INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 2Two renowned climbers today scaled Cho Oyu completing their 13th 8000ers without using bottled
Nims Purja completes 12 peaks without O2 in 16 months
Renowned climbers scale Dhaulagiri opening summit route
According to the base camp officials, Mingma G Sherpa, Managing Director at Imagine Nepal Treks stood atop the 8,188-metre peak
without using bottled oxygen this morning.Mingma G, who aims to be the first Nepali climber to scale all 14 peaks without O2, along with
Dawa Gyalje Sherpa also accompanied Pakistani climbers Sirbaz Khan and Naila Kiani, Macedonian cardiologist Sashko Kedev and Japanese
climber Naoki Ishikawa to the summit point
Dawa Gyalje, Sirbaz, Sashko and Naoki also completed their 13th peak above 8,000m
Along with the team, Karma Sherpa, Lakpa Dendi Sherpa, Mingmar Sherpa, Phurba Sonam Sherpa, Rakesh Tamang, Ngima Nuru Sherpa and Dawa Jangbu
Sherpa also scaled the mountain from the Tibetan side this morning.
Nims
Purja
Similarly, celebrated climber Nirmal 'Nims' Purja also completed his 13th peak above 8,000m without using
"We have faced very challenging weather here on Cho Oyu," Nims told THT over the phone from Tibet
"It took over three hours to locate the summit point," he added
Nims aims to be the world's fastest climber to complete all 14 peaks without using supplemental oxygen in just 17 months.Along with the
team, Tejan Gurung, 28, who left army commander job in the UK for mountain climbing, also completed his 13th peak above 8,000m as he scaled
"If he succeeds Mt Shishapangma next week, he will be the world's youngest to climb all 14 peaks at the age of 28 years and eight months,"
If everything goes as per the plan, Tejan will also be the first climber from the Gurung community to scale all 14 peaks.All climbers
including Mingma G and Nims will head for Shishapangma base camp tomorrow
"They will attempt to climb the mountain in a week," base camp officials said.Mingma G climbed Mt Dhaulagiri, Mt Kanchenjunga and Mt Everest
in 2022 without using supplemental oxygen
The IFMGA guide scaled Manaslu in 2021, G2 in 2019, Lhotse and Broad Peak in 2018, K2, Makalu and Nanga Parbat in 2017, G1 in 2016 and
Annapurna in 2015 without using bottled oxygen.Without using oxygen in 2022, Nims climbed Mt Kanchenjunga on May 07, Mt Everest on May 27
In 2023, he also made it to the summit of Annapurna on 15 April and Mt Makalu on June 05 without using O2
If Nims climbs Shishapangma next week, he will complete the double ascents of all 14 peaks in a record four years
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