Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone

My Comfort Zone Begins Where Most Individuals Quit. As A Kid In Nepal, I Went Barefoot Because My Family Had Nothing. That's How I Developed The Resilience I Needed For Joining The Gurkhas, One Of The Most Fearless Forces In The British Army. Then Against All Odds, I Became The First Ever Gurkha Soldier In More Than 200 Years Of History To Join The Special Boat Service Where I Served In The Some Of The World's Most Dangerous Warzones, Kicking Down Doors To Capture Enemy Gunmen And Terrorist Bomb Makers. But Elite Combat Wasn't Enough. I Wanted More Of A Test. That's Where My Next Project Came In, Something Nobody Thought Possible - To Climb All Fourteen Death Zone Mountains In Seven Months. The Previous Standard For Conquering The World's Most Dangerous Peaks Was Seven Years, Ten Months And Six Days. I Smashed Through That Achievement In Six Months, Breaking Several World Records In The Process. I'd Have Been Even Quicker Had I Not Been Called In To Lead Four Perilous, High-altitude Rescue Missions. I Knew That To Quit On The Mountain Was To Die. Even Though I'd Only Started My Climbing A Few Years Earlier, As A Hobby, I Found I Was Able To Adapt Quickly To The Deadly Conditions. I Was Rarely Phased By The Lung-burning Temperatures Or Brutal Winds And Fatigue Seemed To Pass Me By. Fear Became Irrelevant Because I Had Belief. In The Death Zone, I Came Alive. There Were Intimidating Challenges To Negotiate Away From The Mountains, Too. Financial Hurdles Had To Be Overcome In Order To Fund An Expedition With A Six-figure Price Tag. Political Negotiations With The Chinese Government Were Required To Ensure My Entry To Shishapangma. And As I Broke Several World Records, My Mother Was Hospitalized. As The Youngest Son In A Nepalese Family I Was Duty Bound To Care For Her. My World Fell Apart. But This Is What Happens When Ambition Meets Limitless Imagination. Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks - My Life In The Death Zone Is The Inside Story Of My Incredible Adventure.