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October 31 , 2019
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- Ex-British Gurkha soldier and Nepali Climber Nirmal Purja has become the ‘fastest person’ to conquer every mountain on Earth over 8000 metres.
- The list includes mountains from Everest in the eastern Himalayas to K2 in Pakistan's Karakorum mountains.
- He achieved the feat in just six months and six days.
- Italian climber Reinhold Messner first completed the feat in 1986, taking 16 years to do so.
- Purja had also served in the elite Special forces of the British Gurkha Regiment as an extreme cold weather warfare specialist.
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