
King of the Mountain (No, Really)
Having crushed every challenge in the mountaineering world, the ever-outspoken Nimsdai Purja opens up about intense training, high-altitude watches, setting insane records and more.

Zen Love is Gear Patrol's Associate Editor. He has been deeply obsessed with watches for over a decade and has written about them professionally for nearly as long. Since 2019, he's been covering anything that ticks and fits on the wrist for Gear Patrol with a bent toward making watches' history, mechanics, and collector culture approachable and democratic. He is always punctual.

Having crushed every challenge in the mountaineering world, the ever-outspoken Nimsdai Purja opens up about intense training, high-altitude watches, setting insane records and more.
By Zen Love

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Time to catch up with the hot releases you might have missed.
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