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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.

Bear Grylls

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Bear Grylls
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: June 7
Adventurer
Explorer
Motivational Speaker
Mountaineer
Television Presenter
Writer
London
England
Edward Michael Grylls
People
Mountain
Ambitions
Judgment
Cloud
Pride
Climbing
Happen
Mountains
Bigs
Accidents
Happens
Clouds
Heart
Instinct
Good
Ambition

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