In one of his expeditions in 2012, he evaded death and was paralysed for 2 days in the open, at an altitude of . The Swiss adventurer came to his rescue giving him appropriate medicine. Arjun was scaling Mt Cho Oyu, which is deep seated in Tibet. The winds were hostile and the temperature was -60 degrees. On the second day at Camp 2, Arjun woke up with his left side paralysed.