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All my life the only thing I’ve been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.

Bear Grylls

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
I’m probably going to be the scruffiest Chief Scout you’ve ever had and my health and safety policy is non-existent.
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Chiefs Policy Safety
Survival is not about being fearless. It’s about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.
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Decision Fearless Kids
For me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!
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Key Moving Training
The hardest thing about my job isn’t the snake bites or the crocodiles, it’s being away from my children. I have a really religious satellite phone call every day back to the boys, wherever we are, whatever time zone, to say goodnight.
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Children Job Religious
One killer exercise that’s really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That’s my favourite. It’s such functional core strength, and that’s why I can climb up trees and down vines.
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Exercise Tree Vines
Many great people over the centuries have depended on their faith- it is a sign of great strength to need Jesus in your life.
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Jesus Needs People
I love home cooking, and I’m not a great one for fast food.
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Cooking Fast Food Home
If you risk nothing you gain nothing
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Gains Nothing Risk
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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Men People Risk
It’s unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
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Conflict Jobs Lovely
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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Fall Military Months
The greatest journeys all start with a single step.
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Journey Single Steps
Americans are cool, if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They’ll pat you on the arm and say, ‘Hey kid, you’re all right’. Brits will respond but they are much more cynical.
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Cynical Hey Kids
I was super skeptical about doing TV. I said no three times, part of which was confidence because I didn’t really understand that world. I know how to climb mountains and do all that, but I wasn’t a TV person.
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Mountain Three Tvs
Nothing inspires people more than reckless acts of courage.
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Inspire People Reckless

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