Nirmal Purja
Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja was a Nepali-British mountaineer, author and the subject of Netflix’s 14 Peaks, sharing high-altitude expeditions and the work of Nepal’s climbing community.
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Known for
- 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible2021 · Subject and executive producer
Netflix - Project Possible2019 · Fourteen 8,000-metre peaks in 189 days
- Beyond Possible2020 · Memoir
- K2’s first winter ascent2021 · Member of the ten-person Nepali summit team
- Hat-Trick Challenge2025 · Mountaineering and fundraising project
Overview
- Known as
- Nims or Nimsdai
- From
- Born in Nepal’s Dhaulagiri region; raised in Chitwan
- Work
- Mountaineer, expedition leader, author and documentary subject
- Breakout
- Project Possible, 2019; Netflix’s 14 Peaks, 2021
- Remembered
- Died on Broad Peak on 30 July 2026
Mini bio
How it started.
Raised in Chitwan in Nepal’s flatlands, Purja first wanted to follow his father and brothers into the Gurkhas. He joined in 2003 and moved to the UK Special Boat Service in 2009. His interest in climbing began during leave in December 2012: after trekking to Everest Base Camp, he persuaded his guide to teach him to climb and reached Lobuche East, his first peak.
The project that reached the world.
He left military service in early 2019 to pursue Project Possible. With his Nepali climbing team, he completed the fourteen 8,000-metre peaks in six months and six days, a then-record time. The journey became 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, released in 2021. He appeared in the documentary and served as an executive producer; its footage brought fans into the expeditions and the team behind them.
Beyond the film.
His memoir Beyond Possible tells the story of his upbringing, military service and climbing campaign. In January 2021, he joined nine other Nepali climbers for K2’s first winter ascent. He later continued guiding through Elite Exped and supporting community and environmental work through the Nimsdai Foundation.
His final chapter.
His 2025 Hat-Trick Challenge sought three rounds of both the fourteen 8,000-metre peaks and the Seven Summits while raising funds for his foundation. He died in the Broad Peak avalanche on 30 July 2026. His team’s August tribute said the organisations he created would carry his mission forward.
Creditschronological, newest first
Film
- 202114 Peaks: Nothing Is ImpossibleSubject and executive producer
Expedition projects
- 2025Hat-Trick ChallengeClimber and fundraiser
- 2021K2 winter ascentMember of the first winter summit team
- 2019Project PossibleProject leader and climber
Awards
Quotes
Being a Gurkha was my only dream. It was the only thing I wanted to do.Nirmal Purja, official biography
Reflecting on the ambition that came before his climbing career.
Trivia
- “Dai” means “brother” in Nepali, the word behind his Nimsdai name.
- He took the widely shared 2019 photograph of climbers queuing near Everest’s summit.
- The 14 Peaks documentary drew on more than 100 hours of footage shot by him and his team.
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