
Nirmal Nimsdai Purja
Nirmal Nimsdai Purja, a Nepalese-British mountaineer, gained international fame for his remarkable achievement of climbing all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks in just over six months, a feat documented in the popular Netflix film '14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible.' Tragically, he passed away in an avalanche while leading an expedition on Broad Peak in Pakistan on July 30, 2023, a loss that has deeply affected the climbing community.
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Nirmal Nimsdai Purja, famous for breaking records in the Himalayas, tragically died in an avalanche.
Estrella de Netflix muere en una avalanchaLa Nación – main Costa Rican daily, est. 1946·
Costa Rica· 2026-08-03

