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 my parents; freezing cold with nothing to see. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
Several of my books are 'How to' guides, specifically about getting outdoors, giving kids and parents ideas for what to do in the wild world, so they can take them along! — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Baffin Island was extraordinary; one of the most terrifying things I've done. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
