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> [Funding has been the hardest part, and my wife has been extremely supportive both when I decided to leave my job, and even when I re-mortgaged our home and put equity into the project. I am lucky to have such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmal-purja/funding-has-been-the-hardest-part-and-my-wife-has-been-extremely/)

[Nirmal Purja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmal-purja/)

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## More by Nirmal Purja

> [I genuinely feel like, when people climb K2, it's everywhere in the news, everybody covers it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmal-purja/i-genuinely-feel-like-when-people-climb-k2-it-s-everywhere-in-the/)

[Nirmal Purja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmal-purja/)

> [When people are in stressful situations, they do shout.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmal-purja/when-people-are-in-stressful-situations-they-do-shout/)

[Nirmal Purja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmal-purja/)

> [My father was a Gurkha, as well as my brothers, and I appreciated the attitude I saw coming from them after they joined. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmal-purja/my-father-was-a-gurkha-as-well-as-my-brothers-and-i-appreciated-the/)

[Nirmal Purja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmal-purja/)

> [Sherpa were always involved with the setting of the lines, but they never got the platform to tell any story, I think. And so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmal-purja/sherpa-were-always-involved-with-the-setting-of-the-lines-but-they/)

[Nirmal Purja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmal-purja/)

> [You definitely need a really decent bomb-proof summit suit, because that's what you wear in these extreme conditions and at extreme altitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmal-purja/you-definitely-need-a-really-decent-bomb-proof-summit-suit-because/)

[Nirmal Purja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmal-purja/)

> [We all have fear in life. I don't let that fear control me. I control it, manage it, use it as a positive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmal-purja/we-all-have-fear-in-life-i-don-t-let-that-fear-control-me-i-control/)

[Nirmal Purja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmal-purja/)

> [The hardest climb for me was Kangchenjunga, at 28,169 feet the world's third-highest mountain. The first thing that made this summit difficult was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmal-purja/the-hardest-climb-for-me-was-kangchenjunga-at-28-169-feet-the-world-s/)

[Nirmal Purja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmal-purja/)

> [Rescuing people from 8,450 meters is way harder than climbing a mountain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmal-purja/rescuing-people-from-8-450-meters-is-way-harder-than-climbing-a/)

[Nirmal Purja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmal-purja/)

> [There were no good schools in my village. So my family moved so that my siblings and I would get a better education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmal-purja/there-were-no-good-schools-in-my-village-so-my-family-moved-so-that/)

[Nirmal Purja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmal-purja/)

> [I was head of the Cold Weather Warfare unit within the Special Boat Service. My job was to do extreme climbs, learn about new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmal-purja/i-was-head-of-the-cold-weather-warfare-unit-within-the-special-boat/)

[Nirmal Purja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmal-purja/)

> [I summited four mountains - Kangchenjunga, Makalu, Broad Peak and Gasherbrum I - in one push. I didn't camp anywhere. Just went boom, summit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmal-purja/i-summited-four-mountains-kangchenjunga-makalu-broad-peak-and/)

[Nirmal Purja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmal-purja/)

> [Because of what I did and where I came from, people just assumed I'd climbed every mountain in my country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmal-purja/because-of-what-i-did-and-where-i-came-from-people-just-assumed-i-d/)

[Nirmal Purja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmal-purja/)

> [I was born in Nepal, I grew up in the Gurkhas, and I became a man in the SBS.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmal-purja/i-was-born-in-nepal-i-grew-up-in-the-gurkhas-and-i-became-a-man-in/)

[Nirmal Purja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmal-purja/)

> [I convinced my wife to let me climb Everest. I emptied my savings and took out a loan so I could afford to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmal-purja/i-convinced-my-wife-to-let-me-climb-everest-i-emptied-my-savings-and/)

[Nirmal Purja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmal-purja/)

> [We used to live in this little house where the whole of the upper floor was used for chickens. It was four days' walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmal-purja/we-used-to-live-in-this-little-house-where-the-whole-of-the-upper/)

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