Mount Everest

and a mountain’s plea

Source: PBS.org

I thoroughly enjoyed watching the documentary film 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible on Netflix. Nirmal Purja (aka Nims Purja), a Nepali mountaineer, goes on an impossible mission on a quest to summit fourteen of the world’s 8000-meter peaks in seven months.

As Nims climbs down Mount Everest after a seven-and-a-half-hour queue to get to the summit, he takes a photo of the traffic of folks close to the summit, which went viral after he posted it online. An article featured Nims Mount Everest traffic photo in NY Times.

Thankfully I watched the incredible sights from the summit of the fourteen peaks, all from the comfort of my home without freezing a limb.

List of the 14 Peaks — 8000-meter that Nims Purja climbed.

1. Annapurna (8,091 meters) — April 23, 2019
2. Dhaulugiri (8,167 meters) — May 12, 2019
3. Kanchenjunga (8,586 meters) — May 15, 2019
4. Everest (8,848.86 meters) — May 22, 2019
5. Lhotse (8,516 meters) — May 22, 2019
6. Makalu (8,485 meters) — May 24, 2019
7. Nanga Parbat (8,126 meters) — 3rd July 2019
8. Gasherbrum I — 8,080 meters — July 14, 2019
9. Gasherbrum II — 8,035 meters — July 18, 2019