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When I'm skiing, I listen to electronic music. It's repetitive and let's me get into a groove and crank out the miles.
I've diced with death the most cycling around London. Black cabs are far more dangerous than polar bears.
Environmental scientists in Canada said it was impossible for me to get to the Pole in 2004... I said 'no,' it's still OK, and I can... →
My Antarctic expedition is just about doable, just feasible and that's what is exciting to me. If I knew it was possible, if I knew I could do it... →
I'm not particularly gifted; I'm not genetically freakish in any sense; I'm absolutely average.
I don't think of myself as an explorer but as an athlete.
What's the nastiest injury I've sustained? Just a frostbitten toe... but thankfully it's still intact.
Expeditions are escapism. The stuff that we're normally concerned about just doesn't matter out there. Tax returns, gas bill, none of it.... →
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