“When I was in the hospital, everyone was worried for me, and I realise...” — Arunima Sinha Quote

When I was in the hospital, everyone was worried for me, and I realised that I had to do something in my life so that people would stop looking at me with pity. I spoke to my elder brother and my coach about climbing the Everest, and they encouraged me.

My artificial leg was very unstable on the ice so I had to be before careful. I couldn't tend to my wounds because my amputated leg would have suffered frostbite. I couldn't even remove my gloves.

I had to figure out a different way of walking to ease my journey to the top, surviving in mountains, and more importantly, I learnt patience.

Yes, i will - i will fight for my right and what i believe to be mine. People from the middle class have a right to live their lives with dignity. I have nothing to fear.

It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind me and I see the steps. That's where I was.

Climbing, for me, is all about solving the magnitude of the problem. The best projects are the ones with big question marks hanging over them.

Climbing in the Olympics would be my dream, but I'm not so optimistic that it will make it in 2020.

Rock climbing and surfing are two of my favorite things in life.

We all have our notions of sport. If I'd wanted to make my living climbing mountains, I wouldn't have gone into publishing. Most of the time, you're sitting in a dark room reading a manuscript.