Jun 15, 2026 · 34 min · 15 segments
Nims Purja MBE, former Gurkha and UK Special Forces SBS soldier, talks to Garry 'Gaz' Banford about Nims' quest to climb all 14 of the 8000m+ mountains in the world in less than 8 months. For context…
Nirmal PurjaGuest
Garry BanfordHost
In your opinion, what are the hurdles from when you were, after your schooling, that you sort of had to overcome to get to where you are?
You need to have, you don't only necessarily need to be capable, but you've got to be...
both you know intelligent as well and and what physically mentally fit and also you need to have a bit of luck as well because at my point there were like 30 000 people applying for for the british military you know and only 250 people make it to the british so you know the competition is tight you know
So, you know, I've got a story of, I joined, 40 of us started, just seven of us finished.
I think on my selection, there was 200 on the start day and there was 14 of us that finished original.
So you've come from like 30,000 collection and one of 250 that were even selected to even start.
And then going through the process, so when you were going through, when you were going through selection, what were the hurdles that you felt that were different for you that you had to overcome?
In your opinion, what are the hurdles from when you were, after your schooling, that you sort of had to overcome to get to where you are?
You need to have, you don't only necessarily need to be capable, but you've got to be...
both you know intelligent as well and and what physically mentally fit and also you need to have a bit of luck as well because at my point there were like 30 000 people applying for for the british military you know and only 250 people make it to the british so you know the competition is tight you know
So, you know, I've got a story of, I joined, 40 of us started, just seven of us finished.
I think on my selection, there was 200 on the start day and there was 14 of us that finished original.
So you've come from like 30,000 collection and one of 250 that were even selected to even start.
And then going through the process, so when you were going through, when you were going through selection, what were the hurdles that you felt that were different for you that you had to overcome?
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