Beyond possible : one man, 14 peaks, and the mountaineering achievement of a lifetime
(2022, original release: 2020)
By:
Purja, Nimsdai
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
796.522092/PURJA,N
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2022]
DESCRIPTION
319 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781426222535, 142622253X :, 142622253X, 9781426222535
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Nepali climber Nims Purja is the first man ever to summit all fourteen of the world's 8000 meter "Death Zone" peaks. He did so in less than seven months, breaking the previous record of seven years. In this spellbinding memoir, tied to the acclaimed Netflix documentary "14 Peaks," Purja reveals the man behind the climbs, explaining how his early life in Nepal and training as a soldier in Britain's elite Gurkha and SBS units allowed him to achieve a mountaineering mission few thought was attainable"--