Bear Grylls Quote

That New Year I was invited to stay with one of my old school buddies, Sam Sykes, at his house on the far northwestern coast of Sutherland, in Scotland.It is as wild and rugged a place as anywhere on earth, and I love it there.It also happens to boast one of my favorite mountains in the world, Ben Loyal, a pinnacle of rock and steep heather that overlooks a spectacular estuary. So I did not need much encouraging to go up to Sam’s and climb.This time up there, I was to meet the lady who would change my life forever; and I was woefully ill-prepared for the occasion.I headed up north primarily to train and climb. Sam told me he had some other friends coming up for New Year. I would like them, he assured me., I thought to myself. I had never felt more distant from falling in love. I was a man on a mission. Everest was only two months away.Falling in love was way off my radar.One of Sam’s friends was this young girl called Shara. As gentle as a lamb, beautiful and funny--and she seemed to look at me so warmly.There was something about this girl. She just seemed to shine in all she did. And I was totally smitten, at once.All I seemed to want to do was hang out with her, drink tea, chat, and go for nice walks.I tried to fight the feeling by loading up my backpack with rocks and heavy books, then going off climbing on my own. But all I could think about was this beautiful blond girl who laughed in the most adorable way at how ridiculous it was to carry Shakespeare up a mountain.I could sense already that this was going to be a massive distraction, but somehow, at the same time, nothing else seemed to matter. I found myself wanting to be with this girl all the time.