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From the CEO
Meet Nima Sherpa
At 16, Nima Rinji Sherpa started climbing 8,000-meter peaks. By 18, he'd climbed all 14 of them faster than anyone in history—summiting Manaslu in 2022, then taking on Everest, K2, Annapurna, and the rest before completing the record atop Shishapangma in China on October 9, 2024. Total time: 740 days.
Born into a legendary Sherpa mountaineering family, Nima represents a new generation of Nepalese climbers—relentless, humble, and deeply tied to the mountains and heritage that shaped him. His story isn't just about the summits. It's about what it takes to get there.
Born into a legendary Sherpa mountaineering family, Nima represents a new generation of Nepalese climbers—relentless, humble, and deeply tied to the mountains and heritage that shaped him. His story isn't just about the summits. It's about what it takes to get there.
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Backing Nima
Fortis CEO Nathan Foy caught Nima's story on 60 Minutes and sent the cold email that started it all. At 18, he'd already become the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks—remarkable enough on its own, made more so by how little he made of it.
Fortis's sponsorship of Nima isn't about attaching our name to an athlete. It's about the values Sherpas embody that we've built our business on: service, expertise, preparation, resilience, humility, and putting someone else's success ahead of your own.
Nima's building something bigger than his own climb—better training, better equipment, and a real path to global recognition for the Sherpa community. We're proud to help him get there. Nathan plans to go to Nepal himself to help train the sherpas, teaching the same principles from his book What Rich Clients Want (But Won't Tell You), including the Skyscraper of Success. Turns out elite service follows one blueprint, whether you're guiding a summit or a client.
(No, we're not providing trips to Everest. We're just backing the guy who makes the impossible look easy.)
Nima's building something bigger than his own climb—better training, better equipment, and a real path to global recognition for the Sherpa community. We're proud to help him get there. Nathan plans to go to Nepal himself to help train the sherpas, teaching the same principles from his book What Rich Clients Want (But Won't Tell You), including the Skyscraper of Success. Turns out elite service follows one blueprint, whether you're guiding a summit or a client.
(No, we're not providing trips to Everest. We're just backing the guy who makes the impossible look easy.)