We really wanted to have a kind of roller coaster narrative so every chapter feels different, every chapter feels like something new and it's fast paced and matches how Nims approached the project.”ġ4 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible. “It's really taking Nims’ footage as the base and then adding on top of that interviews, historical archive, contemporary archive, modern filming, 3D graphics, animation, music. “Most films about mountaineering and climbing are about one mountain or one ascent or one summit, so the real challenge was fitting 14 into one single narrative, and making each mountain feel like it's an individual story, introducing each mountain, detailing Nims’ summit, resolving each mountain satisfactorily,” Jones explained. The challenge at that point was to take the hundreds of hours of footage Purja had and cut that down into a 90-minute story. “We wanted to tell an action-adventure, fast-paced, a thriller, but also a kind of multi-layered story that would have a real kind of heart and a real emotional connection with the viewers.” “I was just blown away by it.and then we started to talk about a film and how that film will be structured.” “We had a really good personal connection straight away and we stayed in touch, and then he very kindly invited me to his home after he finished the project and we spent a day looking through some of the footage,” Jones told Yahoo Canada. “So I always have thought that something has to be made out of this stuff and hence why I was recording everything.” “It's not about me, but it's somebody else who believed in the vision to change the world for a better perspective, better reason.” “I had always believed that this project, this story needs to be told to the rest of the world,” Purja told Yahoo Canada. This incredible story is inspirational, using first-hand video footage taken by Purja himself during this adventure. “He is very driven… I knew it was going to be life-changing for him.” “I understood the risk but I think it was in his character,” Purja’s wife Suchi says in the film. We also get to learn more about Purja’s childhood in Nepal through the mountaineer himself as well as his family, including his time in the U.K.
“I needed to get down the mountain quickly. “You can’t control your movements,” he said. Mount Everest, Nirmal "Nims" Purja, "14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible" (Courtesy of Netflix)Īt one point in the documentary, Purja describes the feeling of developing High Altitude Cerebral Enema (H.A.C.E.) during this adventure.