Mud, Sweat, and Tears: The Autobiography

by Bear Grylls

I had always winced at the term Death Zone. Mountaineers are renowned for playing things down, yet mountaineers had coined the phrase—I didn’t like that.

Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but allow only faith to drop anchor.

The last four thousand feet on Everest is a deathly place, where humans are not meant to survive. Once inside the mountain’s jaws, at this height, your body is now literally dying.