Mountaineer Nimal "Nims" Purja on Annapurna. Nimal “Nims” Purja MBE completed his grueling climbs of all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter (above 26,000 feet) peaks by summiting China’s Shishapangma on ...

Last October, Nirmal “Nims” Purja, a Nepalese mountaineer and former member of Britain’s elite special forces, broke a world record. But he didn’t just break it—he demolished it. Purja summitted the ...