Back in 2019, Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal “Nims” Purja got it in his head that he should summit every eight-thousander, the 14 mountains on Earth that stand taller than 8,000 meters above sea level.
Summit them he did, and before 2019 ended, even, which is a greater accomplishment still than summiting them over the course of years.
So great is Purja’s triumph that Netflix inevitably picked up a documentary about his effort, “14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible,” directed by Torquil Jones with workmanlike awe at the sheer Herculean feat of doing in months what just 43 others have accomplished in considerably more time.
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