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Ben Loyal (mountain) 270–2

Ben Nevis, MG and 44

Bengal, western 112

Berlin 104–5

Black Mountains exercises, SAS(R)

Selection 160–7, 169–74

Blunt, James 122

body preparation, SAS(R) Selection 167–8

books 394

Born Survivor: Bear Grylls 3, 235, 383, 385–91

Borneo, snake-bite 3

bottomless run 102–3

Bracknell Weather Centre 299–300

Braila 11

Branson, Sir Richard 264–5

Brecon Beacons

exercises, SAS(R) Selection 146–51, 153–9, 183

with MG in 52–3

Brian (Shara’s father) 373, 379–80

Bristol

University of the West of England (UWE), studying at 119–25

cottage with Trucker 182, 233–5

The Brunel, life at 120–2, 125, 136

Bristol University 119

British Ama Dablam Expedition 267–9

British Military Advisory Team colonel 243

Brunel, The, life at 120–2, 125, 136

Buck, Pearl S. 5

Buick, Roger 356

buildings, climbing 77–80

bullying

at Eton 67–9

at prep school 58, 60–1

busking with Trucker 122

Calcutta, Mother Teresa of 113–15

Cambridge girl 252

camp 1, Everest 285, 291

camp 2, Everest 292, 294, 299, 304, 305–7, 310–13, 347–8

camp 3, Everest 295–6, 297–9, 315–16, 346–7

camp 4, Everest 305, 323–5, 329, 345

Canadian Rockies, accident 1–3

Cancun honeymoon 375

Cane, Danny 390

Caucasian front 10–11

Channel 4, spotted by 382–3

character trait, Eton 95–6

Chertsey, MG MP for 25, 42

Chief Scout 31, 396–7

children’s charities, fundraising 395

Chipper (Eton friend) 87

Christian faith 92–4, 115, 249–50, 327–8, 359, 397

Churchill, Winston 10, 33, 263

climbing 77

buildings 77–8

library dome climb 78–80

see also Everest

close target recces (CTRs) 212

Colin (LA support team) 398

Collins, Alastair (of DLE), sponsors climb 265

convent school, meeting girl at 88–9

cool, failing to look 49–50

Copeland Islands, County Down 7

Costa Rica, boulder-fall 3

County Down, Portavo Point 7, 12, 14, 16, 24–5

Cranham, Rob 374

crevasse, fall into and rescue 286–90

Crosthwaite, Mick 82, 94, 98–9, 371

and Everest expedition 276, 277–9, 284–9, 294, 296, 302, 303, 306–7, 308–10, 353, 357, 360

Cyprus visit with MG 54–6

Darjeeling 112

Dartmoor, with MG 47–8

Darwin, Charles, Origin of Species 7

Davis Langdon and Everest (DLE), sponsors climb 265–6, 344

Death Zone, Everest 282, 319–20, 323–47

electric storm 331

Del Shoopman (LA support team) 398

despair 241–4, 246–8, 301–3

despair, overcoming 249–50, 252–7, 326–8

Dipendra, Crown Prince 76

Discovery Channel, spotted by 383

Disraeli, Benjamin 237

Dobrudja 11

Dolly (old black cab) 363

Donaghadee lifeboat 15–17

Donaghadee, Portavo Point 7, 12, 14, 16, 24–5

Down, Michael 281, 302, 313, 319, 324, 329–31, 332, 346–7

Dray, Ian 390

Emmy nomination 385

Enoeda, Sensei 73

Escape to the Legion 235

Etheridge, Dan 386, 391

Eton College, BG at 64–70, 75–94

Eton mountaineering club 82

Everest 1

and risk-taking 113, 258, 268–9, 280, 295, 310–11, 313–17, 346–7, 348–9, 356, 358–60

climbers and 260–2

climbing, Everest 282

dream 45, 247, 248, 252, 256–7

first view 113

lecturing on 366–9

Nepalese people and 262

recovery from 358–9

seen from Ama Dablam 269

‘shuffle’ 282

south-east face 276–9

Everest expedition

preparation 257–8, 267

planning 276–7

sponsorship seeking 263–7

training for 270–2, 277–9

acclimatizing 280–3

acclimatization climbs 284–99

altitude problems 282, 294–6, 326–8

frostbite 1, 253, 331, 333

oxygen issues 308–9, 317–18, 326, 330–1, 332–3

Sherpa climbing team 281–2, 284–5, 296, 329, 330–1, 332, 333, 359–60

sickness 301–4

tent survival 297–8

weather and forecasts 299–301, 303, 310–11, 312

summit attempts

first summit party 302–10

BG waits