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Nirmal Purja was born on 25 July, 1983 in Myagdi District, Nepal, is a Nepalese mountaineer. Discover Nirmal Purja's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 40 years old?
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40 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
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25 July, 1983 |
| Birthday |
25 July |
| Birthplace |
Myagdi, Gandaki Province, Nepal |
| Nationality |
Nepalese |
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He is a member of famous Mountaineer with the age 40 years old group.
Nirmal Purja Height, Weight & Measurements
At 40 years old, Nirmal Purja height not available right now. We will update Nirmal Purja's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Nirmal Purja's Wife?
His wife is Suchi Purja
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Suchi Purja |
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Himani Purja |
Nirmal Purja Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Nirmal Purja worth at the age of 40 years old? Nirmal Purja’s income source is mostly from being a successful Mountaineer. He is from Nepalese. We have estimated
Nirmal Purja's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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Mountaineer |
Nirmal Purja Social Network
Timeline
With a plan to complete 14 summits in seven months, Purja made his first eight-thousander summit on April 23, 2019 and completed the first six-summit phase of his "Project Possible 14/7" on May 24, 2019: Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, Kanchenjunga, Mount Everest, Lhotse and Makalu. He climbed with Sherpas Mingma Gyabu “David” Sherpa, Lakpa Dendi (Zekson Son), Geljen Sherpa and Tensi Kasang, amongst other mountaineers. The last five summits were climbed in only 12 days. He broke his previous Guinness World Record by climbing Mount Everest, Lhotse, and Makalu within 2 days and 30 minutes.
Purja completed the second phase in July, 2019, climbing Nanga Parbat (8126 m, July 6), Gasherbrum I (8010 m, July 15), Gasherbrum II (8035 m, July 18), K2 (8611 metres, July 24) and Broad Peak (8047 m, July 26), all in Pakistan.
The third and last phase started in September 2019. He summitted Cho Oyu (8188 m, Tibet, China) on September 23 and Manaslu (8163 m, Nepal) on September 27. On October 1, 2019, Chinese authorities agreed to grant Purja and his team a special permit to scale Shishapangma (8027 m, Tibet, China) in the fall season, at the request of the Nepali government. Purja left Nepal for Tibet on October 18, 2019, leading a five-member expedition to climb the mountain and completed Project Possible 14/7 with a successful summit on October 29 using supplemental oxygen.
On June 9, 2018 he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for his outstanding work in high altitude mountaineering.
On May 15, 2017 Purja led the Gurkha Expedition "G200E" conquering Everest together with 13 Gurkhas to commemorate 200 years of Gurkha service to the British Army.
On May 13, 2016 Purja conquered Mount Everest, his second eighthousander.
On May 18, 2014 he made his first eight-thousander by conquering the Dhaulagiri (8167 meters) during a return trip of 15 days only.
He made his first major climb in 2012, reaching the summit of Lobuche East without any previous experience as a mountaineer.
He joined the Brigade of Gurkhas in 2003 and the Special Boat Service in 2009, later serving in the elite special forces as a cold-weather warfare specialist. He quit the military in 2018 as a Lance Corporal to focus on his mountaineering career.
Nirmal "Nims" Purja MBE (born 1982/1983) is a Nepalese mountaineer and former Gurkha and soldier of the Special Boat Service (SBS), an elite special forces unit of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. He climbed all 14 of the world's peaks that are above 8,000-meters (called the eight-thousanders), in the record time of 6 months and 6 days and using bottled oxygen, beating the previous record of just under 8 years.
Nirmal Purja was born in the Myagdi district near Dhaulagiri, at 1600 m above sea level and grew up in Chitwan District.
