Nepal teen eyes record for climbing world's highest mountains
At just 18-years-old, Nima Rinji Sherpa is on the brink of a remarkable achievement.
With 13 of the world's highest peaks already behind him, he's now just one summit away from becoming the youngest person to conquer all 14 mountains towering above 8,000 metres (26,247 feet).
With 13 of the world's highest peaks already behind him, he's now just one summit away from becoming the youngest person to conquer all 14 mountains towering above 8,000 metres (26,247 feet).
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00:00The 14 peaks, first unit, that is something that I'm soon going to be doing.
00:29You know, after my last mountain, and this is a very big kind of advantage for the Sherpa
00:37community and even for me and for everyone, you know, because before this you cannot imagine
00:43a teenager doing the 14 peaks.
00:58It was very, very much big learning in my life, you know, these two years, I've learned
01:03so much things about nature, human body, human psychology, meeting new people, nature and
01:10everything in the world that I learned from the mountain.