Wild, Bear Grylls has survived where few would dare to go. Known and admired by millions as the star of Man vs. But this was just the beginning of his many extraordinary adventures. However, only eighteen months later, a twenty-three-year-old Bear became one of the youngest climbers to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest summit. It was touch and go whether he would walk again, according to doctors. Bear broke his back in three places in a horrific free-fall parachuting accident in Africa.
Returning home, he embarked upon the notoriously grueling selection course for the British Special Forces to join the elite Special Air Service unit 21 SAS-a journey that would push him to the very limits of physical and mental endurance. These passions led him into the foothills of the mighty Himalayas and to a karate grandmaster's remote training camp in Japan, an experience that soon helped him earn a second-degree black belt. Inevitably, it wasn't long before the young explorer was sneaking out to lead all-night climbing expeditions.Īs a teenager at Eton College, Bear found his identity and purpose through both mountaineering and martial arts. Growing up on a remote island off of Britain's windswept coast, he was taught by his father to sail and climb at an early age. THE THRILLING #1-BESTSELLING MEMOIR BY THE ADVENTURE LEGEND AND STAR OF NBC'S RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GRYLLSīear Grylls has always sought the ultimate in adventure. “Bear Grylls is one tough, crazy dude.” - Washington Post “Bear Grylls is a veritable superhero….The former UK Special Forces paratrooper has braved the world’s harshest environments.” -Hampton Sides, Outside Magazine
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