Beyond Possible: '14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible' Now On Netflix

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I wish the narration was done by the author or someone Nepali as the narrator sounded like an English public school boy and far removed from the author. Apart from the impressive feats, the only redeeming sections of this book are those where he talks about his childhood or his family problems, thus making him appear human for some brief moments. There are two sets of excellent colour plates and we get eight Lessons from the Death zone at the end (Matt Allen does a lot of books with typical “hard men” so this was not unexpected). Purja, who had served with the Gurkhas and the UK Special Forces, learnt throughout his journey that with bravery and enough heart and drive, the impossible was possible.

I love a good mountain story and this one was incredibly inspiring, especially learning Purja’s back ground and career in the special forces. The trailer for Netflix documentary '14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible' came out on YouTube and I caught some quotes from the book. Fourteen mountains on Earth tower over 8,000 metres above sea level, an altitude where the brain and body withers and dies.

From his childhood growing up in Nepal, to a career as an elite soldier in the British army, Nimsdai shows how his early life shaped him and enabled him to go beyond what people though was possible.

Not only does Nims have exceptional physical stamina, he's also a leader with great skills in financial management and logistics.

Purja seems like an outlier — offering help, generating positivity where there is fear, pushing on when everyone argues against it. His kickboxing days at an young age, Gurkha training and Special Forces helped him gain strength, stamina and dedication which he could transfer in the extreme environments. His story is so inspiring - true grit and passion that made him lead the life he wanted from his childhood. Natürlich steht er als Initiator dieser "14/7"-Challenge im Zentrum, aber er betont immer wieder, dass ohne sein Team absolut nichts funktioniert hätte. I decided to finally get Ed Viesturs book on his 14 summits instead since I know he goes into great historical detail (and I've read all his other books already).

I found the Netflix doc interesting but felt it really skimmed a lot of the peaks--well now I know that's partly because of a lack of footage, per the book--there was no documentary team signed on at the start and the team took a lot of the footage themselves, when they could. And he did it in 'Nims' style - in 6 months and 6 days, shaving off more than 7 years off the previous record.It was because Tom Ballard died a few short months before Nims' climb--eerily notable because his mother famously died on K2 in 1995 (Alison Hargreaves). What is strange is that this book does seem to be all about him whereas it would have been more interesting with some fleshing out: describing the team, the climbs, the scenery, etc. g. he took an inexperienced sherpa on his first Everest climb so the guy could command better fees in the future) and he gives up oxygen to help others live, etc. Kim Chang-ho had taken nearly eight years to achieve the same feat, so to put my million into sea level terms, it was as if I’d announced my aim to break Eliud Kipchoge’s 2018 marathon world record of two hours, one minute and thirty-nine seconds.