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Nimsdai Purja

Born

in Nepal

July 25, 1983

Died

July 30, 2026

Website

https://www.nimsdai.com

Genre

Mountaineering, Sports

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Nirmal Purja (known as Nims or Nimsdai) (Nepali: निर्मल पुर्जा) was a Nepalese-British mountaineer. Before beginning a career in mountaineering, he served in the British Army with the Brigade of Gurkhas and later in the Special Boat Service (SBS), the special forces unit of the Royal Navy.

Purja was notable for having climbed all 14 eight-thousanders (peaks above 8,000 metres or 26,000 feet) in six months and six days with the aid of bottled oxygen between April and October 2019. This was a record at the time, 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, he an ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 6,189 ratings · 607 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone 4.16 avg rating — 6,071 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Possible: One Man, 14 Peaks, and the Mountaineering Achievement of a Lifetime 3.95 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hard Road Will Take You Home by Anthony Stazicker, Steve Clark (Narrator), Aldo Kane (Narrator) 4.15 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Du bist gut, wie du bist: Wie ich meine Depression besiegte und wie du dafür sorgen kannst, dass du gar nicht erst in den Kampf mit dir selbst ziehen musst by Charlène Steck, Nimsdai Purja (Preface), Alessia Zecchini (Preface) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Wild / Into Thin Air / Beyond Possible by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author), Nimsdai Purja it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Possible / Running Up That Hill / Alone On The Wall / The Impossible Climb by Nimsdai Purja liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	K2, Winter: The Final First really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year of Living Danishly / Beyond Possible by Helen Russell, Nimsdai Purja it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alone on the Wall / Tough Women Adventure Stories / Coasting / Beyond Possible by Alex Honnold, David Roberts, Jenny Tough 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The mountains were just about the best therapy a person could experience.”
― Nimsdai Purja, Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone

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“I knew more than anyone that nature didn’t care for reputation, age, gender, or background. It was equally indifferent to personality: the mountain couldn’t give a shit if the people exploring it were morally nasty or nice.”
― Nimsdai Purja, Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone

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“but that is the whole point: I have to push my limits to the max. Sitting tight, waiting it out and living in the past, has never been my thing. I want to be at the world’s highest point again, knowing it might slip out from underneath me at any moment. Because that is the only way to live”
― Nimsdai Purja, Beyond Possible: One Man, 14 Peaks, and the Mountaineering Achievement of a Lifetime

tags: boldness, climbing, limits, mountaineering

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