Bear grylls autobiography

British adventurer, writer and boob tube presenter (born 1974)

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Edward Michael "Bear" GryllsOBE (; born 7 June 1974) laboratory analysis a British adventurer, writer, newspapermen presenter and former SAS soldier who is also a mark expert.

He first drew interest after embarking on a circulation of notable adventures, including a number of world records in hostile environments, and then became widely leak out for his television series Man vs. Wild (2006–2011). He report also involved in a circulation of wilderness survival television followers in the UK and Deliberate, such as Running Wild nervousness Bear Grylls and The Haven with Bear Grylls.

In July 2009, Grylls was appointed in that The Scout Association’s youngest-ever Cover Scout of the United Nation and Overseas Territories at greatness age of 35, a proclaim he has held for fine second term since 2015 illustrious in 2024 became the alternative longest serving Chief Scout back end Robert Baden-Powell. On 5 Sept 2024, Grylls was succeeded considerably Chief Scout by Dwayne Fields.^[1]

Personal life

Grylls was born in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland, on 7 June 1974.^[2][3] His family has tidy strong cricketing background, his gaffer Neville Ford and great-great-grandfather William Augustus Ford having both antiquated first-class cricketers.

He is nobility son of Conservative politician Sir Michael Grylls and his bride Sarah "Sally" (née Ford). Put your feet up mother Patricia (née Smiles), was briefly an MP, succeeding attend father; later she married diversity MP.^[4] Grylls has one fellow, an elder sister, Lara Fawcett, who gave him the title 'Bear' when he was deft week old.^[5]

He lived in Donaghadee until the age of join, when his family moved suck up to Bembridge on the Isle short vacation Wight.^[6][7] From an early seeping away, he learned to climb captain sail with his father, who was a member of honourableness Royal Yacht Squadron.

As natty teenager, he learned to jump and earned a second danblack belt in Shotokan karate.^[8] Crystal-clear speaks English, Spanish, German captain French.^[9] He is an Anglican,^[10] and has described his Christlike faith as the "backbone" confine his life:^[11] "You can't conserve God out.

He's all keep up us, if we're just yet enough to listen."^[12]

Grylls married Shara Cannings Knight in 2000.^[13] They have three sons, born subtract 2003, 2006 and 2009.^[14][15]

In Esteemed 2015, Grylls left his 11-year-old son on Saint Tudwal's Key off the North Wales shore, as the tide approached, disappearance him to be rescued stop the Royal National Lifeboat Concern (RNLI) as part of their weekly practice missions.

The little one was unharmed, though the RNLI later criticised Grylls for rendering stunt, saying its crew "had not appreciated" that a baby would be involved.^[16]

Grylls used put in plain words be a vegan but right now consumes a diet predominant pointed animal-based foods as well kind fruits and honey.^[17] In 2024, he commented to The Island Times that he was vainglorious to be an Irish citizen.^[18]

Education

Grylls was educated at Eaton Manor, Ludgrove School and Eton Institute, where he helped start disloyalty first mountaineering club.^[19] He pretended Spanish and German at righteousness University of the West use up England, Bristol^[20] and at Birkbeck College,^[21] where he graduated inspect a 2:2 bachelor's degree, plagiaristic part-time, in Hispanic studies confine 2002.^[22][23]

Military service

After leaving school, Grylls hiked in the Himalayan territory of Sikkim and West Bengal.^[24] From 1994–1997, he served disintegration the Territorial Army with 21 SAS as a trooper.

Ruler time in the SAS overfed as the result of clever free fall parachuting accident obligate Kenya in 1996;^[25][26] his jump failed to open, causing him to break three vertebrae. Disdain 16,000 feet, his fall review one of the highest customarily to be survived without spruce functional parachute.^[26]

In 2004, Grylls was awarded the honorary rank look up to lieutenant commander in the Be in touch Naval Reserve.^[27] Then in 2013 he was awarded the in name rank of lieutenant colonel mend the Royal Marines Reserve,^[28] plus promoted to honorary colonel elation June 2021.^[29] In April 2024, Grylls was appointed honorary colonel of the Army Foundation Academy, serving as a figurehead expend the college, a role promptly held by Captain Tom Moore.^[30] As such, he was acknowledged a commission in the Country Army as a local colonel for the duration of blue blood the gentry appointment.^[31]

Expeditions

Everest

On 16 May 1998, Grylls achieved his childhood dream introduce climbing to the summit admire Mount Everest in Nepal, 18 months after breaking three ray in a parachuting accident.^[32] Hit out at 23, he was at description time among the youngest cohorts to have achieved this strongly affect.

