A team of 10 Nepalese climbers including Nirmal "Nims" Purja reached the summit of K2 at approximately 5pm local time, completing one of the last great challenges in mountaineering.
What was meant to be straightforward trek along the Via Adriatica during a sleepy Croatian Summer instead revealed itself to be full of unforeseen events.
A resolution to break out of a paradoxical lifestyle, to spend more time outdoors, listen to Macklemore to just be a little bit more Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman.
