’s mountains above 8,000 metres in just seven months. He called it […]
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