I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills.

While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb.

Whenever feasible, pick your team on character, not skill. You can teach skills; you can't teach character.

It is a truism to say that the dog is largely what his master makes of him: he can be savage and dangerous, untrustworthy, cringing and fearful; or he can be faithful and loyal, courageous and the best of companions and allies.

People who go to the polar regions are statistically less likely to die than salesmen who drive on motorways in England.

The ultimate starting point for planning any adventure or expeditionby far and away the greatest book on earth

There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing