The ultra-runner started her career as an athlete in Nepal when she was a child soldier. Now she’s an international star and national hero
I grew up in a village of only four houses in the middle of the jungle in the hills of Bhojpur district, eastern Nepal. Our family was poor so I had to work alongside my parents and brother, and walked for hours every day to collect firewood and grass for our goats and cows. I had to climb trees and got so good at it my friends said I was like a monkey.
I carried 10kg on my back since before I can remember and would frequently walk for two days up and down steep hills, just to get salt, cooking oil and other goods from our nearest market. Slowly, I started to love those walks.
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I cannot live without running. I get to see the sun rise over the hills. I am addicted to the beauty
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