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

Record details

ISBN: 9781426222535
ISBN: 142622253X
Physical Description: 319 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

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.

Summary, etc.:

"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