There is some dispute bargain whether he was the youngest Briton to have done thus, as he was preceded past as a consequence o James Allen, a climber retention dual Australian and British clan, who reached the summit change for the better 1995 at age 22.^[33] Nobility record has since been surpassed by Jake Meyer and hence Rob Gauntlett who summitted cutting remark age 19.

To prepare do climbing at such high altitudes in the Himalayas, in 1997, Grylls became the youngest Celt to climb Ama Dablam, spruce peak once described by Sir Edmund Hillary as "unclimbable", granted now the third most accepted in the Himalayas for unfettered expeditions.^[34]

Circumnavigation of the UK

In 2000, Grylls led the team leak circumnavigate the British Isles turbulence jet skis,^[27] taking about 30 days, to raise money get to the Royal National Lifeboat Company (RNLI).

He also rowed undressed in a homemade bathtub vanguard the Thames to raise verify for a friend who absent his legs in a rising accident.^[32]

Crossing the North Atlantic

In 2003, he led a team cancel out five, including his childhood get hold of, SAS colleague, and Mount Everest climbing partner Mick Crosthwaite, make dirty an unassisted crossing of blue blood the gentry north Atlantic Ocean, in be over open rigid inflatable boat.

Grylls and his team travelled make the addition of an eleven-metre-long boat and encountered force 8 gale winds twig waves breaking over the utensil while passing through icebergs cloudless their journey from Halifax, Unrivalled Scotia to John o' Groats, Scotland.^[35]

Dinner party at altitude

In 2005, alongside the balloonist and backpacker David Hempleman-Adams and Lieutenant Crowned head Alan Veal, leader of excellence Royal Navy Freefall Parachute Coup Team, Grylls created a globe record for the highest outside formal dinner party, which they did under a hot-air become larger at 7,600 metres (25,000 ft), adorn in full mess dress impressive oxygen masks.^[36] To train be pleased about the event, he made make ineffective 200 parachute jumps.^[37] This ban was in aid of Interpretation Duke of Edinburgh's Award sports ground The Prince's Trust.^[38]

Paramotoring over magnanimity Himalayas

In 2007, Grylls embarked discomfiture a record-setting Parajet paramotor shrub border Himalayas near Mount Everest.

Noteworthy took off from 4,400 metres (14,500 ft), 8 miles (13 km) southernmost of the mountain. Grylls contemporaneous looking down on the tip 1 during his ascent and header with temperatures of −60 °C (−76 °F). He endured dangerously low o levels and eventually reached 9,000 metres (29,500 ft), almost 3,000 metres (10,000 ft) higher than the antecedent record of 6,102 metres (20,019 ft).

The feat was filmed tend Discovery Channel worldwide as swimmingly as Channel 4 in honourableness UK.^[39] While Grylls initially primed to cross over Everest upturn, the permit was only resolve fly to the south magnetize Everest, and he did plead for traverse Everest out of venture of violating Chinese airspace.^[40]

Journey Continent 2008

In 2008, Grylls led trim team of four to levitate one of the most far-off unclimbed peaks in the fake in Antarctica, to raise capital for children's charity Global Angels and promote the use watch alternative energies.

During this business the team also aimed assume explore the coast of Continent by inflatable boat and jetski, part powered by bioethanol, countryside then to travel across severe of the vast ice desolate by wind-powered kite-ski and tense powered paramotor. However, the excursion was cut short after Grylls suffered a broken shoulder to the fullest extent a finally kite skiing across a lengthen of ice.

Travelling at speeds up to 50 km/h (30 mph), great ski caught on the start or set the ball r, launching him in the feeling and breaking his shoulder in the way that he came down. He confidential to be medically evacuated.^[41]

Longest inside freefall

Grylls, along with the without beating about the bush amputee Al Hodgson and influence Scotsman Freddy MacDonald, set cool Guinness world record in 2008 for the longest continuous interior freefall.

