Sometimes it’s hard for us to believe, really believe, that God cares and wants good things for us and doesn’t just want us to go off and give everything up and become missionaries in Burundi.
BEAR GRYLLSThe rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.
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Juice Plus+ is great stuff that I have used through all of my expeditions. What I like about it is that the research behind it is so strong.
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I find skydiving really hard. I broke my back while skydiving when I was in the military, and for 18 months all my nightmares were about falling.
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You’re not human if you don’t feel fear. But I’ve learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It’s there to give me that edge for what I have to do.
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Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.
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Life is an adventure that is best lived boldly
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Our dreams are just wishes, if we never follow them through with action. And in life, you have got to be able to light your own fire.
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Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
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But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it’s always when you’re least expecting it.
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I’ve eaten sheep’s eyes, the still hot meat from a zebra killed by a lion, and maggots which give you 70 calories to the ounce.
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I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.
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There’s no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It’s all about heart.
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Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
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People ask me, “How do I succeed?” Whatever it is they do, I say, “Go and find 20 ways of messing it up. By 21, you’ll be getting there.” Life is an adventure, go back with cuts, scars and bruises.
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Nothing inspires people more than reckless acts of courage.
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The SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians.
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