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Shayeet Sharma

Co-founder

Shayeet Sharma

I am Shayeet Sharma, a sports and exercise scientist, physical performance coach, and endurance practitioner.

Movement, strength, and return to potential

At my core, I am disciplined, consistent, and deeply committed to helping people move better, live stronger, and return to full physical potential, whether that means returning an athlete to play, reducing injury risk, or building long-term performance.

That commitment is not theoretical. It comes from my body, my history, and my life.

I was born with clubfoot. Because my family had the means, I received corrective surgery early in life. The treatment worked. I grew up able to walk, run, train, compete, and push my physical limits.

But I never forgot a simple truth: many children born the same way do not get that chance. That awareness shaped everything that came after.

Discipline, endurance, and the mind

I believe strength is built first in the mind.

Extreme environments, whether high altitude, severe weather, or sustained physical stress, expose the same truth: progress comes from discipline, consistency, and the ability to fight your own mind every single day.

Mental and physical strength are inseparable. They are not built in comfort. They are forged through adversity, repetition, and lived struggle.

My own life experiences, including health challenges, personal loss, and instability, did not weaken me. They trained me.

That is why I am drawn to endurance sport, extreme environments, and long-term performance work. And that is why KAPI felt inevitable, not optional.

Why KAPI exists

KAPI represents everything I believe in.

The name, rooted in Hanuman, stands for strength without ego, discipline without shortcuts, service without conditions, and determination without excuses.

KAPI is not just an outdoor brand. It is a statement about what human beings are capable of when they are given the tools, physical, mental, and structural, to stand tall.

A great brand, to me, must deliver uncompromising quality and durability, be tested honestly in the environments it claims to serve, and actively improve society by design.

If gear claims to work at -25 C or 6,000-8,000 meters, it must be worn there. If it claims to perform in training, it must be tested on the gym floor, absorbing sweat, drying efficiently, and enduring repetition.

Anything less is marketing. KAPI is meant to be proof.

Summit for Every Child to Stand Tall

My involvement in Summit for Every Child to Stand Tall is deeply personal.

This mission exists so children born with clubfoot can receive treatment, individuals can regain mobility, and people can stand, walk, explore, and experience the world fully.

What I received by chance of circumstance, others deserve by design.

Through KAPI, 1% of revenue is committed to clubfoot treatment, 5% from the Summit to Sight line supports cataract surgeries, and every product becomes a contribution, not a passive purchase.

This is not charity layered onto business. It is business structured around responsibility.

Why Everest

Everest matters to me for reasons beyond symbolism. It represents Nepal, it is the highest physical point on Earth, and no brand has ever been launched from its summit.

Attempting Everest is not about proving strength to others. It is about proving to myself and to the children who share my story that nothing is impossible.

To stand on the highest point in the world, having been born with clubfoot, is a living message: your beginning does not define your ceiling.

KAPI launching from the summit is not a stunt. It is alignment between story, mission, environment, and truth.

The long view

I want KAPI to compete globally with brands like The North Face, Nike, and others, not by copying them, but by standing for something they cannot replicate.

In 10-20 years, I want to look back and say we built a profitable, respected global brand, restored vision and mobility in Nepal, helped people stand tall literally and figuratively, and proved that business and service can grow together.

I want every person wearing KAPI to feel proud, not just of how the product performs, but of what it represents.

That is what I am building. That is why I am here.