Nirmal Purja
Nirmal Purja[1][2][3] (known as Nims or Nimsdai[4]) MBE (Nepali: निर्मल पुर्जा; born 25 July 1983[5]) is a Nepal-born naturalised 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.[5][6][7][8]
Books[change | change source]
- Purja, Nirmal (2020). Beyond Possible. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-1529312263.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Nepali mountaineers make first K2 winter ascent | DW | 16 January 2021". Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ↑ "Nepalese team makes first successful winter ascent of K2". The Guardian. 16 January 2021. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ↑ "Nepali mountaineers achieve historic winter first on K2". Adventure. 16 January 2021. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ↑ Kennedy, Lisa (2021-12-01). "'14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible' Review: Climbing at a Breakneck Pace". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Nirmal Purja". RedBull. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ↑ "Special Boat Service". National Army Museum. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ↑ Bliss, Dominic (12 January 2021). "How a Nepali climber with a "freakish physiology" stormed the world of high-altitude mountaineering". National Geographic. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ↑ "Guardian: 14 Peaks challenge". TheGuardian.com. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
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