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.

Are you the sort of person who can turn around when you have nothing left, and find that little bit extra inside you to keep going, or do you sag and wilt with exhaustion? It is a mental game, and it is hard to tell how people will react until they are squeezed.

There is no feeling like coming home after danger.

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

Adventure should be 80 percent 'I think this is manageable,' but it's good to have that last 20 percent where you're right outside your comfort zone. Still safe, but outside your comfort zone.

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

Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.