The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.

My faith isn't very churchy, it's a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.

Many great people over the centuries have depended on their faith- it is a sign of great strength to need Jesus in your life.

The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word - extra.

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.

The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.

When I'm filming, survival requires movement. You need your energy, and you've got to eat the bad stuff, and survival food is rarely pretty, but you kind of do it. I get in that zone, and I eat the nasty stuff, but I'm not like that when I'm back home.