Back in the barracks, those of us still left were white-faced and very shaky, but we were so relieved that the ordeal was finally over.Trucker looked particularly bad, but had this huge grin. I sat on...
And finally, remember that light can only shine through broken vessels, and we are all a little broken.
A young kid came up to me in the street a few days ago. He looked me square in the eye and asked me: If you could tell me one survival message, what would it be?I thought about it for a moment. I want...
Sometimes things just don’t ‘feel’ right - even if all the outward signs seem to be pointing us towards a certain course of action. When that happens, listen to that voice. It is God-given and it is o...
In order to thrive and survive in the game of life, it is important to understand that we don’t have to have all parts of our life totally together - nicely sealed and wrapped - for it to be a success...
Any mental flaw, any physical failing will be exposed by the relentless series of challenges aimed at finding your breaking point. Lung-bursting cross-mountain marches through the snow, uphill sprints...
Benjamin Disraeli
You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God. Matthew 5, v.2 (The Message Version)
You climb only because the mountain allows it. If it says wait, then you must wait, and when it allows you to go, then you must struggle and strain in the thin air with all your might. Listening to th...
Whether it is the wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend, family or friends, so often those closest to us are the ones who get the worst of us. It is as if we feel that they are the only ones we can be...
When I woke up a man in a green beret with a big feather poking out of it was leaning over me. , I thought.I blinked again but he didn’t go away.Then this immaculate, clipped British accent addressed...
Three words that are the beating heart behind why many explorers or adventurers do what they do. ‘Because it’s there.
The next few weeks were a real struggle.Mental turmoil was a new emotion for me, and not a fun one.I felt I had let myself down, and that I had wasted four months of my life to hard, cold misery, and...
The journey up to battle camp started badly.If you can’t even load a bloody truck with all your kit properly, then you’ve got no bloody chance of passing what’s ahead of you, I can assure you of that!...
Standing, balanced precariously on the narrow top of a drainpipe, you had to give a good leap up to grab hold of the narrow ledge, and then swing your whole body up and over.It took some guts, and a c...
So here is what I tell young Scouts or young adventurers who ask me what the key is to living a fulfilled life. I keep it pretty simple. I call them the five Fs.None of them requires a degree, and all...
Seven P.M. Half an hour to go until we started the laborious task of getting kitted up again.It would take us at least an hour. By the end no part of our bodies or faces would be visible. We would be...
Only the poor in spirit are really poor. He who has lost all, but retains his courage, cheerfulness, hope, virtue, and self-respect, is still rich.
Many times I have been grateful for the simple, military skill of being able to live with people in confined spaces. It has helped me so much over the years on expeditions and beyond. And I was especi...
Mallory těšil postavení celebrity. Když se ho jeden reportér New York Times zeptal, proč chce zdolat Everest, George odpověděl třemi slavnými slovy, jež znají snad všichni horolezci. Tato slova jsou t...