- Who
- Nirmal “Nims” Purja
- What
- 4:345 year(s):day(s)
- Where
- Nepal ()
- When
The fastest time to climb the higher 8,000ers twice is 4 years 345 days, by Nirmal “Nims” Purja (Nepal) between Everest on 27 May 2017 and Kangchenjunga on 7 May 2022.
This meant that Nirmal “Nims” Purja also recorded the fastest triple-header* (9 days) and the fastest to climb the higher 8,000ers twice* (4 years 345 days, starting with Everest on 27 May 2017). Additionally, his ascent of K2 on 22 Jul made him the fastest to climb the three highest mountains, achieved in just 76 days.*Without the use of bottled oxygen.
