Nirmal Purja Quotes

Nirmal Purja

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 25, 1983

When I joined the special forces it was never for the money. It was for pure desire to serve in an elite unit.

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People are only limited by their imagination. If you don't dream then you won't do it. Human beings are capable of doing amazing things.

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We all have fear in life. I don't let that fear control me. I control it, manage it, use it as a positive.

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It's part of my Special Forces training. You're taught to come up with a solutions, not look for excuses.

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Because of what I did and where I came from, people just assumed I'd climbed every mountain in my country.

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On the trail from Namche Bazaar, you come up and you see this big mountain, Ama Dablam. Wow! I just started thinking, what would it feel like to be on the top of that mountain? What would you be able to see?

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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, and that's why we've been so successful. We always climb with what we have.

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I wasn't looking too much into my social media when I was on K2, but overall it's been really humbling to see all of the appreciation.

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I have my company, Elite Himalayan Adventures, which provides a platform for those who seek to push their limits on extreme adventures, whether that be Everest and Lhotse in Nepal, or K2 and Broad Peak in Pakistan.

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I was head of the Cold Weather Warfare unit within the Special Boat Service. My job was to do extreme climbs, learn about new technology, and create new ideas on how to operate in those conditions.

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To be honest, I really can't lie on the beach for more than an hour.

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My father was a Gurkha, as well as my brothers, and I appreciated the attitude I saw coming from them after they joined. The Gurkhas go through a huge selection process with thousands trying to get in, and only 25 people make it at a time.

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My favorite food is dahl bhat, the only Nepalese food you can eat on all the expeditions. Everyone from the mountaineering community would know this!

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I think you should be able to imagine things in a different way. And, you have to dedicate both your physical and mental abilities to that ambition to accomplish it.

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The 14-8,000-meter-peaks-in-six-months project was something nobody could imagine was ever possible. It's tough just to climb one 8,000-meter peak, let alone 14 in such a short period of time.

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There were no good schools in my village. So my family moved so that my siblings and I would get a better education.

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I was born in Nepal, I grew up in the Gurkhas, and I became a man in the SBS.

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When people are in stressful situations, they do shout.

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K-2 in winter is something people had thought about for a long time, but had never accomplished. For me, more satisfaction came from winter K2 because it was done in a different manner and style, a message of team unification rather than just me climbing for myself.

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Extreme high-altitude mountaineering deserves its place among the world's most extreme sports.

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