Why is it that the finish line always tends to appear just after the point at which we most want to give up? Is it the universe's way of reserving th… - Bear Grylls

He had forgotten the golden rule of cold, which the DS had told us over and over: ‘Don’t let yourself get cold. Act early, while you still have your senses and mobility. Add a layer, make shelter, get moving faster – whatever your solution is, just do it.

I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.

All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.