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Nepali Mountaineer Becomes World's Newest Fastest Climber

   A Nepali mountain climber has become the fastest in the world to reach
   the summit of the world's 14 highest peaks, scaling all the mountains
   in just six months.

   "MISSION ACHIEVED!" wrote Nirmal Purja on his Twitter account Tuesday,
   announcing he and his team had reached the summit of Mount Shishapangma
   in Chinese-controlled Tibet.

     "MISSION ACHIEVED !" says [1]@nimsdai from the summit of
     [2]#Shishapangma [3]#14peaks7months [4]#History
     At 8:58 hrs local time, Nims and his team reached the summit of
     Shisha Pangma. Team Members includes: Mingma David Sherpa, Galjen
     Sherpa and Gesman Tamang.[5]#BremontProjectPossible
     [6]pic.twitter.com/PeYUVQ7RnL
     -- Nirmal Purja MBE (@nimsdai) [7]October 29, 2019

   The mountain was the last target of Purja's ambitious Project Possible
   plan to scale all the world's mountains over 8,000 meters high.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/nimsdai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://twitter.com/hashtag/Shishapangma?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   3. https://twitter.com/hashtag/14peaks7months?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   4. https://twitter.com/hashtag/History?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   5. https://twitter.com/hashtag/BremontProjectPossible?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   6. https://t.co/PeYUVQ7RnL
   7. https://twitter.com/nimsdai/status/1189019357483077632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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