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Isle of Wight

BG’s childhood 32–6, 44–6

school holidays 96–104

camping with Shara 274–5

Jagged Globe expedition company 267–8

Japan, KUGB tour 70–2

Jen (LA support team) 398

Jennings, Mark 356

Kami Sirdar (Sherpa) 281, 359

karate 70–4, 75–6, 77

black belt 72–4

training camp, Japan 71–2

Karate Union of Great Britain (KUGB), Japan tour 70–2

Kathmandu 355

Kennedy, John F. 313

Khumbu Icefall, Everest 278, 279, 284–91

kidnap-hostage exercise 217–24

Kugy, Julius 360

ladders, Khumbu Icefall 284–5, 359

Lapkass, Andy 280, 301

Larne 13

Laughton, Neil 371, 374

Everest expedition 257–8, 267, 296, 302, 303, 306–7, 309, 311, 313–15, 319, 324–5, 329–31, 333–4, 343, 346, 355, 357, 360

frostbite 253, 331, 333, 352–4

lecturing, learning 366–9

Lee, Pete 391

Lhotse 318

Lhotse Face, Everest 278, 305, 347

library dome climb 78–80

lifestyle, unhealthy 371

Llewellyn, Rob 391

low tide, mudbound 51–2

luck and risk 348–9, 377, 382–4, 386–7, 391–2, 393–4, 400–2

MacIver, Rob 384

Mackenzie-Smith, Hugo 371, 366, 369

Mackesy, Charlie 363, 371, 373

adventures with 108–10

in Bristol 120

Man vs. Wild 3, 235, 383–4, 385–92, 393–4

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

marsh exercise 153–7

martial arts 68, 69

see also karate

Matt (SAS recruit) 207–8, 222–3, 228–9

Men’s Journal 38

Messner, Reinhold 268

Mexico, Cancun honeymoon 375

MI5, asks for job at 116–18

middle classes, second most admired person 395

midges ordeal 154–5

Military Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court 250–3

Mills, Sir John 368

money, SG on 97

Montana, mineshaft collapse 3

moon-grass 153, 156, 172–3, 175, 177, 184, 190, 192–5, 271

moped, purple 50cc 96

Morrell, Paul (of DLE), sponsors climb 265

Mother Teresa 113–15

motivational speaking 368–9

motor-mechanics, at Eton 83–4

motorbikes 233–4, 251

mountains, and creating bonds 86–7

multiple sclerosis, Brian and 373, 379–80

Myrtle, Brigadier Andrew (BG’s uncle) 33, 41, 54, 56

Neil (homeless guy) 120

Nepal, Crown Prince Dipendra 76

Nepalese people, and Everest 262

Nigel (Bear and Shara’s friend) 371

night navigation 147–8

Nima (Sherpa) 284–9, 359

ninjutsu 75, 97

Nora (LA support team) 398

Norgay, Tenzing Sherpa 260, 277

North Down

Patricia Ford MP for 20–2

Walter Smiles MP for 12

Northern Ireland, Walter Smiles and 7, 12

Nuptse Face, Everest, collapse 348–9

Officer Training Corps (OTC) 123

Official Secrets Act 127

opportunity, and risk-taking 310–11, 313–17, 369, 372, 386

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

Parks, Nick 390

Pasang (Sherpa) 303, 307, 309, 359

Pearce, Dave 390

Penny (cousin) 363

phoning home 292–3

physical demands, SAS Reserves

pre-Selection 136–9

Poole Harbour island, house-sitting 370–2

Portavo Point 7, 12, 14, 16, 24–5

Princess Victoria ferry disaster, Walter

Smiles and 13–17, 20

Quibell, Mr (Eton housemaster) 83–4

Rankin, Steve 390

Ratcliffe, Graham 281, 302, 313–15, 319, 324

realism issues, TV shows 387–8, 389–90

Reay, Simon 1–3, 390

recklessness and risk-taking 62, 251, 253, 268–9, 310, 316–17, 332, 346–7, 391–2

risk-taking

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

and opportunity 310–11, 313–17, 369, 372, 386

and recklessness 62, 251, 253, 268–9, 310, 316–17, 332, 346–7, 391–2

and rulebreaking 161, 163, 208, 251

and TV shows 391–2, 401–2

‘risking it all’ 113, 163, 358, 386, 391

rituals, Eton 65

Ritz, Paul 391

Romania, helping church 106–7

Ross (TV team) 390

Royal Marines Potential Officer Selection 82, 132–3

Royal Naval Armoured Car Division, Walter Smiles and 10–11

Royal Navy, BG lieutenant-commander 2005 394

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