Nirmal Purja, ex-Gurkha soldier, in his ambitious mission – "Project Possible", summited Broad Peak at 8:50hrs (local time) on 26th July, thus completing the Phase 2 of the project. This is his fifth eight-thousander in this session, after Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum - I, Gasherbrum – II and K2. This summit marks his 5th eight-thousander in 23 days since he climbed Nanga Parbat on 3rd July. In between he summited Gasherbrum – I, Gasherbrum – II and K2 on 15th, 18th and 24th July respectively.
Nirmal Purja had started his "Project Possible" in the March of this year. He want to set a new record by climbing all 14 eight-thousanders in 7 months. In last Spring season, he started this project and made the first summit of Annapurna on 23rd April and came to an end of Phase 1 with the summit of Makalu on 24th May. In between he had summited Dhaulagiri, Kangchenjunga on 12th and 15th May respectively. Then on 22nd May he scaled Everest and Lhotse. Besides this, as a part of the rescue team, Nirmal rescued Malaysian mountaineer Wui Kin Chin, who was stranded on Annapurna during his descent from the summit. By the end of Phase 2, Nirmal has summited 11 eight-thousanders in just 94 days (Annapurna 23rd April to Broad Peak 26th July, Summit to Summit).
According to his project, he will begin his final phase ie Phase 3 in September to climb the remaining 3 eight-thousanders, Manaslu, Shishapangma and Cho Oyu.
"Project Possible"
1. Summited Annapurna on 23rd April, 2019
2. Summited Dhaulagiri on 12th May, 2019
3. Summited Kangchenjunga on 15th May, 2019
4. Summited Everest on 22nd May, 2019
5. Summited Lhotse on 22nd May, 2019
6. Summited Makalu on 24th May, 2019
7. Summited Nanga Parbat on 3rd July, 2019
8. Summited Gasherbrum – I on 15th July, 2019
9. Summited Gasherbrum – II on 18th July, 2019
10. Summited K2 on 24th July, 2019
11. Summited Broad Peak on 26th July, 2019
Photo Courtesy: Nirmal Purja Facebook
