Nirmal "Nims" Purja, Resume
Nirmal "Nims" Purja (born 25.07.1983, Myagdi, Nepal) - is a Nepalese mountaineer and former Gurkha and soldier of the Special Boat Service (SBS), an elite special forces unit of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. He climbed all 14 of the world's peaks that are above 8,000-meters (called the eight-thousanders), in the record time of 6 months and 6 days in 2019y. He was awarded the British Order of Knight - The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire |