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On 27–28 May 2026, Nepali climber Nirmal 'Nims' Purja summited Everest and Lhotse without bottled oxygen in 13 hours 42 minutes — while still guiding…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 19, 2026
No oxygen. No sleep. No limits. That's what Nirmal "Nims" Purja wrote after doing something no one on Earth has ever done twice: climbing from the summit of Mount Everest to the summit of neighbouring Lhotse, without a single breath of bottled oxygen, in…
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What this means for you You don't need Purja's lungs to stand in the same amphitheatre he just redefined. Everest Base Camp trekkers walk the same Khumbu Valley these record seasons unfold in, and in spring you can watch the mountain's rhythm firsthand —…
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