I've Never Really Had A Tv Career.

You're Not Human If You Don't Feel Fear. But I've Learnt To Treat Fear As An Emotion That Sharpens Me. It's There To Give Me That Edge For What I Have To Do.

To Get Ready To Climb Everest, I Did A Lot Of Hill Running With A Daypack On And A Lot Of Underwater Swimming. I Would Swim A Couple Of Lengths Underwater And Then A Couple Above. It Gets Your Body Going With Limited Oxygen.

I Started To Get So Many Letters From Unlikely People; A Single Mum Going, "i Watch Your Show, I'm Not Into Survival, But I Hold Down Four Jobs And I Get It When You Say It's About Persistence And Putting A Positive Attitude Into Things During Difficult Times." That For Me Was A Great Liberator To Realize That The Show Isn't About Me Running Around, Jumping Off Stuff And Flexing Muscles, It's About Inspiring People. That Makes Me Really Happy.

I Find Skydiving Really Hard. I Broke My Back While Skydiving When I Was In The Military, And For 18 Months All My Nightmares Were About Falling.

I Said No To The Born Survivor Producer Three Times Because I've Never Aspired To Be A Tv Man.