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

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

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

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

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

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.

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