There is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.

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

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

No one will pay you for planning an expedition at first: you have to work in pubs at weekends so you can pay the gas bills. I joined the Territorial Army, which paid me when I turned up to drill nights, and so did my wife.

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

As a rule, anything that is pretty you avoid when on an expedition in the polar extremes. Normally anything other than white means a hazard such as a crevasse.

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.