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The Living Force
I haven't seen a thread mention this man or any of his contemporaries so I figured I'd start one.
In the November session of the Cs, some discussion was held about people with special abilities:
I'll be honest, I've never really come across a person where I thought there was something special involved. I have certainly come across extraordinary people and people with immense talents but in all cases, at least to me, it wasn't anything that I was like, there's something cosmic going on here !
Well, that is, until I came across this Nims Purja person. I should start by saying he's human, and a cursory search on the internet will reveal many stories that bring his character into question and also there are two cases of sexual misconduct (though not proven in court). I wanted to say this first to make it clear this man isn't like some spiritual guru or any such thing.
Now to what makes this man EXTRAORDINARY. First of all, he was born in poverty in Nepal. His childhood dream was to join the Ghurkas which he did - a great accomplishment in itself, certainly not something that one just does from Nepal:
en.m.wikipedia.org
He then went on and joined the Special Boat Services (SBS) - special forces for the British Navy. All in all, he served like 16 years in the military and saw real warfare. Not much detail is given on what missions he was sent on but we at least know he served in actual war and nearly lost his life at least once - a sniper got him but he was lucky and was saved by the butt of his rifle.
Anyways, this is just the back story, moving on... the man then decided to quit the military in pursuit of a passion to climb mountains and he is now known as a mountaineer. What caught my attention is how effective he is at climbing mountains - he held the record of summiting the 14 highest peaks for a while. The previous record was around 8 years, he brought it down to 7 months. He went up 3 of these mountains (which included Everest) in 48 hours!
There's a lady from Norway who has the record now, 3 months, but she had full funding whilst Nims was well, doing it whilst working - I imagine he'll go for the record in future years.
Btw, these are not a one and done deal - the man just keeps going up and down these mountains like it's nothing. This is because he also works as a guide, taking people up (albeit I imagine it's people of a certain status given his profile). He's gotten into trouble for basically being a bit of a cowboy but I understand he hasn't yet lost any clients (through death).
One other story that caught my eye is he was leading the first team that summited K2 in winter, and when they got close to the top, he got everyone to walk together so that they all got credit as being the first. They did so whilst singing the Nepal national anthem because this is what it meant to them. Here is the clip:
Putting it all together, from the beginnings of being born literally in poverty, to the military career (seeing actual war) to what he is doing now, I can't help but conclude this is nothing short of extraordinary. The man is only 41 years old!
I listened to a podcast he did with Joe Rogan which I found interesting:
I mean, people like these aren't normal whatsoever. Can you imagine the military had this guy and let him go? Jesus Christ - who else do they have?
To me, this man is the closest to a "superman" that I have heard about. He's unfortunately now caught up in a few scandals and seems to have lost favour with public opinion. Given his "special forces" background, I am inclined to think he has done a few questionable things so I am not under any delusions to see him as someone to spiritually look up to. I am just gobsmacked by the story and clear ability the man possesses. You have to remember that every single time they go up those mountains over 8000 meters they are literally not guaranteed to come back down alive - this man does it as his job and prior to that he was active military. I mean, what in the hell? What kind of mindset is this but not only that, what kind of ability is this to have evaded death for so long in such circumstances?
Netflix did a documentary - when I say netflix did the documentary, Nims and his team literally filmed themselves whilst they were breaking the record and then had some auction which Netflix won to piece together the footage into the documentary. Can you imagine climbing these mountains and filming yourself at the same time?
I haven't watched the documentary yet - plan on doing so next week:
Btw, I found this interesting, some of these mountaineers are operating in Antarctica this winter. Both Nims and the lady who broke his record are down there!
Here's a short of Nims from there:
In the November session of the Cs, some discussion was held about people with special abilities:
I'll be honest, I've never really come across a person where I thought there was something special involved. I have certainly come across extraordinary people and people with immense talents but in all cases, at least to me, it wasn't anything that I was like, there's something cosmic going on here !
Well, that is, until I came across this Nims Purja person. I should start by saying he's human, and a cursory search on the internet will reveal many stories that bring his character into question and also there are two cases of sexual misconduct (though not proven in court). I wanted to say this first to make it clear this man isn't like some spiritual guru or any such thing.
Now to what makes this man EXTRAORDINARY. First of all, he was born in poverty in Nepal. His childhood dream was to join the Ghurkas which he did - a great accomplishment in itself, certainly not something that one just does from Nepal:
Brigade of Gurkhas - Wikipedia
He then went on and joined the Special Boat Services (SBS) - special forces for the British Navy. All in all, he served like 16 years in the military and saw real warfare. Not much detail is given on what missions he was sent on but we at least know he served in actual war and nearly lost his life at least once - a sniper got him but he was lucky and was saved by the butt of his rifle.
Anyways, this is just the back story, moving on... the man then decided to quit the military in pursuit of a passion to climb mountains and he is now known as a mountaineer. What caught my attention is how effective he is at climbing mountains - he held the record of summiting the 14 highest peaks for a while. The previous record was around 8 years, he brought it down to 7 months. He went up 3 of these mountains (which included Everest) in 48 hours!
There's a lady from Norway who has the record now, 3 months, but she had full funding whilst Nims was well, doing it whilst working - I imagine he'll go for the record in future years.Btw, these are not a one and done deal - the man just keeps going up and down these mountains like it's nothing. This is because he also works as a guide, taking people up (albeit I imagine it's people of a certain status given his profile). He's gotten into trouble for basically being a bit of a cowboy but I understand he hasn't yet lost any clients (through death).
One other story that caught my eye is he was leading the first team that summited K2 in winter, and when they got close to the top, he got everyone to walk together so that they all got credit as being the first. They did so whilst singing the Nepal national anthem because this is what it meant to them. Here is the clip:
Putting it all together, from the beginnings of being born literally in poverty, to the military career (seeing actual war) to what he is doing now, I can't help but conclude this is nothing short of extraordinary. The man is only 41 years old!
I listened to a podcast he did with Joe Rogan which I found interesting:
I mean, people like these aren't normal whatsoever. Can you imagine the military had this guy and let him go? Jesus Christ - who else do they have?
To me, this man is the closest to a "superman" that I have heard about. He's unfortunately now caught up in a few scandals and seems to have lost favour with public opinion. Given his "special forces" background, I am inclined to think he has done a few questionable things so I am not under any delusions to see him as someone to spiritually look up to. I am just gobsmacked by the story and clear ability the man possesses. You have to remember that every single time they go up those mountains over 8000 meters they are literally not guaranteed to come back down alive - this man does it as his job and prior to that he was active military. I mean, what in the hell? What kind of mindset is this but not only that, what kind of ability is this to have evaded death for so long in such circumstances?
Netflix did a documentary - when I say netflix did the documentary, Nims and his team literally filmed themselves whilst they were breaking the record and then had some auction which Netflix won to piece together the footage into the documentary. Can you imagine climbing these mountains and filming yourself at the same time?
I haven't watched the documentary yet - plan on doing so next week:
Btw, I found this interesting, some of these mountaineers are operating in Antarctica this winter. Both Nims and the lady who broke his record are down there!
Here's a short of Nims from there:
