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Kathmandu (AFP) – Such was the determination of Nepali climber Nirmal Purja to climb the world’s 14 highest mountains, that he had them tattooed across his back, complete with swirling clouds and Tibetan prayer flags.Now the ex-British Gurkha can make the dizzying claim of being the fastest person to conquer every mountain on Earth over 8000 metres — from Everest in the eastern Himalayas to K2 in Pakistan’s Karakorum mountains — taking just six months and six days.Climbing all fourteen “8000ers” is considered the epitome of mountaineering aspirations since legendary Italian climber Reinhold …
