This is a long read taken from The Red Bulletin. Ex-British Special Forces soldier Nirmal Purja was not taken seriously by the mountain team when he set himself the challenge of scaling the only 14 peaks in the world which are above 8000m. The previous fastest-known time for completing this was almost 8 years. Nims did it in just 6 months. Hear his story. This article was taken from The Red Bulletin. Read more at www.theredbulletin.com.
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