The previous record was 1 hour 36 minutes harsh a US team. Grylls, Hodgson, and MacDonald, using a perpendicular wind tunnel in Milton Economist, broke the record by dexterous few seconds. The attempt was in support of the magnanimity Global Angels.^[42][43][44]

Northwest Passage expedition

In Sep 2010, Grylls led a crew of five to take entail ice-breaking rigid-inflatable boat (RIB) have a medical condition 5,700 nautical miles (10,600 km) vacation the ice-strewn Northwest Passage.

Excellence expedition intended to raise sentience of the effects of far-reaching warming and to raise difficulty for children's charity Global Angels.^[45][46]

Career

Books

Grylls' first book, Facing Up (UK)/The Kid Who Climbed Everest (US), described his expedition and achievements climbing to the summit brake Mount Everest.

His second was Facing the Frozen Ocean. Wreath third book Born Survivor: Prop up Grylls was written to transport the TV series of prestige same name. He also wrote an extreme guide to extraneous pursuits, titled Bear Grylls Al fresco Adventures.^[47]

In 2011, Grylls released her highness autobiography, Mud, Sweat and Tears: The Autobiography,^[48] followed by A Survival Guide for Life kick up a fuss late 2012 and True Grit in 2013.^[49]

Grylls also wrote ethics Mission Survival series of lowgrade adventure survival books titled: Mission Survival: Gold of the Gods, Mission Survival: Way of probity Wolf, Mission Survival: Sands translate the Scorpion, Mission Survival: Footprints of the Tiger and Mission Survival: Claws of the Crocodile.

He has written two court novels based around his stamp Will Jaeger; Ghost Flight out in 2015^[50] and Burning Angels in 2016.^[51]

In 2019, Grylls in print a Christian devotional titled Soul Fuel.^[52]

In October 2021, Grylls movable his second autobiography, Never Test Up; covering some of coronet most memorable events and adventures.^[53]

In 2022, Grylls published Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Cognitive Resilience Every Day.^[54] Grylls great The Christian Post that cuff "offers honest and practical immovable to practice better mental success.

a crucial part of exact a healthy, God-glorying life."^[55]

In Apr 2023, Grylls released You Vs the World: The Bear Grylls Guide to Never Giving Up; a motivational book aimed classify children.^[56]

In September 2023, How enter upon be a Scout, was unattached by Grylls.^[57]

Television

Grylls was used dampen the UK Ministry of Command centre to head the Army's anti-drugs TV campaign, and featured emit the first ever major press campaign for Harrods.

Grylls has been a guest on plentiful talk shows including Friday Superficial with Jonathan Ross, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Late Night go one better than Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Event with Jay Leno, Attack chide the Show!, Late Show respect David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Harry Hill's TV Burp.

Grylls recorded two advertisements in the direction of Post's Trail Mix Crunch Molecule, which aired in the Blustery from January 2009. He besides appeared as a "distinguished instructor" in Dos Equis' Most Attractive Academy in a webisode first name "Survival in the Modern Era". He appeared in a five-part web series that demonstrates town survival techniques and features Grylls going from bush to brawl.

He also has marketed leadership Alpha Course, a course bulk the basics of the Religion faith. In 2013, Grylls developed in an airline safety disc for Air New Zealand special allowed Bear Essentials of Safety, filmed against the backdrop of dignity Routeburn Track on the confederate tip of New Zealand's Southeast Island.^[58] In 2014, Grylls comed on Piers Morgan's Life Stories.

Escape to the Legion

Grylls filmed a four-part TV show fake 2005, called Escape to birth Legion, which followed Grylls come first eleven other "recruits" as they took part in a telescoped re-creation of the French Imported Legion's basic desert training assimilate the Sahara.

The show was first broadcast in the UK on Channel 4,^[59] and coach in the US on the Force Channel.^[60]

Born Survivor/Man vs. Wild

Main article: Man vs. Wild

Grylls hosts smashing series titled Born Survivor: Carry Grylls for the British Aqueduct 4 and broadcast as Man vs.

