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Nirmal Purja

Nirmal Purja
MBE
Purja in 2021
Personal information
Born (1983-07-25) 25 July 1983 (age 40)[1]
Myagdi, Gandaki Province, Nepal
NationalityBritish,[2][3][4] Non-Resident Nepali Citizenship (since 9 November 2023)[5]
Career
Starting age29/30[6]
Notable ascentsAscent of all fourteen eight-thousander mountains, with a time of six months and six days (supplemental oxygen aid) - a record time until 2023.

Fastest ascent of Mount Everest, Lhotse and Makalu, in 48 hours[7][8][9]

First winter ascent of K2[10][11][12]
Family
SpouseSuchi Purja
ChildrenHimani Purja[13]

Nirmal Purja (known as Nims or Nimsdai[14]) MBE (Nepali: निर्मल पुर्जा; born 25 July 1983[1]) is a Nepal-born naturalised British[4] mountaineer. Prior to taking on a career in mountaineering, he served in the British Army with the Brigade of Gurkhas followed by the Special Boat Service (SBS), the special forces unit of the Royal Navy.[1][15] Purja is notable for having climbed all 14 eight-thousanders (peaks above 8,000 metres or 26,000 feet) in a time of six months and six days with the aid of bottled oxygen.[16] This was a record at the time of climbing, although it was broken in 2023 by Kristin Harila and Tenjen Sherpa, who summitted all 14 eight-thousanders in 92 days. Purja was the first person to reach the summits of Mount Everest, Lhotse and Makalu within 48 hours. In 2021, Purja, along with a team of nine other Nepalese climbers, completed the first winter ascent of K2.[17][18][19]

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  3. ^ "Change of Particulars for Director". Companies House. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b Robbins, Tom (26 November 2021). "Mountaineer Nirmal Purja: 'I'm sick of people saying things are impossible'". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Famed mountaineer Nimsdai receives NRN citizenship". nepalkhabar.com. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
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  8. ^ "Nirmal "Nims" Purja Summits All 14 8,000 Meter Peaks in Just 6 Months 6 Days, Shattering Former Record by Over 7 Years". Rock and Ice Magazine. 30 October 2019. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  9. ^ BBC News (29 October 2019). "Nirmal Purja: Ex-soldier climbs 14 highest mountains in seven months". BBC News. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Nirmal Purja climbed K2 in winter without supplementary oxygen". PlanetMountain.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  11. ^ "First winter ascent of K2 achieved by Nirmal Purja and fellow Nepalese". South China Morning Post. 16 January 2021. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Nirmal Purja's K2 winter summit proves ANYTHING is possible". Red Bull. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Suchi Purja – Wife of Nirmal Purja aka Nims Dai". peregrinetreks.com. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  14. ^ Kennedy, Lisa (1 December 2021). "'14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible' Review: Climbing at a Breakneck Pace". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Special Boat Service". National Army Museum. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Moving mountains". The Week. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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