Rescuing people from 8,450 meters is way harder than climbing a mountain. — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
I genuinely feel like, when people climb K2, it's everywhere in the news, everybody covers it. — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
Because of what I did and where I came from, people just assumed I'd climbed every mountain in my country. — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
I disagree with it, but people come to Everest carrying a huge financial burden. Not only that, but they have spent more… — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
If you compare the number of people who climb Everest to the number who climb Mt. Blanc, it is like only 2… — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
When you say you are from Nepal, people always ask you if you've seen Everest. And I had to say no. I… — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
My father was a Gurkha, as well as my brothers, and I appreciated the attitude I saw coming from them after they… — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
Sherpa were always involved with the setting of the lines, but they never got the platform to tell any story, I think.… — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
People are only limited by their imagination. If you don't dream then you won't do it. Human beings are capable of doing… — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
I genuinely feel like, when people climb K2, it's everywhere in the news, everybody covers it. — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
My father was a Gurkha, as well as my brothers, and I appreciated the attitude I saw coming from them after they joined. The… — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
Sherpa were always involved with the setting of the lines, but they never got the platform to tell any story, I think. And so… — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
You definitely need a really decent bomb-proof summit suit, because that's what you wear in these extreme conditions and at extreme altitude. — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
We all have fear in life. I don't let that fear control me. I control it, manage it, use it as a positive. — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
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… — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
Rescuing people from 8,450 meters is way harder than climbing a mountain. — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
There were no good schools in my village. So my family moved so that my siblings and I would get a better education. — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
I was head of the Cold Weather Warfare unit within the Special Boat Service. My job was to do extreme climbs, learn about new… — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
I summited four mountains - Kangchenjunga, Makalu, Broad Peak and Gasherbrum I - in one push. I didn't camp anywhere. Just went boom, summit,… — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
Because of what I did and where I came from, people just assumed I'd climbed every mountain in my country. — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
