What's the best thing about being an explorer?

What's the best thing about being an explorer?

Benedict Allen (Explorer) gives expert video advice on: What is the difference between an explorer and adventurer?; Do you need qualifications to become an explorer?; How do you raise money to pay for your expedition? and more...

The best thing about being an explorer is that moment when despite the odds, despite everything having gone wrong, you've got malaria, your shoes, your boots are falling apart, you've been shot at, everything has gone wrong, you somehow have overcome those obstacles, and you spring out of the forest or stagger out of the forest, knowing that actually that dream you had two years ago has been achieved. That is a wonderful thing. It's I suppose the same as an athlete crossing the finishing line first or maybe a scientist finding penicillin you know. What ever you set your mind to finally you've achieved and it can be a simple simple moment when you realize that sort of your struggle has somehow been vindicated and its just that special moment and it's encapsulated either when you come out of the Arctic and realize you're safe or you come out of the forest and realize your safe, but I suppose I always think of that moment arriving back in Heathrow and I know that I haven't let my family down, my girlfriend down, and I'm safe.