A British-Nepalese mountaineer became the fastest climber to summit the world’s 14 highest mountains on Tuesday, scaling all of them in record 189 days
After climbing Annapurna, the world’s tenth highest peak, on April 23, Purja took on the other “8,000ers” — peaks that are more than 8,000 meters above sea level — by scaling Dhaulagiri, Kanchenjunga, Everest, Lhotse and Makalu the following month.
Purja climbed another two peaks in Nepal — Cho Oyu and Manaslu in September before heading to Tibet to climb Shishapangma. The previous world records for climbing all 14 peaks was 7 years, 11 months and 14 days held by Poland's Jerzy Kukuczka in 1987, and South Korean Kim Chang-ho who beat Kukuczka’s record in 2013 by just 1 month and 8 days.
“This was never just about me, which is the reason I’ve been able to overcome some huge obstacles on this journey. By achieving this goal, I knew I could inspire people from all generations, across the world,” he added.
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