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How you speak about others speaks loudest about yourself.

Bear Grylls

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  Unless you have shelter, fire is going to be very hard and if you have fire, but no water, you’re going to die. They’re all super important.

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  Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.

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  Many people find it hard to understand what it is about a mountain that draws men and women to risk their lives on her freezing, icy faces – all for a chance at that single, solitary moment on the top.

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  You can’t live someone else’s expectations in life. It’s a recipe for disaster.

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  You don’t need to go to the ends of the earth, you don’t need to climb Everest to have a great adventure, it’s invariably on our doorstep.

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  Life is an adventure that is best lived boldly

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  The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.

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  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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  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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  Why is it that the finish line always tends to appear just after the point at which we most want to give up? is it the universe’s way of reserving the best for those who can give the most? What I do know, from nature, is that the dawn only appears after the darkest hour.

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  I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk – not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.

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  And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you’d ever come across.

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  Life doesn’t reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.

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  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.

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  It can be hard to explain. But I also relate to the quote that says, Iif you have to ask, you will never understand.

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  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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