I did not always agree with his decisions, nor I would be willing to put everything on the line for my ambition, however, it did not bother me (as I see it did other readers) because I agree with him - people, in general, do not like those that are the fastest or strongest in the pack (especially if they acknowledge and boast about it).

However, nothing takes away the the credit which goes to you and your team of Project Possible for inspiring millions of people to realise their potential, and sending out a strong message about climate change and preservation of our habitat. To scale the tallest 14 Death Zone peaks of the world is difficult; to climb them in six months and six days is an extreme case of dedication, strength, stamina and luck. This story moves at break-neck speed, highlighting Purja's goal fo setting a record for conquering the peaks.

As a child growing up in Chitwan (the flatlands of Nepal), Purja knew he wanted to be a Gurkha and trained hard — running in the middle of the night and while carrying rocks — to achieve it.

But even after facing countless challenges, right at the peak of my achievements, my world fell apart when my mother was hospitalised. skips the most harrowing part of K2, including the section climbers have to shimmy across single-file where 4 or 5 people died in 2008 alone.What I found particularly gripping were the rescue stories when he and his team came across people who had been left for dead on the mountains along the way. This ofcourse conditions him to be better than average person but yet the enormity of his project cannot be understated. There is quite a bit of climbing lingo, but with enough context clues, readers will be able to understand what is going on.

You read one page after another about how he considers himself super athletic, too good for any challenge, “only having faith in himself”, and “never acknowledging vulnerability of emotions” but not once do you get a detailed account of how he managed psychological challenges and gained better understanding of the world when going through these experiences. Man muss ihn nicht sympathisch finden, man kann durchaus kritisieren, dass er etwas fahrlässig mit seiner eigenen Gefühlswelt umgeht bzw. Oh, and he breaks several world records while training for and accomplishing Bremont Project Possible (as part of the challenge, he takes his sponsor’s watch faces to each peak, then they can be sold as such). He used his adventures to bring attention to climate change, and has so far climbed fourteen of the highest mountains in the world.

Wanting to do what everyone thought impossible, Nims developed Project Possible, a mission to climb the fourteen highest mountains in the world in only seven months, which is seven years faster than the world record. But I think its precisely his attitude of not giving up or thinking really out of box which makes him the legend he is. I would not say this book is inspirational in any way because he doesn’t make you feel like you could do it too. they seem to all be constantly wondering what he will do next) although he's really put sherpas on the map and painted a true picture of what summiting is like (join the queue please) let's be honest he found a hobby he loved and gave up his job to do it full time. Soon after, I was showing the world a new truth: that with bravery and enough heart and drive, the impossible was possible.