When you go to the mountains, you see them and you admire them. In a sense, they give you a challenge, and you try to express that challenge by climbing them.

I think that a good mountaineer is usually a sensible mountaineer.

I think my strengths perhaps are that I'm determined. I may not be the best climber in the world, but I do like to sort of succeed and so that tends to drive me on, as it were, and I don't give up too easily.

I did have my moments of despair. It was certainly not - it's not an experience I would like to have again. And then June came along.

I always, I would say, make sure that in my presentation I'll have what I want to do. I try and make it so interesting to my companions that they want to go, too. I don't have to twist any arms or make - you know - any great challenges available.

Motivation is the single most important factor in any sort of success.

Strong motivation is the most important factor in getting you to the top