My dad will sit out in the last tiny corner of the garden that has sunshine until the millisecond the final vestige has gone! As kids we were encouraged to head out of the front door at daybreak, and not… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
I surround myself with books, kind of hoping the vast knowledge will just seep into my mind through osmosis. — Steve Backshall Copy Share
Hedgehogs need somewhere to hibernate through the winter, but also a place that they can lie out at during the day. So have a… — Steve Backshall Copy Share
I come from an area of southern England that is utterly homogenous. All the history near me is about royalty and fealty, things which… — Steve Backshall Copy Share
I started climbing in my late teens, but I wasn't passionate about it back then. My first experience was being dragged up peaks by… — Steve Backshall Copy Share
I'm not a great technical climber, but over the years it has given me the opportunity to see wonderful corners of Britain that I… — Steve Backshall Copy Share
Even my fiction novels are all about outdoor adventure, and have plenty of information to encourage the reader to get interested in adventure and… — Steve Backshall Copy Share
In the Himalayas, I spent some of the most exhilarating moments of my life, shooting white water rapids in a kayak. — Steve Backshall Copy Share
I had a good deal of power work - lots of plyometrics, callisthenics, tossing big tyres. It's all geared towards having that explosiveness available… — Steve Backshall Copy Share
Certainly jellyfish are seasonal, and owing to a complex range of environmental features there are years when they will appear in far greater numbers. — Steve Backshall Copy Share
Baffin Island was extraordinary; one of the most terrifying things I've done. — Steve Backshall Copy Share
It's going to sound terribly glib and cliched but the more I learn about animals, the more convinced I am that almost all the… — Steve Backshall Copy Share
There's nothing more paralysing or more likely to make people fall into a malaise of believing they are powerless than just hearing that everything's… — Steve Backshall Copy Share
Lose the sharks, the mighty, mysterious lords of the deep, and our planet's oceans would be infinitely poorer places. — Steve Backshall Copy Share
I read most often when I am on the road, travelling on my journeys. In cars, on planes, trains... I'm very lucky that I… — Steve Backshall Copy Share
I know plenty of people who live in the country who have never seen a badger. They are definitely there, but these nocturnal delights… — Steve Backshall Copy Share
