this is a handle. you re going to have the grip towards you, 0k? and basically, it slides up the rope but when you pull down, it grips and it will pull. grip! heave! i m stuck! cheering and applause. i can t really explain it. it s hard to get up there but once you re up there, my god, it s amazing, it s like you re a bird. you can see everything. it s weightlessness, as well, so you re just free, and i ve never had that, ever. and it s really, really high
many years ago, we had a young lad come on lord nelson and he had multiple sclerosis and he didn t get out of the car, he was helped out the car by his mother and father, popped in the wheelchair and we pulled him up the gangway. after two weeks on here, he walked off the ship without the sticks, didn t want his chair, and his mother and father couldn t believe it. and that s why we run it. that s why we do what we do. 0n the final day, the beautiful weather gave me the chance to do something that i ve been looking forward to but also secretly dreading. climbing the ship s mast. luckily, i m not going first, though. it s kind of amazing. in fact, it is mad.
oh, god. for some of the folk who don t quite get what we do to start with, this is the point where generally they all get it. oh, my god, you were amazing. how do you feel? 0h, great! were you scared? no. you re amazing. right, you re definitely going to be the best at this, alex. because you have seen it, like, five times now. am i? well, i m glad you have confidence. ifeel like i am dancing here. he s not dancing back, i don t think he s interested. i m excited now, i want to get it done. i say that now, though. i mean, once i m halfway up, i might change my mind.
is across the world. i mean, you ask anybody around the world. a ten year old canadian boy, or a ten year old russian boy, or an australian boy, what is a lion, they will give you some kind of description. itjust has that impact on the world. everyone knows what it is. so to lose it in its wild existence, it would be a massive loss. it s only when you see a lion feeding that you get an idea or you start to understand just how powerful they are. i mean, it s so impressive. and that lion is only three years old! those are memories of ade s trip to southern africa back in 2015. now for something completely different the busy english channel. the tenacious is the first tall ship in the world to be fully adapted for a disabled crew. it s run by thejubilee sailing trust, which claims that its adventures can provide life changing experiences
luckily, i m not going first, though. it s kind of amazing. in fact, it is mad. oh, god. for some of the folk who don t quite get what we do to start with, this is the point where generally they all get it. oh, my god, you were amazing. how do you feel? 0h, great! were you scared? no. you re amazing. right, you re definitely going to be the best at this, alex. because you have seen it like five times now. am i? well, i m glad you have confidence.