According to NBC News, British-Nepalese mountaineer became the fastest climber to summit the world’s 14 highest mountains on Tuesday, scaling all of them in record 189 days and breaking the previous record of nearly eight years.
Nirmal Purja, 36, climbed Mount Shishapangma at 26,335 feet in Tibet, six months and one week after he climbed his first in the pursuit, Mount Annapurna.
“Mission achieved,” Purja posted on his Instagram page from the summit in Tibet, the world’s 14th highest mountain, after reaching the peak at 9 a.m. local time on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET Monday).
Purja, who goes by “Nims,” accomplished the feat with six sherpas by his side, all Nepalese, according to a statement put out by his publicist.
The previous world records for climbing all 14 peaks was 7 years, 11 months and 14 days held by Poland's Jerzy Kukuczka in 1987, and South Korean Kim Chang-ho who beat Kukuczka’s record in 2013 by just 1 month and 8 days.
“MISSION ACHIEVED !” says @nimsdai from the summit of #Shishapangma #14peaks7months #History
— Nirmal Purja MBE (@nimsdai) October 29, 2019
At 8:58 hrs local time, Nims and his team reached the summit of Shisha Pangma. Team Members includes: Mingma David Sherpa, Galjen Sherpa and Gesman Tamang.#BremontProjectPossible pic.twitter.com/PeYUVQ7RnL
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