| Title | Survival expert(s) | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| "Bear's Essentials" | September 17, 2008 | |
| A clip-show from previous Man vs Wild episodes highlighting important survival techniques. | ||
| "Bear's Ultimate Survival Guide Special Part 1" | February 23, 2009 | |
| Grylls offers tips for surviving in some of the world's most unforgiving places. | ||
| "Sweden" "Will Ferrell" | June 2, 2009 | |
| This episode features Will Ferrell in a special titled Men vs. Wild, where Ferrell tags along with Grylls as they journey through the frozen wilderness of Sweden. The episode is a tie-in to help promote Ferrell's new movie, Land of the Lost. | ||
| "Bear's Ultimate Survival Guide Special Part 2" | September 16, 2009 | |
| In his ultimate survival guide Grylls takes on dangerous snakes, fishes for catfish using his finger as bait and joins tribes who survive in the worlds toughest terrains, eats raw goats testicles in the Sahara, and hunts porcupines. | ||
| "Man vs. Wild: The Inside Story" | September 23, 2009 | |
| The Man vs. Wild crew who follow Grylls on his travels across the globe, tell how it feels to follow in his footsteps and reveal just how they make Man vs. Wild. | ||
| "Shooting Survival" | February 10, 2010 | |
| Behind the scenes with Grylls's crew. | ||
| "Bear's Top 25 Man Moments" | June 19, 2010 | |
| Go inside Grylls's Top 25 Man vs Wild moments. | ||
Friday, October 22, 2010
Special episodes
Season 5 (2010)
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Survival expert(s) | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 1 | "Western Pacific" "Papua New Guinea" | Nick White | Stani Groeneweg | August 11, 2010 |
| Grylls is on a desert island, south of Papua New Guinea. He wades across a shark-infested tidal channel, climbs crumbling volcanic cliffs, leaps over a 100-foot death drop, and constructs a bamboo windsurfer to make his escape. | |||||
| 51 | 2 | "Northern Australia" "Northern Territory, Australia" | David O'Neil | Ross Bowyer | August 18, 2010 |
| In Australia's Northern Territory, Grylls must rely on many of the skills honed by the Aboriginal people to survive in this sweltering landscape dominated by crocodiles. | |||||
| 52 | 3 | "Canadian Rockies" "British Columbia" | Andrew Wood | August 25, 2010 | |
| While in the Canadian Rockies, Grylls is buried alive in an avalanche, swims long distance beneath an ice-covered lake, and is airvac-ed to the hospital when an icy glissade goes horribly wrong. | |||||
| 53 | 4 | "Georgian Republic" "Georgia, Eastern Europe" | Stephen Shearman | Andrew Wood | September 1, 2010 |
| Grylls lands in the snow-capped Caucasus Mountains of the Georgian Republic by driving a snowmobile out the back of a hovering helicopter. He ziplines across a river, camps among wolves and trudges through swampy wetlands. | |||||
| 54 | 5 | "Fan vs. Wild" "Canadian wilderness" | September 8, 2010 | ||
| Grylls takes two fans into the Canadian wilderness for their ultimate survival challenge. They face their fears head on, trek down dangerous glaciers and across a frigid glacial river, build a rustic shelter, and try to swallow typical Grylls fare. | |||||
| 55 | 6 | "Extreme Desert" "Mojave Desert" | September 15, 2010 | ||
| In the Mojave Desert Grylls puts himself in the path of a man-made sandstorm, takes on the full force of a man-made flash flood and HALO jump from 30,000 feet. His body is pushed to the limit as the temperature soars from minus 40 to 110 degrees. | |||||
| 56 | 7 | "Behind the Wild" | September 22, 2010 | ||
| In a behind the scenes episode, the team who films the series demonstrate their roles in the productions. | |||||
| 57 | 9 | "Northern Scotland" "Cape Wrath" | January 2011 | ||
| 58 | 10 | "Artic" "Northern Norway" | January 2011 | ||
Season 4 (2009–2010)
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Survival expert(s) | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 1 | "Arctic Circle" "Norway" | Andrew Barron | Andrew Wood | August 12, 2009 |
| Grylls goes to the Arctic Circle, where he encounters a frozen waterfall, wild reindeer and some of the coldest conditions on the planet. | |||||
| 40 | 2 | "Alabama" | Nick White | Stani Groeneweg | August 19, 2009 |
| Grylls wrestles a pig, squeezes through some tight spots, and survives a forest fire in the swamps of Alabama. It is revealed that Grylls broke his shoulder while in Antarctica two months previously. | |||||
| 41 | 3 | "Vietnam" | Sid Bennett | Andrew Wood | August 26, 2009 |
