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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.
In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.
You’re not human if you don’t feel fear. But I’ve learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It’s there to give me that edge for what I have to do.
Nobody wants to end up super rich and famous – but divorced. I’m always clear on that and try to stay on the right side of the line.
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.
Faith is personal if it’s to be real.
And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you’d ever come across.
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.
The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.