Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It’s about doing whatever it takes – and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
BEAR GRYLLSWeather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
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I think fire is so critical in the wild. You can cook with it, you can make tools, you can deter a predator, you can dry your clothes and you get that element of morale that matters so much when you’re stuck in the middle of nowhere.
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Christianity is not about religion. It’s about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It’s about finding joy and finding home.
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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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Alpha was the best thing I ever did. It helped answer some huge questions and to find a simple empowering faith in my life.
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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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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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Make a little time to be quiet by yourself every day and just be.
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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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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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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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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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As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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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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Unless you have shelter, fire is going to be very hard and if you have fire, but no water, you’re going to die. They’re all super important.
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