| Grylls demonstrates what it was like for soldiers who had to survive in the jungles of Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. | |||||
| 42 | 4 | "Texas" "Texas Desert" | Stephen Shearman | Stani Groeneweg | September 2, 2009 |
| In Western Texas, Grylls falls to earth from an upturned bi-plane into the parched Chihuahuan Desert; he traverses deep gorges, locates an oasis and takes on a diamond back rattlesnake. | |||||
| 43 | 5 | "Alaska" | Nick White | Ross Bowyer | September 9, 2009 |
| Grylls returns to the wilderness of Alaska to survive the dangerous terrain of the Last Frontier. | |||||
| 44 | 6 | "Pacific Island" "Panama" | Stephen Shearman | Ross Bowyer | January 6, 2010 |
| Grylls is on a deserted Panamanian island; he creates fresh water and chooses to use tribal fishing techniques before battling the sea on a makeshift raft. Later in the episode he gives himself an enema in order to stay hydrated on the open seas. | |||||
| 45 | 7 | "China" | Graham Strong | Andrew Wood | January 13, 2010 |
| In Southern China Grylls arrives in the aftermath of a tropical typhoon. He tackles swollen rivers, scales slippery limestone faces, avoids disaster with stinging ants, and utilizes ancient tribal techniques to catch bats for food. | |||||
| 46 | 8 | "Big Sky Country" "Montana" | Konrad Begg | Stani Groeneweg | January 20, 2010 |
| Grylls takes on Big Sky Country. He paraglides above the Rockies, traverses vast gullies, and makes the most of abandoned debris before making his great escape on a moving train. | |||||
| 47 | 9 | "Guatemala" | Alexis Girardet | Ross Bowyer | January 27, 2010 |
| Grylls rappels onto a live volcano in Guatemala, navigates a waterfall in an underground cave, creates a nest to safely sleep in but gets an unwelcome bed buddy, and encounters ancient Mayan ruins. | |||||
| 48 | 10 | "Urban Survivor" "Poland" | Nick White | Andrew Wood | February 3, 2010 |
| Grylls is in a post-disaster urban city scenario and he must survive. His thirst to live and survival techniques modified for a city environment keep him alive in a concrete wasteland in Gdynia, Poland. | |||||
| 49 | 11 | "North Africa" "Morocco" | Nick Fletcher | Ross Bowyer | February 17, 2010 |
| Grylls crosses the Sahara desert to the North Africa coast, where he catches an octopus, fashions a shelter out of acacia trees and dines on moths and locusts. | |||||
Season 3 (2008–2009)
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Survival expert(s) | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 1 | "Mexico" "Baja Desert" | David O'Neil | Stani Groeneweg | August 6, 2008 |
| Grylls must cross blistering desert and barren salt plains in Mexico's Baja peninsula. While collecting honey Grylls is stung by a bee and his face becomes severely swollen, nearly blinding him. | |||||
| 30 | 2 | "Louisiana" "The Deep South" | Nicholas While | Jeff Galpin | August 27, 2008 |
| Grylls enters the swamps of Louisiana where he kills an alligator with a knife, and catches a catfish with his bare hands | |||||
| 31 | 3 | "Ireland" | Scott Tankard | Andrew Wood | September 3, 2008 |
| Grylls jumps from a boat a kilometre off the west coast of Ireland. He travels down the coast before turning inland to cross the bogs. Here he retrieves a sheep carcass from a bog whose skin he uses as a sleeping bag (sheeping bag), a waterproof sack, and a flotation device. | |||||
| 32 | 4 | "South Dakota" | Chris Richards | Stani Groeneweg | September 10, 2008 |
| Grylls is dropped on a granite peak in the Black Hills where he is caught in a thunder storm with inadequate shelter. Down in the plains Grylls encounters a herd of Bison before entering the desolate area known as the Badlands. | |||||
| 33 | 5 | "Belize" | Nick White | Andrew Wood | January 12, 2009 |
| Grylls heads to the jungle where he tackles a boa constrictor, he gets stuck over raging waters, and then he takes to the trees. | |||||
| 34 | 6 | "Yukon" | Nick White | Andrew Wood | January 19, 2009 |
| Grylls wraps up warm as he heads to the frozen wastelands of North Canada. He goes underground to search an abandoned mine, and he takes to some fast moving water. | |||||
| 35 | 7 | "Oregon" | Chris Richards | Andrew Wood | January 26, 2009 |
| Grylls takes on the deepest river based canyon, Hell's Canyon and the dangerous Snake River. | |||||
| 36 | 8 | "Dominican Republic" | Carl Hindmarch | February 2, 2009 | |
| Grylls has some tips on how to survive the hurricane season and he also eats a tarantula to survive | |||||
| 37 | 9 | "Turkey" | Andrew Barron | February 9, 2009 | |
| Grylls heads to Turkey where he deals with dangerous animals and he also takes to the water. | |||||
