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second summit party (BG and Stanford) 304–10

third summit party 313–20, 323–54

camps

base camp 278, 280–1, 282, 289–90, 292, 349–54

camp 1 285, 291

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

camp 3 295–6, 297–9, 315–16, 346–7

camp 4 305, 323–5, 329, 345

climbs

balcony ledge 306, 309, 330

Death Zone 282, 319–20, 323–47

electric storm 331

Geneva Spur 305–6, 318–19

Hillary Step 307, 336, 339–40

Khumbu Icefall 278, 279, 284–91

Lhotse Face 278, 305, 347

South Col 278, 306, 319–20, 323–4, 346

1996 casualties 319–20

South Summit 307, 334–9

Valley of Silence 278

Western Cwm 278, 291–2, 294–9, 318, 349

Yellow Band 318

summit 343–4

downward journey 344–54

Nuptse Face, collapse 348–9

exam results 101–2, 116

failure, fearing/risk-taking 101–2, 136–7, 144, 153, 181–2, 241, 257, 301–3, 391, 398–9

fame abroad 385–6

fear

and being left 58, 60, 63

and bullying 58, 60–1, 67–9

and panic 241, 272

and school 58–9, 60–1, 64–5

of failure 101–2, 136–7, 144, 153, 181–2, 241, 257, 301–3, 391, 398–9

overcoming 57–9, 398–9

recognizing 45

Fiennes, Sir Ranulph, at Eton 78–9

Fisher, Nigel 21–2, 34

Fisher, Patricia, née Smiles (Patsie, BG’s grandmother) 12, 20–3, 24, 25, 28, 33–4, 377, 384

flying, Walter Smiles and 10, 16

Ford, Mary-Rose 21–2, 41

Ford, Neville 20–1, 22–3, 33

Foster, Michael 398

frostbite 1, 253, 331, 333

game farm, Transvaal 239

games launched 394

Gaudin, Duncan 390–1

Geneva Spur, Everest 305–6, 318–19

George Le Beau (LA support team) 398

German language problems 119–20, 125

girlfriends, early 85, 88–91, 99–100, 252

Grylls, Bear

childhood

adventures with MG 44–9, 52, 54–6

early 24–31, 37–40, 41–3

Isle of Wight 32–6, 44–6

nose injured 38

Portavo Point 24–5

sailing 48–9

Swiss holiday 39–40

prep school 42–3, 57–9, 60–3

Eton College 64–70, 75–94

school holidays 96–104

married life 375–6, 379, 381–2, 389, 398

Welsh island 382

Grylls, Brigadier (BG’s Grandpa Ted) 37–8

Grylls, Huckleberry (BG’s son) 381–2

Grylls, Jesse (BG’s son) 11, 108, 381–2

Grylls, Lara (BG’s sister) 22, 24, 42, 96, 97, 366

and BG’s Everest attempt 258

as sister 28–30

‘Bear’ nickname for BG 81

BG living in her flat 108–9

Laser sailing boat 48

Grylls, Marmaduke (BG’s son) 183, 381–2

Grylls, Michael (BG’s father) 24, 25, 32, 35, 37–40, 102, 243, 274–5, 374, 384, 394

adventures with 44–9, 52–6

and BG at prep school 42–3, 57, 60

as commando 44

as father 41–3

death 380, 383

practical jokes 39–40

Grylls, Sally née Ford (BG’s mother) 21–2, 25–9, 32, 34–6, 37–40, 48, 52, 53, 58, 60, 72–3, 96–7, 102, 182, 243, 250, 274–5, 277, 293, 366

Grylls, Shara (née Cannings Knight) 108

and Ben Loyal 270–2

and island survival camp 396

engagement to 364–5, 372

initial relationship 273–5, 277, 290, 300, 362–5

wedding 373

Grylls family 7–9, 10–33

and BG’s Everest attempt 258

and BG’s spinal injury 243

Guarachi, Bernardo 280, 323–4

gymnasium, Mr Sturgess’s, BG and 26–7

Habeler, Peter 268

Hall, Rob 261, 338

Harrison, Ginette 268

Headley Court, Military Rehabilitation Centre 250–3

headmaster’s daughter 62–3, 65

heat exhaustion 161–3

Hillary, Edmund 260, 277, 336

Hillary Step, Everest 307, 336, 339–40

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute 112

Himalayas 260

British Ama Dablam Expedition 267–9

hiking in 112

own expedition 395

seen from Everest 298–9

training with Crosthwaite 277–9

homeless people, Bristol 120

hospitals 3

Hugo (Eton friend) 94

at Bristol 120, 121

hypothermia 183–4

India, Walter Smiles in 12

Indian Himalayas, hiking in 112

InterRailing holiday 104–6

Iraci, Mr 121

island survival camp