And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you'd ever come across.

When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.

Accidents on big mountains happen when people's ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride.

Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.

Once a job it has begun, do not stop until it's done. Whether it is big or small, do it well or not all.

It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.

But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it's always when you're least expecting it.