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I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I’ve been doing that from a very young age.

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The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.
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Climbing Confidence Self Special
I said no to the Born Survivor producer three times because I’ve never aspired to be a TV man.
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Men Survivor Three
That feeling when you’re so cold you’d give anything to be warm – I’ve had it before, literally huddled around a candle flame on an ice sheet.
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Flames Giving Ice
Without risk, there can be no growth.
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Growth Happen Risk
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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Emotion Giving Treat
A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.
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Classic Men Wise
I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.
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Bears Names Week
As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy – nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
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Healthy Meat Trying
Christianity is not about religion. It’s about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It’s about finding joy and finding home.
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Christianity Home Joy
I started to get so many letters from unlikely people; a single mum going, “I watch your show, I’m not into survival, but I hold down four jobs and I get it when you say it’s about persistence and putting a positive attitude into things during difficult times.”
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Attitude Job Running
It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.
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Children Father Heart
Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
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Anchors Harbors May
Change the way you use your time, and you change your life.
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Changing Life Use Way Your
I didn’t want to do eight seasons of How To Build A Fire. The intention was to make something fun and dynamic and about self rescue, not about whittling.
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Eight Fire Fun
The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.
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Differences Littles Ordinary
I love making healthy lean foods delicious – that’s an art!
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Art Healthy Love Making

I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I’ve been doing that from a very young age.

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I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I’ve been doing that from a very young age.

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