Daily Motivations - GIVING UP IS NOT IN THE BLOOD

Episode Date: September 11, 2026

To achieve the impossible, have a goal that is bigger than you. Giving up is not in the blood. This video is dedicated to one of the greatest mountaineering climbers to ever live, Nirmal "Nimsdai" Purja."I don't think most people understand the difference between being alive and living the life." - Nirmal PurjaInstagram- Daily_motivationsorgFacebook- @daily_motivationsorgSupport us PayPal

So there are 14 mountains in the world above 8,000 meters. And 8,000 meters is the death-john peak. So the fastest time was seven years, 11 months, and 14 days. I said I'll do that in seven months. If the record for full marathon is now two hours, what I was saying there then was, I'm going to do that in 10 minutes. And that's why nobody will have it. You just need to commit.

The biggest thing is people talk about People talk about all this plan and everything. Every time I was like, hey, man, things don't look like they're going to go through on this and burn climbing. He's like, I believe. Here we are standing on the summit. There are so many difficult things in life and with only those tough challenges and everything we grow. And that's where we learn, you know.

Just keep that rhythm, keep that breathing and look. It's not about any of these people or anybody just get to a look. Get that son. You will summit 100%. Just believe in that. It's that environment where I find myself alive. You know, we all live life, but are we alive? No, I don't think many people understand the difference between, you know, being alive and living the life.

There's a matter where you come from, you can show the world, nothing is impossible. You know, wherever you are, wherever you go, is one life, right? And adventure brings life into the living. But you are fighting your own war. Don't compete against anybody else. Just try to be best and better than who you were yesterday. I have a purpose in what I do. Because you're not just saying that thing for the sake of saying it.

You need to mean it. If you don't mean that what you are saying to the bone, then you cannot really push that hard. Discipline is the only one thing that will differentiate you from being successful or being the best. Nothing will break me. Ever. You can try, but nothing, you know, because I know who I am. You can lie the whole world, but you can never lie yourself. And I know who I am. So, no, I'm on breakable, but I am.

Giving up is not in the blood, sir. It's not in the blood. How much time can you spend at the death zone before you, you know, die? For me, I can live there, you can live there. You can live there. Yeah, it's nice time. So the nature is at its purest form in the mountains. You know, there's nothing really that kind of, like, negativity that human beings pollute. You know, it's just new. And there's no, yes, of course, we have our own worries and our own challenges in life.

But when you get over there, most of the things are put into perspective. you know look we really forget you know when you are climbing it that really is you know you don't worry about how much money I'm making you don't worry about your mortgage you don't worry about all these things you know the noise you know you just worry about how you're going to stay alive and and where and to be honest I think that's what it all comes down to in life you could have everything in the world but if you don't have good health it doesn't mean anything but But sometimes we just get dragged on this, I don't know, whatever we call that tunnel,

where you forget the reality. So yeah, and I feel, you know, the energy is good, the environment is good, the vibe is good, and it's freshier. People say, when it's like really howling wind and all that, they say, I said, it's been horrendous and all that. But I said, guys, it's a fresh year, guys, chill out, and they laugh, you know. You can always turn any negative into positive. you say is the hardest thing you've ever done? The hardest thing that I think I have ever done is the rescue of Kanchanjanga. We submitted Kanchanjanga and on the way down, literally 50 meters below the summit, we found a climber, Indian climber. He was out of his oxygen,

and he was basically left by his guide by his team. So straight away, we went into the rescue mode and we were three myself, Mimma David and Ghisman. We three started to bring this guy down. And it's quite technical, you know, because 50 meters below the summit of Kanchenjanga, the trend is not that easy. And it's quite hard to bring it down. So the three brought him down probably around 100 meters. Then we found another climber who is again in the same situation.

He is basically flat out dying and and none of his team members were there. So at that point, you know, I gave my own personal oxygen. The science is, you know, if you already are climbing without oxygen, that means your body is acclimatized, your body is adjusting. But if you're climbing with oxygen and you come off the oxygen, that is completely different level. But if anybody does that, they will probably die as well.

But obviously, I knew what my capabilities and my limitations were. So I took the risk and I gave him the oxygen and now we are bringing two people down. And it was a bright daylight when we started the first rescue. And as soon as, you know, like, we saw this person, the first thing I do is from these special forces. You know, you establish the comes, you ask for help. So there were a lot of climbers at camp full.

