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#256 - Nims Purja MBE - Climbing The Fourteen Highest Mountains On Earth

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Nims Purja MBE is a mountaineer and former SBS Operative.

The fastest anyone had previously climbed the 14 Death Zone mountains greater than 8000m was 8 years. Nims Purja did it in 7 months.

Expect to learn what the human body is truly capable of, how purpose can overcome fatigue, the truth behind "that Everest photo", what effect Nims has noticed climate change has made to the mountains and much more...

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0:00.0

Oh yes, hello friends, welcome back. My guest today is Mountaineer Extreme and former

0:07.9

SPS operative Nimms Purger. The fastest that anyone had previously climbed the 14 Death

0:13.6

Zone Mountains, which are the mountains higher than 8,000 meters, was 8 years. And Nimms

0:19.6

did it in 7 months. So today, expect to learn what the human body is truly capable of,

0:25.3

how purpose can overcome fatigue, the truth behind that Everest photo, what effect Nimms

0:30.5

has noticed climate change has made to the mountains and much more. These last few weeks,

0:37.0

man, like the the Marcus Smith episode, the Tom Martin episode, this one with Nimms

0:42.0

is just, it's blowing me away in seeing what the human body is capable of. And this

0:50.4

episode just is so unbelievable. The guy is aligned, awakened, completely at peace, but

0:57.6

also an absolute savage at the same time. Like just a wonderful, wonderful ambassador.

1:02.1

I'm super, super proud of what he's done. And whatever he gets up to over the next

1:05.8

year, he's going to be hugely, hugely entertaining and crazy. So make sure that you go and

1:10.8

give him a follow. This, this story's outrageous. So get ready for it today. Also, obviously,

1:17.6

if you love this episode, please share it with a friend. It would make me so happy.

1:22.4

The only way that this show grows is by people like you sharing it with people like you.

1:28.0

And you're not going to find a more motivational and inspirational story this year. In other

1:34.2

news, this episode of the podcast is brought to you by the protein works. I am back in

1:41.1

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1:46.7

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1:54.7

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2:00.2

We are approaching the new year, new year, new me, all that stuff. You do require some

2:04.6

supplements to ensure that you are assisting with your trip back to the gym. Creatine, I

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