Mountaineer Nirmal “Nims” Purja has set a new world record for an oxygen-free Everest-Lhotse traverse. | Photo: Nims Purja Instagram Mountaineering icon Nirmal “Nims” Purja has redefined the limits of human endurance once again, setting a blistering new world record for the back-to-back ascent of Mount Everest and Lhotse without supplemental oxygen. Completing the high-altitude traverse in just 13 hours and 42 minutes, Purja dismantled his own p…
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