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… — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
We've climbed in 60- to 75-kilometer-an-hour wind conditions without ropes, and yes we put in fixed lines when we can because of the safety. But it's all calculated risk and you have to be so flexible in doing this project,… — 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
