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Bear Grylls

I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it.
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Climb Dad Thinking
Success almost always follows great attitude. The two attract each other!
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Attitude Great Two
Live a wild, generous full, exciting life – blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.
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Blessing Exciting Seeing
I try and eat really healthy when I’m home, but I certainly don’t eat worms and snakes.
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Healthy Home Snakes
The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.
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Differences Littles Ordinary
Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive – the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.
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Alive Decisions Fate Make
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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Eye Sheep Zebras
My favorite moments? Where it’s all going swimmingly, the sun’s out and I’ve got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.
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Fire Nice Snakes
As a society, we’ve become terrified of failure, but you can’t grow without risking it.
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Grows Risk Society Terrified
There is little faith involved in setting out on a journey where the destination is certain and every step in between has been mapped in detail. Bravery, trust, is about leaving camp in the dark, when we do not know the route ahead and cannot be certain we will ever return.
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Courage Dark Journey
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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Dream Fire Light
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.
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Couple Running Swimming
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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Drinking Suffering Thinking
Sometimes an ember is all we need.
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Embers Needs Sometimes
My Christian faith is my backbone
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Backbone Christian Faith
Make a little time to be quiet by yourself every day and just be.
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Little Time Littles Quiet

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