"I climbed Dhaulagiri (8,167m) in 2014 and I went back again this year, the glacier is melting," Purja told CNN Sport. With the help of his team, whom he now calls "brothers," Purja broke another seven world records during "Project Possible." Kim broke the first known record -- set by Polish climber Jerzy Kukuczka in 1987 -- by a month and eight days. "I still had three world records when I was in the Special Forces. Everybody didn't really think that it was 'Nims' project', everybody thought that this is 'our project.'

Source: CNN December 05, 2019 08:26 UTC