To get ready to climb Everest, I did a lot of hill running with a daypack on and a lot of underwater swimming. I would swim a couple of lengths underwater and then a couple above. It gets your body going with limited oxygen.
BEAR GRYLLSWell, wolves will pretty rarely hunt. You’re vulnerable if you’re on your own or injured. But for lone wolves, get up high, show them that you’re not injured, face ’em off, be authoritarian with it, and look ’em in the eye.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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The appeal of the wild for me is its unpredictability. You have to develop an awareness, react fast, be resourceful and come up with a plan and act on it.
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It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.
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A man’s pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.
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The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.
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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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To me, adventure has always been to me the connections and bounds you create with people when you’re there. And you can have that anywhere.
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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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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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I think viewers quite like it when I’m suffering or eating or drinking something horrible or really up against it in some quicksand or whatever.
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Without risk, there can be no growth.
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The only difference between ‘try’ and ‘triumph’ is varying degrees of ‘umph’
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
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I love making healthy lean foods delicious – that’s an art!
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Life is an adventure that is best lived boldly
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