In short, grew up on an island, was taught to sail and climb by his Dad, went to Eton College, got a second degree black belt after training at a remote Japanese karate camp in the foothills of the Himalayas, he joined the British Special Forces then the elite Special Air Service, he broke his back in three places free-fall parachuting in Africa, eighteen months later he became one of the youngest climbers to scale Mount Everest!
And that was just the beginning...
