Mountaineer Nirmal Purja has been honoured with the ISPO Cup Award in Dusseldorf, Germany.

The award was presented to the climber for his mountaineering career and charity work through the Nimsdai Foundation.

The German Sustainability Awards are the largest European awards for ecology and social commitment to sustainability, according to the foundation.

Purja, who is popularly known as Nimsdai, set a world record in 2019 by completing the ascent of 14 peaks in six months and six days. On October 29, 2019, Purja stepped onto the summit of Shishapangma and made history by scaling all 8,000-metre peaks in the shortest span of time—190 days.

In July this year, Norwegian climber Kristin Harila and her Nepali Sherpa guide Tenjen broke Purja’s record by scaling all 14 peaks above 8,000 metres in a record 93 days.