| 38 | 10 | "Romania" | Stephen Shearman | Andrew Wood | February 16, 2009 |
| Grylls heads to Romania where he takes on a bear and dangerous water channels. | |||||
Season 2 (2007–2008)
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Survival expert(s) | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1 | "Sahara" (Part 1) | Tony Lee | Kevan Palmer & Authentic Morocco | November 9, 2007 |
| In the sun-scorched Sahara Desert, Grylls uses survival tactics of the indigenous people, including eating a scorpion and a sandfish. He also explains how to escape from quicksand. | |||||
| 17 | 2 | "Desert Survivor" (Part 2) | Tony Lee | Kevan Palmer & Authentic Morocco | November 16, 2007 |
| In the desert, Grylls offers tips on skinning and disemboweling a dead camel for water. | |||||
| 18 | 3 | "Panama" (Part 1) | Justin Kelly | Richard Cahill & Luis Puleio | November 23, 2007 |
| Grylls travels to Panama, where he travels in the equatorial heat through mangrove swamps and rain forest, and endures more than 100 mosquito bites and one painful snake bite. | |||||
| 19 | 4 | "Jungle" (Part 2) "Panama (Part 2)" | Justin Kelly | Richard Cahill & Luis Puleio | November 30, 2007 |
| Survival techniques for Panama's mangrove swamps and jungle. | |||||
| 20 | 5 | "Patagonia" (Part 1) | Carl Hindmarch | December 7, 2007 | |
| Grylls parachutes into Patagonia, the southernmost tip of South America, where he first encounters a vast ice field, then forages in a beech forest, wades through a frozen bog and swims through icy water. | |||||
| 21 | 6 | "Andes Adventure" (Part 2) | Carl Hindmarch | December 14, 2007 | |
| In Patagonia, Grylls skins a hare, scales a cliff, tracks a puma, drinks dirty water, and crosses the Perito Moreno glacier, a vast frozen labyrinth of ice caves and crevasses. | |||||
| 22 | 7 | "Bear Eats" | December 21, 2007 | ||
| Grylls offers tips on dining in the wild, with some unusual offerings that are not necessarily palatable. | |||||
| 23 | 8 | "Zambia" | Chris Richards | Andrew Wood | May 2, 2008 |
| Grylls drops into the mighty Zambezi river. | |||||
| 24 | 9 | "Namibia" | Chris Richards | Andrew Wood | May 9, 2008 |
| Grylls parachutes into the heart of the Namib desert. | |||||
| 25 | 10 | "Ring of Fire (Part 1)" "Castaway (Part 1)" "Jungle Swamp" | Stephen Shearman | Andrew Wood | May 16, 2008 |
| Grylls battles the fierce swamps in Sumatra, Indonesia. As he struggles to keep dry and avoid trench foot, he runs into several types of wildlife, including lizards and the deadly mangrove snake. | |||||
| 26 | 11 | "Ring of Fire (Part 2)" "Castaway (Part 2)" | Stephen Shearman | Andrew Wood | May 23, 2008 |
| Dropped by helicopter, Grylls has to survive on a remote island located in Indonesia. He hunts for stingrays and land crabs while drinking whatever fresh clean rain water he may get. In the end he builds a small raft out of drift wood of bamboo and heads to the sea. | |||||
| 27 | 12 | "Siberia (Part 1)" | Tony Lee | May 30, 2008 | |
| With temperatures dipping to -50°C, Grylls has to keep warm before hypothermia sets in. He uses snares to catch his food, and a fire to keep warm. He puts up a scenario for the great dangers to walk over a frozen lake, and how to survive without drowning and/or before hypothermia sets in. | |||||
| 28 | 13 | "Siberia (Part 2)" "Land of Ice" | Tony Lee | June 6, 2008 | |
| Grylls is in Siberia, learning survival techniques from the Tuvans and, eating raw yak liver as well as drinking its blood for food. | |||||
EPISODES SEASON 1 (2006-2007)
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Survival expert(s) | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Rockies" "Pilot" | Mike Warner | Ron Hood & Mike Johnston | March 10, 2006 |
| Edward 'Bear' Grylls gets dropped in the middle of the Rocky Mountains and must find his way back to civilization. On his way out, he must evade the danger of grizzly bears, jump 70 feet into a river, and abseil down a cliff. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Moab Desert" | Dominic Stobart | Terry Moore | November 10, 2006 |
| Bear Grylls is dropped by a helicopter into the Moab Desert in Utah in 110 degree temperatures, with nothing but a knife, a canteen, and a flint. He battles dehydration by soaking his t-shirt in urine, and eats two raven eggs, one raw. Lastly, he demonstrates how to escape from quicksand before swimming across the Colorado River. He also explains how to use the flow of rivers as tools to find civilization. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Costa Rican Rain Forest" | Chris Richards | Jorge Salaverri Henriquez | November 17, 2006 |
