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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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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Climbing Self

It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW.
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Comfort Grows Steps
Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.

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Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
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Anchors Harbors May
The rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.

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The rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.
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Survivor
I said no to the Born Survivor producer three times because I’ve never aspired to be a TV man.
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Survivor Three
I had many opportunities to get behind products in the past, and I was always careful to evaluate all of them. I will not put my name to shoddy items.
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Name
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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Dad
A friend once asked me what qualities were needed for SAS. I would say to be self-motivated and resilient; to be calm, yet have the ability to smile when it is grim; to be unflappable, be able to react fast and to have an ‘improvise, adapt and overcome’ mentality.
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Overcoming Self
I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.
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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 Safety
A man’s pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.
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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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Running Swimming
A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.

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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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Classic
As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy – nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
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Healthy Meat Trying
I’ve seen extreme bravery from the least likely of people. Life is about the moments when it’s all gone wrong. That’s when we define ourselves.
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Bravery Gone
To me, adventure has always been to me the connections and bounds you create with people when you’re there. And you can have that anywhere.

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To me, adventure has always been to me the connections and bounds you create with people when you’re there. And you can have that anywhere.
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Connections
I started to get so many letters from unlikely people; a single mum going, “I watch your show, I’m not into survival, but I hold down four jobs and I get it when you say it’s about persistence and putting a positive attitude into things during difficult times.”
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Running

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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