New world record : Nimsdai Completes his 50th successful 8,000er summit.

Nimsdai “Nims” Purja sets a new world record by becoming the fastest (and ONLY,) person to summit 50 peaks over 8,000m

On 9th October the British- Nepali mountaineer, former Gurkha and UKSF, stood on the summit of Shishapangma for the second time in just 5 days in order to hit this new milestone in mountaineering – 50 summits of the world’s ‘Death Zone’ peaks

Previously, on 4th October Nims stood on the summit with legendry Nepali climber Mingma G and they both completed their 14 Peaks No Oxygen missions – Nims became the fastest person to climb all the 14 Peaks without any supplementary oxygen in 2 years 4 months and 28 days – whilst leading and guiding clients, as well as the fastest (and only) person to achieve the 14 peaks feat both with and without oxygen in just 5 years, 5 months and 12 days (23rd April 2019 to 4th October 2024.)

Speaking about his 50th summit of the 8,000ers, Nims said: “People always say something is impossible until its done. After 14 Peaks, I wanted to continue to inspire people and show what is possible. So many times in life people tell us our dreams cannot be done, we should give up on them, they will not work. But if you listen to that negativity, you will never try and never start. I wanted to show everyone what can be done if you dream big, set a goal and work hard every day to achieve it.

“Everyone has different mountains to climb in life, but if I can inspire one person to go for their dream, whether that’s climbing mountains or not, then that’s the important thing. Don’t listen to the negativity – keep that strong positive mindset, keep working, stay humble and show the world what you can do. Nothing is impossible.”

Without Oxygen Climbing Records

1. Fastest Double Higher 8000ers without oxygen (Everest and Lhotse) - 26 hours

2. Fastest Triple Higher 8000ers without oxygen (Everest, Lhotse, and Kanchenjunga) -

8 days 23 hours and 11 minutes

3. Fastest Top Three 8000ers without oxygen (Everest, K2, Kanchenjunga) - 75 days 21 hours and 45 minutes

4. Fastest ascent of 5 peaks in Gilgit- Baltistan  (Nanga Parbat, K2, Broadpeak, G1, G2) without oxygen - 26 days

5.First ascent of K2 winter without Supplemental Oxygen in Winter - 2021-January-16 Summited at 16:58 (local time)

6 First and fastest to climb Everest and Lhotse twice in a single season 

- 13 days and 15 minutes

7. Only person to climb 14 x8000m peaks with and without oxygen - 5 years 5 months and 12 days

8. Fastest person to climb 14 x8000m peaks with and without oxygen - 5 years 5 months and 12 days

9. Fastest person to make 50 summits  of 8000meters peaks in  history - 5 years 5 months and 18 days

10. Highest no of 8000m summits - 50 x 8k summits

Nims made history in 2019 when he climbed all 14 of the world’s highest peaks in 6 months and 6 days. He led the first winter ascent of the ‘Savage Mountain’ K2 in 2021 with a ten-strong Nepalese team – including Mingma G, Mingma David Sherpa and Mingma Tenzi Sherpa. The team walked to the summit arm in arm singing the Nepali national anthem – a showcase of teamwork and national pride.

In November 2021 he launched the documentary of his 14 Peaks journey on streaming service Netflix. 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, became an instant classic in the adventure sport arena and was one of the most watched and liked documentaries on Netflix in 2021, despite only being released on Nov 29, 2021. His best-selling book, Beyond Possible, has topped the charts and been a hit globally – with 13 translated versions now available.

Nims is a Global Goodwill Ambassador for Nepal Tourism and founder of the charitable Nimsdai Foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to ‘redefine what is possible’ through projects that Inspire, Protect and Educate. It is currently working with organisations in Nepal to help those affected by the Thame and Kathmandu flooding in Autumn 2024, and it’s mission for the next year is to build a Porters House at Lobuche on the Everest trail for these unsung heroes of the mountains.

Find out more about the project here – link to NDF Porters House.