As A Young Boy, Scouting Gave Me

Make A Little Time To Be Quiet By Yourself Every Day And Just Be.

Time And Experience Have Taught Me That Fame And Money Very Rarely Go To The Worthy, By The Way - Hence We Shouldn't Ever Be Too Impressed By Either Of Those Impostors. Value Folk For Who They Are, How They Live And What They Give - That's A Much Better Benchmark.

When I Take Kids Into The Woods, I Tell Them, "what We're Going To Do Today Is Going To Be Incredibly Dangerous." And You Just See 20 Smiles Go Up. "but, We're Also Going To Learn To Look After Each Other, Who To Work Together And Who To Understand And Manage That Risk." That's What It's About, You Don't Empower Kids If You Don't Expose Them To Risk.

I Loved Climbing Because Of The Freedom, And Having Time And Space. I Remember Coming Off Everest For The Last Time, Thinking Of Dad And Wishing That He Could Have Seen What I Saw. He Would Have Loved It.

Many People Find It Hard To Understand What It Is About A Mountain That Draws Men And Women To Risk Their Lives On Her Freezing, Icy Faces - All For A Chance At That Single, Solitary Moment On The Top. It Can Be Hard To Explain. But I Also Relate To The Quote That Says, Iif You Have To Ask, You Will Never Understand.