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Nirmal Purja, along with nine other Nepali mountaineers, made history on 16 January 2021 as the first to climb K2 in the harsh weather conditions of the winter.
May 31, 2024 · Women are increasingly reporting sexual harassment and abuse in the sport, including accusations against the renowned climber Nirmal Purja.
Jun 5, 2024 · Leading figures in the worlds of international mountaineering and Nepali politics are weighing in on celebrity climber Nirmal “Nims” Purja in the wake of bombshell allegations of sexual assault...
Nov 26, 2021 · Nirmal “Nims” Purja is a former special forces soldier, a veteran of numerous gun battles, a man equally at home parachuting, skiing or diving. Since leaving the military in 2019, he has...
May 30, 2024 · On January 16, 2021, Nirmal “Nims” Purja made history alongside nine fellow Nepali mountaineers, completing the first winter ascent of K2. Up until then, K2 was the last 8,000-meter peak yet to be summited in wintertime—an objective that was widely considered to be the greatest unclaimed feat in mountaineering.
Oct 29, 2019 · Nirmal Purja at the summit of Mount Everest. A Nepali mountaineer and former British Marine has climbed the world's tallest 14 peaks in six months - beating an earlier record of almost eight...
Dec 5, 2019 · Purja scaled the first peak of his record attempt – the notoriously treacherous Annapurna 1 (8,091m) – on April 23 and his last – Tibet’s Shishapangma (8,027m) – on October 29.
