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Those who have a knack for climbing must have heard of Nirmal Purja – the famous Nepalese mountaineer who has Read More

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Those who have a knack for climbing must have heard of Nirmal Purja – the famous Nepalese mountaineer who has climbed almost all the highest mountain peaks on earth.

Nirmal, aka Nims, is a former British soldier who served in the defense regiments as a Gurkha – Nepalese nationals recruited for the British military.

He has multiple climbing records to his name. He was the first Gurkha to have conquered Mount Everest while serving in the British Military.

Nims also holds the records of fastest ascent and descent of multiple double and triple header mountains of 8000m category.


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▪THE MAN IN THE ARENA▪ . Summited Gasherbrum 1 8080m and Gasherbrum 2 8035m within 3 days after immediately covering 8 days worth of trek from Nanga Parbat in just 3 days. @bremontwatches ⏱ . After severe weather on Nanga Parbat and trail blazing the route, myself and the rest of the Bremont Project Possible team were exhausted, we still trekked with all of our kit to Gasherbrum over 40km. . . . The team had to overcome some extreme and challenging experiences at G1. More detail to follow. . We had little to no respite between G1 and G2 but I’m ecstatic to say that’s … . 9x8000m mountains ✅ . "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." . @thrudark 🌑 . #TestedBeyondEndurance #Bremont #BremontProjectPossible #nimsdai #believer #uksf #sbs #projectpossible #specialforces #14peaks7months #S300 #nolimits #humanendeavour #limitless #selfbelief #determination #thrudark #positivemindset #nimsdai #alwaysalittlehigher

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