Beyond Possible: '14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible' Now On Netflix

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In May 2022, Purja set a new speed record for ascending Kangchenjunga, Mount Everest, and Lhotse consecutively without oxygen, with a time of 8 days 23 hours, and 10 minutes. He ascended Kangchenjunga on May 7 at 10:50 am, Mount Everest on May 15 at 8 am (his sixth ascent of Mount Everest), and after 26 hours, on May 16, at 10 am, ascended Lhotse. [29] Ascents of eight-thousanders [ edit ] Osprey’s statement read: “At approximately 10.45am today Kristin and her dedicated climbing partner, Tenjin ‘Lama’ Sherpa, reached the final summit, K2 in Pakistan, and with that successfully reached the summits of 14 mountains towering above 8,000 metres in a phenomenal world record time of just three months and one day (92 days). Prior to 2019, the fastest ascent of all mountains over 8,000 m was 7 years 310 days, set by Kim Chang-Ho (South Korea). The circuit of 14 mountains was first completed by Reinhold Messner, widely regarded as one of the world’s greatest mountaineers, who took years to complete it. In recent times, however, mountaineers have sought to climb all 14 mountains in months, a feat first claimed by Purja in 2019. I know Ed is a humble guy, but this book really came across as if he was just gloating and explaining why he was better than everyone else. It seemed like he was always explaining why he is right, etc. His opinions on others mentioned in the book sometimes comes across very judgmental and even demeaning. I don't think this was the intention at all, but it was hard to not read it that way.

Official Trailer for '14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible' Mountaineer Doc". FirstShowing. 2 November 2021. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021 . Retrieved 10 December 2021. Nims Purja's '14 peaks: Nothing is Impossible' ranks at no 7 in Netflix Global Top 10". The Himalayan Times. 10 December 2021. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021 . Retrieved 10 December 2021. The energy of the book gives it pace and you whip through, rather as Purja nips up verticals... Whether or not you are a lover of the mountains, you will marvel at his tenacity, his fearlessness. No one can fail to be inspired by what he achieved.' - The Times While Harila’s team said that she had climbed to the true summit of Manaslu, Mingma G – who runs his own high-mountain guiding company in Nepal – raised questions over Harila’s use of helicopters on the same mountain. At the beginning of this article we mentioned that almost everyone thought Nims was crazy. Well, one of the only people to believe in him was Reinhold Messner (Italy); the first person to climb all 8,000 m mountains.Obviously Ed is not a natural born writer, but since it has a co author, I expected this book to be better than it was. I found many things repetitive and I even noticed some typos. Just little things, but sometimes when you're not already enjoying a book it only takes the little things. It just was not written in an engaging way. I believe Ed's story was meant to be told, but it should have been written by someone else. Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone is the inside story of my incredible adventure." Physical strength helps a lot. Really, a lot. This should be a 'hygiene' thing that you should not need to think of on the mountain

Nims used bottled oxygen in all of his ascents. Impressively, previous record holder Kim Chang Ho didn’t use any and he still holds the record for the fastest ascent of all mountains over 8,000 m without supplementary oxygen. One example of this that I had a hard time getting past, comes near the start of the book. He tells the story of rescuing a female mountaineer on one of the peaks. There seems to be some sort of resentment to her, like obviously she went past her limits and she shouldn't have kept going... basically Ed seems upset with her. But then she climbs into his tent at basecamp and everything is fine. He mentions her and their affair several times and it just seems so unnecessary and demeaning. It makes it so much worse that this women died in the mountain years ago. After dinner, the Sherpas cranked up a local Nepali DJ named Badal and the scene phase-changed into a full-blown dance party. A fifth of rum appeared and Nims filled everyone’s cups. Green, the architect, leaned over and assured me, “This is every night.”

Enter Project Possible: a seemingly unreachable goal to climb all fourteen "death zone" mountains in record time. The previous record was seven years, ten months and six days. I was told that my plan was impossible. So I decided to name it Project Possible.” Nims explained in the documentary. I think the book is a fine supplement to the documentary, so if you're reaching for it for that reason, as I did, I recommend it. Though you know the whole story, of course. The "beats" are identical, told in much the same way/structure as the documentary. And the book does have some downsides, at least for me personally as a reader. If you're genuinely interested in mountaineering, especially 8,000 meter peaks--their challenges, history, and the complex psychology of those who climb them, you cannot read this in isolation. There are much better books to actually scratch beyond the surface of the subject. Nirmal Purja's K2 winter summit proves ANYTHING is possible". Red Bull. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021 . Retrieved 29 January 2021. On 16 January 2021, 10 Nepalese climbers - including Nims - made the first winter ascent of K2 ever.