A man’s pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.
BEAR GRYLLSAll my life the only thing I’ve been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.
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When I take kids into the woods, I tell them, “What we’re going to do today is going to be incredibly dangerous.” And you just see 20 smiles go up.
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra. And for me, I had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me…
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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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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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I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.
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It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW.
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My best life lessons and education didn’t come from a classroom – they’ve come from the wild. How you act in the big moments, the ones that challenge you, scare you, tempt you, and force you to make the right decisions, is what defines you.
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Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
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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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Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.
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There’s no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It’s all about heart.
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All my life the only thing I’ve been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.
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As a society, we’ve become terrified of failure, but you can’t grow without risking it.
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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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