Fourteen eight-thousanders in six months and six days! An incredible journey to climb the record-breaking Himalayan crown.
Beyond the Impossible is the autobiographical story of the now legendary Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purji (known as Nimsdai) and offers a detailed account of his life's journey from childhood to the moment before his last great achievement, the first ever winter ascent of K2.
Nirmal talks about his youth and military service, first in the Gurkha Brigade, then in the elite Special Forces of the British Navy, and above all his love of the mountains and his penchant for extraordinary challenges. He introduces himself as a man of extraordinary physical abilities, as a courageous adventurer and at the same time as the visionary author of the 14/7 project, in which he managed to climb all fourteen mountains with a height of over eight thousand metres in less than seven months. Nirmal guides the reader through all three phases of the project, and in addition to a detailed description of the individual deliverables, he also offers a behind-the-scenes look at the complex period of preparation, his family life and his friends among the Himalayan Sherpas