So, you know, of course, for three of us to do the rescue, it's quite tough. So I got on the radio and asked them for help. And even the guys at Campo, they responded and they said, okay, NIMS we're going to come to help you. Don't worry. You know, even from their team members were at Campo as well, not only the rest of the climbers, but everybody was there. So even their team members, you know, okay, you know, we're going to come up to support you. So in my mind, I'm thinking, okay, there are people coming up.

So that means I don't put any reserve. I'm going full on fully strength full power to bring this to people as low as possible at the quickest time possible so that means you're giving 100% right but eventually what happened was as as the sun is start to sit you know you normally see the head toes of people climbing up you know you see that on the mountains but I didn't see any head torches so straight away I was like I was out I was out I started worrying because I was like, oh, you know, these guys were supposed to be now really close to us, but now there's no head torches. That means no one has come. At this point, what happened was the first individual that we had rescued, he ran out of oxygen.

And within 15 minutes of him out of the oxygen, because we don't have any oxygen now, this person died. okay so now at this point Gisman was like look brother you know I'm feeling really cool my toes are getting really cool and you know I'm at the verge of putting myself

you know into this situation so I'll be liabilities you know I really have to go down so I said okay man you know like please go down so he left and now it's me and Mingma David you know trying to bring this another alive individual

And we're bringing him a bit down and then probably David was there for me a couple of hours and then he started feeling again cold and I think to that point he started hallucinating as well. So he said again, Nimslai, you know, I cannot do this anymore. I'm going to go. So now it just left me alone to do one-on-one rescue. So I'm bringing this guy to a point, you know, where like, It was so tough, but also I felt like why I was giving so much is like whenever I do anything or whenever I make any decisions in life, I always put myself in their shoes. So I was thinking, okay, if I was this guy, you know, who's in this situation, then, you know, I have family, you know, so I would not want somebody to just leave me here.

So, you know, when I think like that, I kind of, you know, in different level with a different mindset. So I started doing the rescues continues for hours. Now, I can see Campo. It's pretty much, I would say, half an hour, less than half an hour away from where we were. But if I have to bring this person alone down to Camp Four, it will probably take me, I don't know,

three hours or probably more, because it's just myself dragging this guy. So at that point, I had to make the decision. I was like, okay, you know, stay here you're not going to move anywhere i'm just going to quickly run to campho and wake up your team members if you're not your team members there are other people and i'm going to come to you so i went down but as i went down then i found another climber who was lost in he was lost and he was just like basically he was he was he was hallucinating and he was just like standing straight but he was

thinking that he was abselling so his hands were like he was grabbing his own safety code and he was was doing like this and it's like yeah I'm going down I was like you know no you're not going down you know you are you know so I grab him and I took him down to Campo and put him in the tent and now I start screaming for help you know guys you know there's a one guy he's not even far and but nobody nobody woke up nobody literally but even before that you know when when I was alone and all that I was on the radio constantly guys you know all those people who answered They turned the radio off and didn't respond, you know. So I think at that point I was really, really hurt

because all these people at Campo, could they have come and help us? Yes, absolutely. You know, my whole, the suffering of my body was next level. So when I came to Campo, after he's screaming to everybody and all that, nobody was even waking up, nobody even responding. I went to the tent and said, guys, please, you know, no response.

So I think that really showed me a true color of many human beings. And at that point, look, I'm not really easy to cry. But at this point, I was crying on tears. I got my sad phone and I called my wife. So I keep continuing down and I got to the base camp and I went to the next mountain. But yeah, that's the hardest thing perhaps because of all those reasons. Wow. The thing is like, look, you can break all the world records and stuff, but if you are not

human and if you are not that person, I don't see any value in that. You know, I think, and then you are just self-centered. You don't care about what's happening around you. Everybody has their one life. It's not only everybody. And sometimes people are so driven by the records that. they forget what it really means to be human, you know, and people forget what if that person was you. Just put yourself in their shoes and all the answers comes in your face.

It is not that hard. You know, if you're that person who is going through that, you know, risky situation, who is, like, dying, and then if nobody helps you, how would you have felt? It's very simple. There's no hard rocket science in all this. It's just easy, you know, just ask that question. and the answer would be there and if you were on that situation if nobody helps how would you have felt to achieve the impossible ladies and gentlemen have a goal that is bigger than you if your purpose is bigger than you

you will always achieve the impossible i am nimsai nirmal purza i was born in nepal i was raised in the gaiqas and i was made in the yorkas and i was made in the United Nations Special Forces. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much.