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20 Established 1961 Lifestyle Features Wednesday, October 30, 2019 Nepali mountaineer yesterday smashed the speed record for summit- Aing the world’s 14 highest peaks, racing up all “8000ers” in just six months and six days, organizers said. The previous record for the 14 mountains above 8,000 meters — completed by Nirmal Purja at 8.59 am yesterday-was almost eight years. “MISSION ACHIEVED! says @nimsdai from the summit of #Shishapangma,” read a post on Purja’s Facebook page, while a statement quoted the former British elite soldier as being “over- whelmed and incredibly proud” after his 189- day feat. “It has been a grueling but humbling six months, and I hope to have proven that any- thing is possible with some determination, self-belief and positivity,” the 36-year-old said. “We started with nothing, but look how far we’ve come.” Starting with Italy’s leg- endary Reinhold Messner in 1986 — who on Tuesday praised Purja’s “unique moun- These handout photos taken and released by Nepali climber Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja and his ‘Bremont Project Possible’ team shows Purja standing at the summit of Nanga Parbat. — AFP photos taineering accomplishment”-around 40 climbers have climbed the Earth’s 14 highest Boat Service, kicked off “Project Possible” in where he first tackled the notorious Nanga quest, “everyone was laughing at me,” Purja don’t get such opportunities,” he said. Purja’s mountains, but none have come close to April. In the first part of his record attempt, Parbat at 8,125 meters. Battling sleep depri- told AFP in a recent interview in Kathmandu record was yet to be verified independently, Purja’s speed. Purja ticked off Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, vation to meet his target, Purja said he was as he awaited permission from the Chinese although he has individual summit certifi- The late Polish climber Jerzy Kukuczka Kanchenjunga, Everest, Lhotse and Makalu almost sprinting up and down five of government to tackle Shishapangma. cates from Nepal and Pakistan and will apply took seven years, 11 months and 14 days in in just one month. He was not alone on Pakistan’s highest peaks including He said then he wanted his feats to inspire to Guinness World Records for recognition, 1987. South Korean Kim Chang-ho complet- Everest, reaching the summit on May 22 with Gasherbrum I, Gasherbrum II and K2, the the next generation of Nepali climbers to his expedition organizers said. He also said ed the challenge one month faster-although 320 others and snapping a photo of a traffic second highest in the world. break his records. Sherpas-Nepalis who he broke seven other records, including the unlike Kukuczka and also Purja, he never jam of climbers on the world’s highest moun- Twenty-three days later he was standing often work as guides for foreign moun- fastest summit of the world’s three highest used supplementary oxygen. tain that went viral. atop Broad Peak, his fifth and final mountain taineers-are the backbone of the lucrative mountains and climbing Everest, Lhotse and This season a record 885 people climbed of the second phase. Purja began his final climbing industry, but don’t attract anywhere Makalu in 48 hours.—AFP Project possible the famous mountain. A total of 11 people push in September, reaching the tops of Cho near the same amount of attention or acco- Purja, a former member of the Gurkhas-a died, with at least four of those deaths Oyu and Manaslu within a week. Tuesday’s lades as their international companions. brigade of Nepalis in British army famous for blamed on overcrowding. A month later, summit of Shishapangma was the final hurdle. “International attention and sponsors rush their fearlessness-as well as the elite Special Purja headed to Pakistan for the second part, When he first told others about his new easily towards foreign climbers but Nepalis ired of wearing a traditional watch you can trust the Huawei Watch GT 2 to that just indicates time and calendar give you the most accurate data and analy- Tin more complex models? 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