I often feel bad about how I don't exercise enough, but Nirmal Purja's ambition was clearly a little bit higher. He smashed the record for climbing the world's 14 highest peaks in 189 days, or a little over six months. The Nepalese former British army soldier's speedy itinerary included climbing Everest, Lhotse and Makalu back-to-back in only 48 hours and summiting Shishapangma, his last climb, at 8:58 a.m. local time on Tuesday. South Korean climber Kim Chang-ho held the previous record of seven years, 11 months, and 14 days.
-- From Significant Digits, 30 October 2019, based on an article in The Guardian
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