KATHMANDU: Nepali adventurer Nirmal Purja ‘Nims’ has been conferred with a certificate for his commendable new Guinness World Records.
Guinness World Records awarded Nims with a certificate amidst a program in its headquarters based in London on Monday.
Nims is also the star of hit Netflix documentary ’14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible’.
Speaking at an interview following the award presentation, Nims said, “This project was never about name or fame,” says Nims. “I think that when your heart and when your soul is pure with a bigger purpose, things happen.”
Nims’ current record titles are:
Fastest ascent of all mountains over 8,000 m (male) – 189 days
Fastest time to climb the top five 8,000ers – 70 days
Fastest time to climb the higher 8,000ers with bottled oxygen – 70 days
Fastest triple-header of the Higher 8,000ers – 5 days 3 hours 35 minutes
Nims was also one of the 354 mountaineers who were present at the ‘Most ascents of Everest in one day’, on 23 May 2019, when he took a photograph which went viral.
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