Who is Bear Grylls?
Edward “Bear” Grylls (born 7 June 1974), is an English mountaineer, adventurer, author and television presenter. Grylls served for three years as an officer in the Territorial Army as a Specialist Combat Survival Instructor and Patrol Medic with the Special Forces unit, 21 SAS Regiment (Artists Rifles). His military service ended in 1996 due to a parachuting accident during a training exercise in Africa. His canopy ripped at 16,000 feet (4500 m), partially opening, causing him to fall and land on his parachute pack on his back, which broke three vertebrae (t8, t10 and t12) and left him struggling to feel his legs. Grylls later said of the accident, “I should have cut the main parachute and gone to the reserve but thought there was time to resolve the problem.Grylls spent the next 12 months in rehabilitation and, with his military service over, directed his efforts into trying to get well enough to fulfill his childhood dream of climbing Everest. Following his military discharge, Grylls
Edward Michael Grylls, known to the public as Bear Grylls, is a prominent British author, television presenter and motivational speaker that is best known for his work with the Discovery Channel series Man V. Wild: Born Survivor as well as the series Escape to the Legion. His television work is well known in both the United Kingdom and the United States, both for his series and for some work in commercials. Here is some background on Bear Grylls and his career as one of the modern British outdoorsmen. Grylls was born on 7 June 1974 and is the son of the late Sir Michael Grylls, a prominent member of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom. Educated at Eton College, Grylls also attended London University, where he studied for a degree in Hispanic Studies. A veteran of the United Kingdom Special forces, Bear Grylls served as a member of the SAS TA as a Sabre soldier. His military career was cut short in 1996 after an accident left him with a broken spine. During his time in the Spec
PEOPLE Tags: Man vs Wild, DVD, Bear, Grylls, Man, Wild, vs, versus, Discovery, Channel, survival, expert, British Edward Michael Bear Grylls (born 7 June 1974), known as Bear Grylls, is a British mountaineer, adventurer, author, television presenter, and motivational speaker. Here are some interesting facts about his life: • Made his Name by: Grylls, a former member of the Special Air Service (SAS), made his name in 1998 by becoming, at the age of 23, the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest and return alive. • TV Fame now: He hosts the television programme Man vs. Wild (on Channel 4 in the UK and on the worldwide Discovery Channel) and is currently filming new HD episodes of Man vs. Wild. • But the Room Service was Terrible: Grylls was recently reported as staying in motels/hotels in the Sierra Nevadas and in Hawaii while filming his show “Man vs.Wild” when the TV audience assumed he was sleeping in the wild alone. Also, in Hawaii, it has been reported that a team constructed the ra
