Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.
Accidents on big mountains happen when people's ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride.
I love making healthy lean foods delicious - that's an art!
And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you'd ever come across.
And if you give your heart to a goal, it will repay you. It's the law of the universe.
Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
There's no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It's all about heart.
You don't need to go to the ends of the earth, you don't need to climb Everest to have a great adventure, it's invariably on our doorstep.