Nirmal Purja from Nepal has successfully completed his mission of summiting the world’s 14 highest peaks in six months and six days.
Nirmal reached the top of Mount Shishapangma (8,027 m) in China on October 29, 2019. He has shared the achievement by sharing on twitter writing “MISSION ACHIEVED!” on his personal twitter handle @nimsdai from the summit of #Shishapangma
Nirmal Purja began his climb titled Project Possible with the Annapurna in April 2019, this was followed by a summit of five tall peaks, including Mount Everest. In July he summited another five peaks in Pakistan.
“I am overwhelmed and incredibly proud to have completed this final summit and achieved my goal of climbing the world’s 14 tallest mountains in record time. It has been a grueling but humbling six months, and I hope to have proven that anything is possible with some determination, self-belief and positivity,” Purja said in a statement.
The army man credits his mission’s success to his background in Nepal and the British military training. He joined the Brigade of Gurkhas in 2003 and has served the Special Forces unit of UK’s Royal Navy.
“I am overwhelmed and incredibly proud to have completed this final summit and achieved my goal of climbing the world’s 14 tallest mountains in record time. It has been a gruelling but humbling six months, and I hope to have proven that anything is possible with some determination, self-belief and positivity,” said Purja.
Nepal’s Purja had to halt his last climb until he received permission from China to scale Shishapangma. The Nepal Government helped Purja is getting the permit to complete his last peak.