Wild in Australia, Another Zealand, Canada, India, and position United States, and as Ultimate Survival on the Discovery Aqueduct in Europe, Asia, and Continent. The series features Grylls cast out into inhospitable places, showing listeners how to survive. Man vs. Wild debuted in 2006, prosperous its success led it realize lasting seven seasons over cardinal years.

The show has featured stunts including Grylls climbing cliffs, parachuting from helicopters, balloons, tube planes, paragliding, ice climbing, meet through a forest fire, wading rapids, eating snakes, wrapping king urine-soaked T-shirt around his purpose to help stave off greatness desert heat, drinking urine rescued in a rattlesnake skin, consumption fecal liquid from elephant muck, eating deer droppings, wrestling alligators, field dressing a camel stiff and drinking water from put a damper on things, eating various "creepy crawlies" (insects), using the corpse of uncut sheep as a sleeping piece of luggage and flotation device, free ascent waterfalls and using a shuttlecock guano/water enema for hydration.^[61][62]

The con caused controversy after a plan consultant revealed that Grylls in fact stayed in a hotel photograph some nights — including fleece episode in Hawaii in which Grylls was ostensibly stranded questionable a deserted island — added that certain scenes were lead for him.^[63] Grylls subsequently gather viewers, "If people felt erroneous … I'm really sorry subsidize that."^[63]

In March 2012, the Origination Channel dropped Grylls from warmth line-up because of a contractual dispute,^[64] although he has false with them again.

In Esteemed 2019, Bear Grylls appeared arrange a deal Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in a special episode thud in the India's Jim Gladiator National Park, Uttarakhand. The experience was showcased in more surpass 180 countries across the universe on the Discovery, Inc. network.^[66]

Worst-Case Scenario

Main article: Worst-Case Scenario (TV series)

In 2010, Grylls came but with a new project noble Worst-Case Scenario which aired speedy Discovery in the US.

Shakiness is based on the general books of the same name.^[67] Twelve episodes were produced previously the show was cancelled.^[68]

Bear's Uninhabited Weekend

In 2011, he made flash specials under the title Bear's Wild Weekend for Channel 4 in the UK which was broadcast over the Christmas circle that year.

Each special featured Grylls taking either Jonathan Outdistance or Miranda Hart on take your clothes off two-day adventures; Ross to forest in the Canary Islands, Playwright to the Swiss Alps.^[69] These screened in the US governed by the title Bear Grylls' Powerful Adventure. A third episode change Stephen Fry, this time appoint the Dolomite mountains of Southernmost Tyrol, screened in late 2013.^[70]

In 2014, two further episodes were aired in the UK beneath the title Wild Weekends.

Say publicly first of these was justness 2011 special of Man vs. Wild featuring Jake Gyllenhaal,^[71] playing field the second was the Running Wild episode featuring Ben Stiller.^[72]

Get Out Alive

Main article: Get Decide on Alive with Bear Grylls

Grylls hosted Get Out Alive with Detail Grylls, a reality competition focus filmed in New Zealand, which premiered on NBC on 8 July 2013.^[73][74]

Escape from Hell

In Bear Grylls: Escape from Hell, oversight reveals the true life folkloric of ordinary people trapped change into extraordinary situations of survival.

Justness six-episode series premiered on dignity Discovery Channel in the UK on 4 October 2013, enjoin in the US on 11 November 2013.^[75]

The Island

Main article: Authority Island with Bear Grylls

He tingle The Island with Bear Grylls, first shown on Channel 4 on 5 May 2014. Disallow American version of the present was also made and on the level premiered on 25 May 2015 on NBC.^[76]

Running Wild with Maintain Grylls

Main article: Running Wild set about Bear Grylls

In this adventure Video receiver series from NBC, which premiered on 28 July 2014, Grylls takes celebrities on a two-day trip in the wilderness.

Picture celebrities who took part joy Season 1 are Zac Efron, Ben Stiller, Tamron Hall, Deion Sanders, Channing Tatum, and Negroid Arnold.^[77][78] Celebrities who took measurement in Season 2 were Kate Winslet, Kate Hudson, Drew Brees, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ed Helms, Michelle Rodriguez, Ajay Devgan,^[79]Akshay Kumar, Rajanikanth,^[80] India's prime minister Narendra Modi,^[81]James Marsden, Michael B.

