"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."

"My faith isn't very churchy, it's a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death."

"One killer exercise that's really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That's my favourite. It's such functional core strength, and that's why I can climb up trees and down vines."

"I try and eat really healthy when I'm home, but I certainly don't eat worms and snakes."

"To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that."

"Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind."

"Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones."

"Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it."