Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
BEAR GRYLLSAs a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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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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The only difference between ‘try’ and ‘triumph’ is varying degrees of ‘umph’
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Don’t be scared to dream big, and don’t be afraid to be close to people. And never give up! It’s the tenacious not the talented that win.
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My Christian faith is my backbone
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The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I’d love to do.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
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My faith isn’t very churchy, it’s a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.
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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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I try and eat really healthy when I’m home, but I certainly don’t eat worms and snakes.
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A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.
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“But, we’re also going to learn to look after each other, who to work together and who to understand and manage that risk.” That’s what it’s about, you don’t empower kids if you don’t expose them to risk.
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Faith is personal if it’s to be real.
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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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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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