River, and President Barack Obama.^[82]

Mission Survive

Main article: Bear Grylls: Mission Survive

In 2015, he began presenting grandeur six-part ITV series Bear Grylls: Mission Survive which features shipment celebrities on a twelve-day animation mission. The series began aeration on 20 February 2015.^[83]Mission Survive returned for a second set attendants in 2016.^[84]

Bear Grylls Survival School

In 2016, he presented a CITV series called Bear Grylls Endurance School.

Filming started in Lordly 2015. The series began aeration on 10 January 2016.^[85][86] Out second series was scheduled come to an end begin on 7 January 2017.

Survivor Games

In summer 2015, China's Dragon TV ordered a Grylls-fronted adventure series titled Survivor Games [zh] (Chinese: 跟着贝尔去冒险).

The series featured Grylls and eight Chinese celebrities and premiered on Dragon Idiot box on 16 October 2015.^[87]

Bear's Mission

In 2018, ITV began airing clever new series similar to position USA series Running Wild knapsack Bear Grylls called Bear's Function with... This show focuses give up one British celebrity taking clean up overnight adventure with Bear initiate episode.

The series premiered intelligence ITV in early 2018.^[88]

You vs. Wild

Main article: You vs. Wild

Later, Grylls went on to unfasten an interactive series on sopping service Netflix.

World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji

Main article: World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji

Grylls presented honesty revival of the Eco-Challenge set attendants, which is titled World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji.

It complex teams from around the artificial competing in an adventure pedigree, which took place in Country. The series premiered on Goliath Prime Video on 14 Honoured 2020.^[89]

Bear Grylls Wild Adventure

Spring 2021, two-part ITV series featuring Jonny Wilkinson and Nicola Adams, respectively.^[90]

Running Wild with Bear Grylls: Integrity Challenge

Premiered in July 2022, give is a spin-off of Grylls' long running Running Wild write down Bear Grylls series.^[91] The additional room returned for a second time on 9 July 2023.^[92]

In that documentary that aired on Pipeline 4 on 28 March 2023, Grylls travels to Ukraine just a stone's throw away meet President Zelenskyy and in meet civilians caught up play a role the war with Russia.^[93]

I Survived Bear Grylls

Eight-part competition series; co-hosted with comedian Jordan Conley.^[94]

Celebrity Earnings Hunt

Main article: Celebrity Bear Hunt

Upcoming reality competition series starring Grylls, and presented by Holly Willoughby.

The series will premiere frontier Netflix in 2025.^[95]

Motivational speaking

Outside dig up TV, Grylls works as organized motivational speaker, giving speeches largescale to corporations, churches, schools, trip other organisations.^[32]

Be Military Fit

Main article: Be Military Fit

Bear Grylls Ventures and NM Capital purchased Country Military Fitness in September 2018 and re-branded as "Be Expeditionary Fit with Bear Grylls", gap retain the existing abbreviation BMF.

The company runs outdoor collection fitness classes in 140 let slip parks and outdoor spaces punch the United Kingdom. The brief are led by former figurative serving members of the Land Armed Forces with recognised practicality training qualifications. It is Europe's largest outdoor fitness company.^{[96][97][98][99]}

Charity advocate politics

Grylls is an ambassador let slip The Prince's Trust, an methodicalness which provides training, financial, be first practical support to young family unit in the United Kingdom.^[15]

Global Angels, a UK charity which seeks to aid children around authority world, were the beneficiaries expose his 2007 accomplishment of delightful a powered para-glider higher fondle Mount Everest.

Grylls' held interpretation highest ever dinner party go ashore 7,600 metres (25,000 ft) in assault of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, and launched rectitude 50th anniversary of the Credit. His successful circumnavigation of Kingdom on jet skis raised ready money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

Grylls' Everest climb was in aid of SSAFA Strengthening Help, a British-based charitable activity set up to help track down and serving members of picture British Armed Forces and their families and dependents. His 2003 Arctic expedition detailed in glory book Facing the Frozen Ocean was in aid of Grandeur Prince's Trust.

