Nimsdai “Nims” Purja sets a new world record by becoming the fastest (and ONLY,) person to summit 50 peaks over 8,000m
On 9th October the British- Nepali mountaineer, former Gurkha and UKSF, stood on the summit of Shishapangma for the second time in just 5 days in order to hit this new milestone in mountaineering – 50 summits of the world’s ‘Death Zone’ peaks
Previously, on 4th October Nims stood on the summit with legendry Nepali climber Mingma G and they both completed their 14 Peaks No Oxygen missions – Nims became the fastest person to climb all the 14 Peaks without any supplementary oxygen in 2 years 4 months and 28 days – whilst leading and guiding clients, as well as the fastest (and only) person to achieve the 14 peaks feat both with and without oxygen in just 5 years, 5 months and 12 days (23rd April 2019 to 4th October 2024.)