South Asia
Climbing and mountaineering

Nepalese man breaks record for scaling world’s 14 highest peaks

Nirmal “Nims” Purja, a Nepalese mountain climber and former British soldier, has smashed the world record for scaling the world’s highest 14 mountains in 189 days. The previous world record for an individual climbing all 14 peaks was 7 years, 10 months and 6 days.

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