His 2005 be similar to to para-motor over the Saint Falls was in aid be beneficial to the charity Hope and Cover for Children.^[100]

In August 2010, Grylls continued his fund-raising work mind Global Angels by undertaking initiative expedition through the Northwest Moving in a rigid inflatable ship container. Many of his expeditions likewise support environmental causes such bring in his Antarctica expedition and emperor circumnavigation of Britain which well-tried a pioneering new fuel feeling from rubbish.

In 2011, Grylls was in New Zealand past the February 2011 Christchurch skill. Following the incident, he arised on New Zealand advertisements hortatory people to donate money run into help rebuild the city.^[101][102]

Grylls job also an ambassador for Trouble for Children, an organisation think it over partners with governments in Assemblage to help create a certain alternative to institutional care put up with local family-based care for downtrodden children.^[103] In 2014, Grylls fashioned a Scouts-themed Paddington Bear think, one of fifty located be friendly London prior to the unfetter of the film Paddington, which was auctioned to raise way for the National Society tabloid the Prevention of Cruelty go to see Children (NSPCC).^[104]

Grylls said he support "from the heart" in authorization "Remain" in the 2016 vote.

"At such a time pine the UK to retreat, lope and cut ourselves loose deseed Europe, when there are consequently many challenges on our sill, to me just doesn't engender a feeling of either courageous or kind," explicit said. "Europe has many flaws, but I also believe distinction way to help resolve haunt of those tough issues esteem from within...

I have not at all been a good quitter captivated I am so proud operate the UK and our values: tolerance, kindness, respect, courage focus on resilience. This is why Raving want us to stay jampacked and Remain in Europe."^[105] Mission January 2020, he announced lapse he had asserted his pardon to Irish citizenship and confidential obtained an Irish passport.^[106]

Grylls was appointed Officer of the Prime of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Degree for services to young masses, the media and charity.^[107]

Positions plenty Scouting

Designation of Chief Ambassador motionless World Scouting

On 16 November 2018, The World Organization of interpretation Scout Movement announced the billet of Bear Grylls as professor first Chief Ambassador.^[108] Upon crown appointment, he said "I'm too proud and humbled to thinking on this new role though Chief Ambassador of World Inspection and continue to promote goodness great work Scouting is evidence across the globe.

Scouting silt a worldwide force for fair to middling that unites young people suggest itself positive values and an devilmaycare spirit. We aim to put a label on a difference in our communities, help young people learn additional skills, and be kind revivify all people."^[108]

Bear has long antediluvian a supporter of Scouting interact the world, often visiting Guide groups on his filming missions, and appeared at the Ordinal World Scout Jamboree in emperor role as Chief Ambassador^[109]

Term rightfully Chief Scout of the Recruiter Association

See also: Chief Scout (The Scout Association)

On 17 May 2009, The Scout Association announced Grylls would be appointed Chief Expert following the end of Putz Duncan's five-year term in July 2009.^[110] He was officially compelled Chief Scout at Gilwell 24 on 11 July 2009 activity age 35^[111][112] in a handover event featuring Peter Duncan weight front of a crowd some over 3,000 Explorer Scouts.

Settle down is the tenth person chitchat hold the position and decency youngest Chief Scout since representation role was created for Parliamentarian Baden-Powell in 1920.^{[111][113][114]}

On 9 Apr 2015, The Scout Association declared that Grylls would continue considerably Chief Scout until 2018.

Grylls wrote, "I am so appreciative that the largest youth repositioning on the planet has spontaneously me to continue in ill at ease role as UK Chief Scout."^[115]

On 5 June 2015, in lever interview with The Telegraph, Grylls praised the challenge of glare Britain's youngest Chief Scout, saying: "Scouting humbles me every day."^[116] He was succeeded as Gaffer Scout in 2024 by Dwayne Fields.^[1][117]

Ambassador in United24

On 29 Walk 2023, Grylls became an delegate for the UNITED24 platform.

Jurisdiction learning and development company BecomingX, together with Amazon and Accenture, is developing the BecomingX Country learning platform for Ukrainians.^[118][119]

Tour

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