Nimsdai Purja: The man who climbed the world's 14 highest ... - BBC
Nov 30, 2021 · When Nepalese climber Nimsdai Purja was told scaling the world's 14 highest mountains in less than seven months couldn't be done, he wouldn't have it. To prove his point, he named the challenge...
Erik Weihenmayer - Wikipedia
Weihenmayer's first big mountain was Denali, in 1995, and in 2004, with Jeff Evans, Sabriye Tenberken and six blind Tibetan teenagers, he climbed on the north side of Everest to 21,500 feet, higher than any group of blind people have ever stood. A documentary based on the project, Blindsight, was released in 2006.
These Climbers Just Set a New Record for Ascending the World's …
Aug 8, 2023 · On July 27, at the peak of K2 in Pakistan, Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila and her Sherpa guide Tenjin became the fastest climbers to ascend all 14 of the world’s peaks that stand above 8,000...
Nepal teen breaks record by climbing Earth's highest mountains
Oct 9, 2024 · Sherpa, who started climbing high-altitude mountains at the age of 16, summited all eight-thousanders in 740 days. He reached the peak of Nepal’s Manaslu, the world's eighth-highest mountain, on...
Free Solo Climber Alex Honnold Ascends Yosemite's El Capitan …
Oct 3, 2018 · YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA—Renowned rock climber Alex Honnold on Saturday became the first person to scale the iconic nearly 3,000-foot granite wall known as El Capitan without using ropes...
Teen breaks record by climbing Earth's highest peaks - BBC
Oct 9, 2024 · Sherpa, who started climbing high-altitude mountains at the age of 16, summited all eight-thousanders in 740 days. He reached the peak of Nepal’s Manaslu, the world's eighth-highest mountain, on...
14 Peaks: All the records Nims Purja broke in new Netflix documentary
Dec 3, 2021 · Nims went on to set the fastest time to climb all mountains over 8,000 m at 6 months 6 days. He was supported by a team of fellow Nepalese mountaineers who climbed with him on different mountains throughout the expedition. On 23 April 2019, Nims scaled the first peak; Annapurna I (8,091 m; 26,545 ft) in Nepal.
Kami Rita Sherpa summits Everest for the 26th time, breaking his …
May 8, 2022 · Kami Rita Sherpa climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time Saturday, setting a new world record for most times summitting the world's tallest peak. Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa made...
How Alex Honnold free solo climbed Yosemite's El Capitan
His stunning scramble up the 3,000-foot granite wall known as El Capitan, in less than 4 hours, came after meticulous planning and training. With California’s Yosemite Valley far beneath him, Alex...
Meet the man who climbed Everest in shorts - Wired For …
Jun 29, 2021 · From swimming 66m under the ice to climbing above camp three (7,200m) on Everest, the world’s highest peak, in nothing but a pair of shorts (sadly a foot injury, of all things, scuppered his attempt), the Dutch athlete has defied science for decades. Check out some of his most extreme feats below and learn the secret behind his technique…