Nirmal Purja
Biography
Nirmal Purja, a Nepali-British mountaineer, served in the British Army's Brigade of Gurkhas and Special Boat Service before pursuing a career in mountaineering. He climbed all 14 eight-thousanders in six months and six days with bottled oxygen in 2019, holding the record for the fastest ascent of all eight-thousanders with oxygen. Purja also completed the first winter ascent of K2 in 2021 and reached Mount Everest, Lhotse, and Makalu's summits within 48 hours.