Bibliograph

Beyond possible, one man, 14 peaks, and the mountaineering achievement of a lifetime, Nims Purja

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Label

Beyond possible, one man, 14 peaks, and the mountaineering achievement of a lifetime, Nims Purja

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Beyond possible

Oclc number

1290315338

Responsibility statement

Nims Purja

Sub title

one man, 14 peaks, and the mountaineering achievement of a lifetime

Summary

"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"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Death or glory -- Hope is God -- Better to die than to be a coward -- The unrelenting pursuit of excellence -- Into the death zone -- Swimming to the moon -- The mission -- The highest stakes -- REspect is earned -- The normality of the extreme -- Rescue! -- Into the dark -- In times of chaos -- Summit fever -- The politics of a mountain -- Quitting's not in the blood -- Through the storm -- The savage mountain -- A mountain mind -- The people's project -- Epic -- Afterword -- Appendix one: Lessons from the death zone -- Appendix two: Fourteen mountains: the schedule -- Appendix three: The world records

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