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Mountaineer Nirmal Purja speaks during a press conference in Kathmandu on May 28, 2019. - Nirmal Purja has scaled six mountains peaks above 8 000 meters, including Mount Everest, over the last month as he attempts to summit the world's fourteen 8 000-meter peaks. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP) (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)
Mountaineer Nirmal Purja speaks during a press conference in Kathmandu on May 28, 2019. - Nirmal Purja has scaled six mountains peaks above 8 000 meters, including Mount Everest, over the last month as he attempts to summit the world's fourteen 8 000-meter peaks. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP) (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)PRAKASH MATHEMA/Getty Images

Nepal's Nirmal Purja Sets Record Climbing World's 14 Highest Peaks in 189 Days

Christopher Simpson
Oct 29, 2019

Mountaineer Nirmal Purja has set a new record after he climbed the world's 14 highest peaks in just 189 days, smashing the previous record ofย seven years, 10 months and six days.ย 

Per the Associated Press (via ESPN), theย 36-year-old from Nepal completed the stunning feat on Tuesday when he reached the summit ofย Mount Shishapangma in China:

Purja took to Twitter to celebrate his achievement:

Mount Shishapangma, which stands atย 8,027 metres (26,340 feet) tall, is one of the 14 peaks in the world to exceed 8,000 metres in height.ย 

It was also the last mountain left for Purja to beat the previous record, which had been held byย South Korean mountaineer Kim Chang-ho since 2013.

Purja left the British armed forces to start his journey, which began when he climbed Mount Annapurna in his native Nepal on April 23.

He climbed five more peaks in Nepal in May, including Mount Everest, and another five in Pakistan in July, including K2. Mount Cho You in China andย Mount Manaslu back in Nepal followed in September before he climbed the final peak on Tuesday.

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