GRP 136- Easy Come Easy Go: From the Gurkhas to the British Special Forces The Story of Nims Dai

Global Recon

John Hendricks

Government

4.8 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Joining me for this week’s podcast is Nims Dai. Nims grew up in Nepal before joining the famed Gurkha's. The Gurkha Brigades recently celebrated 200 years of service in the British Army. Upon returning from a combat deployment to Afghanistan Nims, decided to go on selection for British Special Forces. Upon passing selection he would continue to serve as an operator in the SBS for another 10 years. In 2016 on pre-deployment leave Nims took out a loan from the bank and went to Nepal to climb Mount Everest. During his climb, he rescued a climber at 8,000 meters. Within 4 days of completing the climb, he was conducting combat operations in Afghanistan. Nims is an extraordinary mountaineer who is currently making history. He’s summiting the 14 mountains on earth that are over 8,000 meters in 7 months. The current record for this feat is held at 8 years. We discussed the history of the Gurkhas, his time in the military, and his record-breaking climbing which he close to completing. Enjoy. You can help support Nims and his historic climb by making donations at the link below: https://www.gofundme.com/f/project-possible-147-nims-dai You can find Nims on social media @NimsDai Follow Global Recon below: www.Globalrecon.net https://www.instagram.com/igrecon https://www.instagram.com/blackopsmatter www.twitter.com/igrecon https://www.facebook.com/GlobalReconPodcast/ Chantel Taylor: https://www.instagram.com/mission_critical https://www.instagram.com/altern8rv Music provided by Caspian: www.caspianmusic.net

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0:00.0	On 17 September 2010, I was in checkpoint.
0:05.0	Sajun Diprasad Pund was in a checkpoint on the outskirts of a village called Rahim Kalae,
0:11.0	which had previously been a bit of a Taliban stronghold.
0:14.0	And suddenly I had seen the two Taliban.
0:19.0	What he didn't know, of course, was that what he'd seen was actually two of a large group of Taliban
0:23.6	who were already in position, poised to attack him and his checkpoint.
0:28.6	Firing started coming from all around him.
0:30.6	Effectively, for the next 15 minutes or so, he fought off several waves of attack.
0:35.6	I was thinking at that time, I was alone and there were many and they
0:41.1	definitely they're definitely going to kill me. He just stood there and they were not going to get
0:46.4	past him and he'd obviously just decided that for himself and he put himself in incredible danger to
0:51.1	be able to do that. He was awarded the Conspicuous
0:55.4	Scannatory Cross which is second only to the Victoria Cross and an absolutely
1:00.9	just recognition of what he did that night. I do really proud to being a
1:05.0	Gherch because my grand father and my father was also Gorkhas.
1:13.6	And I'm really proud to get this award.
1:17.4	A Gherker, who single-handedly fought off an attack by more than a dozen Taliban fighters,
1:22.5	has been awarded Britain's second highest military medal, the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross.
1:27.4	As the name suggests, it's given for acts of conspicuous gallantry, and is second only
1:31.3	to the Victoria Cross, which is awarded for most conspicuous bravery.
1:36.3	In over 15 minutes of fighting, acting Sergeant Diprasad Pund fired 400 rounds of ammunition,
1:42.6	17 grenades, and when his rifle jammed through his machine
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