CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -As things turned out, despite serious obstacles from a lack of funds for even the first phase of the project to Tibet’s Shishapangma peak closed to climbers for the year, Purja beat his own goal by finishing all 14 summits in six months and six days.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nims Purja climbed the 14 mountains above 8,000 meters-Everest, K2, and a dozen more-in just six months and six days. In the process, he reached new frontiers of human possibility.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reinhold Messner, first to climb all 14, and without supplementary oxygen. Edurne Pasaban, the first woman to climb all 14 after Oh Eun-sun’s claim was disputed. Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, the first woman to climb all 14 without supplementary oxygen.

Detailed explanation-4: -“In 2019, Nims set a world record for taking all 14 mountains over 8000 meters in 6 months and 6 days. The previous record was seven years,” Harila wrote on a GoFundMe page for her expedition. “Now I will show that it is possible for a girl to do the same!”

Detailed explanation-5: -In 2019, Purja, along with a team of Nepalese climbers, summited the 14 peaks in the world taller than 8,000 meters (more than 26,200 feet) across the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges in under seven months. The previous record was more than seven years. Purja decided to do it in part because, well, he thought he could.