Beyond Possible: '14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible' Now On Netflix

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I'm sure climbers and mountaineers will love this book but Nims's ego is rather overwhelming throughout and the memoir could, with a bit more effort, have been better crafted into a wonderful book. I did not always agree with his decisions, nor I would be willing to put everything on the line for my ambition, however, it did not bother me (as I see it did other readers) because I agree with him - people, in general, do not like those that are the fastest or strongest in the pack (especially if they acknowledge and boast about it). Here, Nims Dai creates so over the top scenarios in his heads just so he can push himself to take another step in the snow. Not only does Nims have exceptional physical stamina, he's also a leader with great skills in financial management and logistics.

Or the many people who died on Everest in 2019--the book covers Nims' famous photo, but not the aftermath of it (read The Third Pole if you're interested in that! This ofcourse conditions him to be better than average person but yet the enormity of his project cannot be understated. To scale the tallest 14 Death Zone peaks of the world is difficult; to climb them in six months and six days is an extreme case of dedication, strength, stamina and luck. Here, in a modern version, the Nepalese climber, Nimsdai Purja, who wrote this book with the help of my transcription client Matt Allen, sets out to achieve something “impossible” – climbing all fourteen over-8,000m mountain peaks in Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan and China in less than the previous record of seven years and several months.Kim Chang-ho had taken nearly eight years to achieve the same feat, so to put my million into sea level terms, it was as if I’d announced my aim to break Eliud Kipchoge’s 2018 marathon world record of two hours, one minute and thirty-nine seconds.

The Netflix Documentary 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible , explores Nepal’s deep connection to high-altitude mountaineering through the eyes of Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja, a fearless, fun-loving Nepali climber on a quest he dubs “Project Possible”-to summit all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter mountains in just seven months. They told me I was crazy, even though I’d sharpened my climbing skills on the brutal Himalayan peaks of Everest and Dhaulagiri.This was a record at the time of climbing, although it was broken in 2023 by Kristin Harila and Tenjen Sherpa, who summitted all 14 eight-thousanders in 92 days. I was already on a mountaineering book reading binge, but I waited until I'd read a bunch of other books before requesting this one from the library. Purja shows how leadership, integrity, and collaboration drive world’s greatest climbing feats, including the first-ever winter ascent of Pakistan’s K2-another mountaineering milestone that he achieved in January 2021.