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Nirmal Purja

1983 - Today

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Nirmal Purja (known as Nims or Nimsdai) (Nepali: निर्मल पुर्जा; born 25 July 1983) is a British mountaineer. Prior to taking on a career in mountaineering, he served in the British Army with the Brigade of Gurkhas followed by the Special Boat Service (SBS), the special forces unit of the Royal Navy. Purja is notable for having climbed all 14 eight-thousanders (peaks above 8,000 metres or 26,000 feet) in a time of six months and six days with the aid of bottled oxygen between April and October 2019. This was a record at the time of climbing, although it was broken in 2023 by Kristin Harila and Tenjen Sherpa, who summitted all 14 eight-thousanders in 92 days. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nirmal Purja is the 46th most popular mountaineer (up from 47th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Nepal (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Nepalese Mountaineer.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Nirmal Purja ranks 46 out of 56Before him are Simone Moro, Oh Eun-sun, Bachendri Pal, Denis Urubko, Edurne Pasaban, and Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner. After him are Joe Simpson, Dean Potter, Alison Hargreaves, Lhakpa Sherpa, David Lama, and Erik Weihenmayer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Nirmal Purja ranks 181Before him are Katie McGrath, Sushil Kumar, Christian Klien, Sergey Lazarev, Brandi Rhodes, and Stéphanie Frappart. After him are Lee Hanee, Ognjen Vukojević, Hillary Scott, Joseph Mazzello, Mamoru Miyano, and Zheng Jie.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Nirmal Purja ranks 45 out of 59Before him are Dipendra of Nepal (1971), Rana Bahadur Shah (1775), Pratap Singh Shah (1751), Lokendra Bahadur Chand (1940), Man Mohan Adhikari (1920), and Kirti Nidhi Bista (1927). After him are Baburam Bhattarai (1954), Ani Choying Drolma (1971), Sahana Pradhan (1927), Tulsi Giri (1926), Khil Raj Regmi (1949), and Manisha Koirala (1970).

Among MOUNTAINEERS In Nepal

Among mountaineers born in Nepal, Nirmal Purja ranks 4Before him are Tenzing Norgay (1914), Ang Rita (1948), and Apa Sherpa (1960). After him are Lhakpa Sherpa (1974).