14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

In 2019, Nepalese mountain climber Nirmal “Nims” Purja set out to do the unthinkable by climbing the world’s fourteen highest summits in less than seven months. (The previous record was eight years). He called the effort “Project Possible 14/7” and saw it as a way to inspire others to strive for greater heights in any pursuit. The film follows his team as they seek to defy naysayers and push the limits of human endurance.

  • Released: 2021-11-12
  • Runtime: 99 minutes
  • Genre: Documentaries
  • Stars: Nirmal Purja, Jimmy Chin, Reinhold Messner, Klára Kolouchová, Conrad Anker
  • Director: Torquil Jones
 Comments
  • leonffe - 19 October 2023
    Mountaineering documentary without that much mountaineering
    They had this amazing idea to film a man climbing to 14 tallest mountains on Earth. Instead they mostly that man's motivations and background. The climbing segments were extremly short and didn't give an idea what it was like climbing on all of those mountains. Most of their names flashed on the screen for short time and then we see a couple second shot from the peak. It seemed like Everest had longest about climbing/peak because it is the most well known mountain. If they didn't want to show that much climbing, they could've just give us short 3d animation about the climbs path. I would've also liked at least one scene of them setting up a camp.

    Also what happend to the first climber saved from the mountain? Did he survive?
  • patherwill - 25 May 2022
    The Real Superman!
    This guy Nims Purja and his team are the real deal. He devised Project Possible to ascend the 14 highest peaks in the World within 7 or so months including Everest, K2 and Annapurna, climbing in Nepal, China and Pakistan. Once a mountain exceeds 8000mtrs it is apparently classed as being in the Death Zone. This is not only a story of high altitude climbing, it is a story of a Gurkha, who achieves unimaginable heights. Shows what those who love him go through on his journey. Incredible Docu.
  • thomasrumeau - 28 February 2022
    Breathtaking, surreal and yet felt rushed
    The first thing that impressed me was how beautiful and majestic the Himalayas can be. Every time Nirmal was starting to climb a peak, the director would show the peak from afar so that you could see how incredible the landscape was. I was amazed by the number of people who are willing to risk their lives for this adventure. There were quite a few tragedies in that documentary. For me watching those mountains in a documentary or far is sufficient but to each its own.

    The director really did an excellent job at showing how insanely superhuman Nirmal Purja was. In addition to his strength, courage and dedication, he was saving people's life and helped others climbed some of the peaks. The man was a force of nature no doubt. Yet sometimes he sounded like a prick who seemed resentful of Westerners. He complained that Nepalese mountaineers don't get the respect they deserve, that Western climbers do not tell the name of the Sherpas who helped them. Yet the 5 other sherpas who went on the adventure with him were pretty much extras in that documentary. It was all about him.

    I think I would have given a much higher rating to this documentary if the director would have focused more on the struggles faced by Nirmal. There were several but as going through this 14 peaks it just felt rushed. He just brushed them so that viewers could see each ascension, which eventually just became a routine. Overall this documentary was still an entertaining experience.
  • przangie - 30 January 2022
    Such an amazing journey
    This was such an entertaining and satisfying journey, I am no climber and have no experience climbing, but I have always been intrigued by severest so this documental was just what I needed. Bravo Project Possible!