Nirmal Purja quotes

The biggest thing I learned from being in the special forces is the decision-making process and also the willingness not to give up. You need to have a certain mindset. I call it a positive mindset.

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.

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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