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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.

Bear Grylls

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  Well, 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.

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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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  Make a little time to be quiet by yourself every day and just be.

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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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  Above all, I feel a quiet pride that for the rest of my days I can look at myself in the mirror and know that once upon a time I was good enough. Good enough to call myself a member of the SAS. Some things don’t have a price tag.

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  Nobody wants to end up super rich and famous – but divorced. I’m always clear on that and try to stay on the right side of the line.

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  I don’t like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep those sort of good luck cards for rare occasions!

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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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  Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.

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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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  I always had a really natural faith as a kid. Where I knew God existed and it felt very free and pretty wild and natural, and it wasn’t religious.

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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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  Dreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.

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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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  Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.

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