Exclusive footage of Nepali Sherpas after successfully summiting K2 for the first time in winter.
This historic expedition was led by Nirmal Purja @nimsdai
Kenya is entering a new era where satellite technology, GIS, and open geospatial data are transforming how we understand and manage our environment and cities.
The work by @SpaceAgencyKE highlights the growing importance of GIS and satellite imagery in monitoring land changes, supporting agriculture, disaster management, environmental monitoring, and national development. https://t.co/Z0HeNqzYon
🛰️ Earth Observation gives us the ability to see Kenya from above tracking urban expansion, ecosystem changes, climate impacts, and resource dynamics.
But the true power of geospatial technology comes when satellite intelligence is combined with community driven mapping.
🏙️ A great example is the partnership between Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (@hotosm ), Nakuru City, and local stakeholders, where geospatial mapping has supported data-driven urban planning through detailed mapping of buildings, roads, public facilities, and areas vulnerable to urban challenges.https://t.co/WItkVstswx
The comparison is powerful:
🛰️ @SpaceAgencyKE → Using satellite technology to provide the national-scale view of Kenya’s changing landscapes.
🗺️ @hotosm + Nakuru City → Turning geospatial data into practical solutions through open mapping, community participation, and better urban decision-making.
The future of Kenya’s smart cities, climate resilience, and sustainable development will depend on one thing: better spatial data powering better decisions. 🌍
#GIS #RemoteSensing #SatelliteImagery #EarthObservation #GeoAI #Kenya #SmartCities #OpenData #Geospatial
The world has lost a man who redefined what is possible. Nirmal Purja, or Nims, was a bright light of inspiration to countless people. In the Brigade of Gurkhas we are proud to call him one of our own. But his achievements belong to none of us, because it was he himself who showed us that the easy path is not the one that leads to achievement. He died on Broad Peak in Pakistan in a tragic accident that also took the lives of others from around the world, all mountaineers united in the spirit of challenge and human endeavour. We mourn them all. But we also celebrate remarkable lives, and none more so than that of Nims. A soldier, a Gurkha, a mountaineer, a husband, a father, a son and a brother. You have shown us a path - we must rise to your example. Rest in peace Nims.
Major General Gez Strickland (Colonel Commandant the Brigade of Gurkhas).
#NirmalPurja #Mountaineer #Avalanche #Nepal #Gurkha #Soldier #Nims
James Muhia and Cheruiyot AK became the first ever Africans to successfully summit Manaslu without the use of supplemental oxygen. Legends. @SaddiqueShaban
It is a sad day for us all. Cheruiyot and his sherpa lost their lives, they fell just below Mt. Everest summit. The location of their bodies has been found, we wait official communication on logistics from the expedition company. For now let's remain calm.
I met Nims in 2019, before he had completed his record run, before 14 Peaks, before he was Nimsdai to the world. He asked me why his interview couldn't be on the front page of the newspaper, because he was going to make history. Here's the interview.
https://t.co/SlpF6ZMYcz
THE MISSION SHIFTS. THE COMPASS HOLDS.
This was never the plan. Initially, the plan was to climb just G2. But just before setting off for Pakistan, I ran the numbers on my 8000m summits. That’s when it hit me: if I tick off Broad Peak whilst I’m here , only one remains “Cho Oyu.” Then I become the FIRST person in history to climb all 14 eight-thousanders twice. Without oxygen.
This wasn’t planned. The Hattrick project was the focus because it carried a bigger mission. But opportunities don’t scream: they whisper to those already working in silence.
Here’s the secret I’ve carried through every expedition: I never competed with anyone else. My only battle was against the man I was yesterday. Every single day, pushing my own limits. Because the moment you look sideways: at what others are doing, saying, achieving: you drift off your compass. Your heading is YOURS. Guard it fiercely.
They criticized me when I climbed the 14 without O’s during Project Possible. If you haven’t seen what that took, watch 14 Peaks on Netflix. That film is the unfiltered truth. I was there doing multiple rescues of climbers left behind by other expeditions, raising the funds myself, leading from the front, fixing our own lines, dealing with the Shishapangma permit with China, being at hospitals for my mum’s operation and so much more. And now? Now I’m heading for the double without oxygen: triple in total. The noise hasn’t stopped. I just stopped listening.
To those who still doubt: I already climbed all 5 of Pakistan’s 8000ers in just 26 days. Leading. Guiding. Without oxygen. Breaking the records of those who broke mine with oxygen. The receipts are there.
Broad Peak, I ask for nothing but safe passage up and back down. I take zero mountains for granted. Not one. The moment my foot leaves basecamp, it’s 100%. Always has been. Always will be.
This one is dedicated to everyone who carried me here. Supporters. Critics. All of you. Without both sides, there is no fire. So thank you genuinely.
My purpose has never been about me. It’s about what I represent. It’s about showing YOU that your own mountains—whatever they are—are climbable.
#nimsdai #eliteexped #everest
Farewell @nimsdai. I hoped you would one day come to climb Rwenzori (Rwenjura). Your lesson of self belief & human ability endures. You signed out in glory, in the one place that made you. Greet Cheruiyot when you see him. Tell him we are fine.
@Limo_kipkemoi@freemanwangoe1
His documentary will conclude with the incredible comebacks against Egypt and England and him being thrown into the air. He tried one more time for his people and finally for himself. He was raging against the dying of the light.
Supernova of football.