He's a candidate for causes, this one. Bet he's looking forward to New Year's Eve.

I'm all for Hicks 'having a go' at being an environmental crusader, can't see the corporate world clamouring for his CV, and he is not allowed to make money from writing his story, so... break a leg.

But he does have baggage that risks distracting from his message.

"So there I was in the Hindu Kush, taking pot shots at the Indian Army and thinking that something was just not right....

... then I realised it was the glacier; it was much smaller than in the brochure.