As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.

It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.

The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.

For me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!

You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There's life in a nutshell.

I don't like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep those sort of good luck cards for rare occasions!

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.