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A review by uditnair24
Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone by Nimsdai Purja
4.0
The feat achieved by Nims and his team is simply legendary and astonishing. You know the man is crazy when he summits 14 mountains of over 8000 meters in a time span of six months and six days. To give a context the previous record holder took seven years for this feat. While reading a contstant thought which kept ringing in my mind was this - This man is unbelievable and he seems to break all the conventions.
It must be added that the background of nims really helped him to achieve the physical prowess.He has been a gurkha regiment soldier and then went on to join elite SBS forces of UK. This ofcourse conditions him to be better than average person but yet the enormity of his project cannot be understated. I agree with other reviews that the book looked like self centered proclamation of his prowess. But I think its precisely his attitude of not giving up or thinking really out of box which makes him the legend he is. Yes the book could have been much better but I thoroughly enjoyed going through it. I couldn't put down the book specially because I came to the book after watching the netflix documentary.
It is not that nims doesnt respect the mighty challenge of 8000ers but its just that he believed in himself much more than one can imagine. And I think he has silenced all the critics because his record says a lot about his conviction and tactical prudence.
It must be added that the background of nims really helped him to achieve the physical prowess.He has been a gurkha regiment soldier and then went on to join elite SBS forces of UK. This ofcourse conditions him to be better than average person but yet the enormity of his project cannot be understated. I agree with other reviews that the book looked like self centered proclamation of his prowess. But I think its precisely his attitude of not giving up or thinking really out of box which makes him the legend he is. Yes the book could have been much better but I thoroughly enjoyed going through it. I couldn't put down the book specially because I came to the book after watching the netflix documentary.
It is not that nims doesnt respect the mighty challenge of 8000ers but its just that he believed in himself much more than one can imagine. And I think he has silenced all the critics because his record says a lot about his conviction and tactical prudence.