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

After my heart attack I thought, is this it?

With fear, you must prevent not cure. Fear must nor be allowed to take hold in the first place. If you are in a canoe never listen to the roar of the rapid ahead before...

Will I spend my life in a wheelchair? Tottering around my lounge, instead of running up mountain passes or navigating glaciers?

There is of course, never any point in crying over spilt milk – the key is to learn from failures and then to keep going.