| Grylls parachutes into a Costa Rican rainforest in the Osa Peninsula, with only his knife and a canteen. He's careful about the water he drinks, but gets violently ill anyway. He climbs down a waterfall using a vine, and floats down a river to the ocean on a raft he crafts out of balsawood to demonstrate how someone lost in the jungle can make it to civilization. He encounters snakes, mosquitoes and dangerous river currents. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "Alaskan Mountain Range" | Scott Tankard | Tim Smith | November 24, 2006 |
| Grylls is dropped in the Chugach Mountains in Alaska, with skis and his usual gear. He demonstrates Glissading as he traverses snow and glaciers, and climbs down a 200ft (61m) waterfall. He catches a salmon, which he eats raw, and finds a skiff from an abandoned lodge. The skiff sinks, but he reaches the shore and is spotted by a ship. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Mount Kilauea" | Dominic Stobart | Jack Lockwood | December 1, 2006 |
| Grylls is dropped by helicopter at the top of Mount Kilauea. Made up of an expanse of solidified lava which stretches for 33,000 acres, this environment is one of the world's most inhospitable. He first traverses lava fields, which catch his boots on fire, then heads into the jungles of Hawaii. Grylls uses a kukui nut torch to explore a lava tube and finds water, then uses smoke to placate a bee hive to get honey. Ultimately, he finds the sea (and people) by following seabirds. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "Sierra Nevada" | Wayne Derrick | Mark Wienert | December 8, 2006 |
| Grylls parachutes into the Sierra Nevadas, simulating the situation of the hundreds of hikers who become stranded there each year. Equipped with a knife and a canteen, Grylls travels through the alpine, woodland and chaparral areas of the mountains. He unsuccessfully tries to tame a wild horse, and eats a live snake. Using techniques gleaned from the Mono Indians, he brushes his teeth with a manzanita leaf. Most of the ground he covers is traversed by river, using a raft held together by grape vine. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "African Savannah" | Marc Westcott | Phil West | December 15, 2006 |
| Grylls parachutes into Northern Kenya. He comes into close contact with lions, elephants, hyenas and rhinoceros, being careful not to get too close. Grylls demonstrates squeezing water from elephant dung and how to find people in Africa. In most areas, one follows a river downstream, but in Africa people are found upstream. | |||||
| 8 | 8 | "European Alps" | Matt Dickinson | Mac MacKay | December 22, 2006 |
| Grylls parachutes into the French Alps with a knife, a canteen, a cup and a flint, taking the parachute with him. He demonstrates how to survive falling into a frozen lake, how to build a snow shelter, and how to use a self arresting device to stop from plummeting into a crevasse. He also eats maggots and uses them to catch a trout. He performs a Tyrolean traverse and makes himself a pair of snow shoes out of young trees and parachute lines. | |||||
| 9 | 9 | "Desert Island" | Graham Strong | Mark Wienert | December 29, 2006 |
| Grylls is kicked out by helicopter into the water near a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. He demonstrates long distance swimming, shelter building and coconut harvesting. Grylls builds a bamboo raft to look for ships, and is surrounded by tiger sharks. He fishes off his raft using a fish bone hook, and shows how to signal a ship using the reflection produced by his polished knife. | |||||
| 10 | 10 | "Everglades" | Scott Tankard | Kris Thoemke | June 15, 2007 |
| Grylls drops into the swamps of Florida's Everglades, where at least 60 tourists need to be rescued each year. He trudges through the swamp and shows how to construct shelter, deal with razor-sharp sawgrass, get out of a muddy sinkhole and avoid alligators and rattlesnakes. He eats frogs and cooks a turtle Seminole-style. | |||||
| 11 | 11 | "Iceland" | Tony Lee | Thor Kjartansson & Sigrun Nikulasdottir & Jon Gauti Jonsson | June 22, 2007 |
| Grylls parachutes into the extreme landscape of Iceland, the site of vicious blizzard, 50 mph (80 km/h) winds, icy glacial waters, boiling hot mud and volcanic springs. He demonstrates how to make a snow cave, find water in volcanic underground tunnels and avoid frostbite. To find food in this subarctic environment, Grylls scavenges a sheep for its eyeballs and mutton fat, and catches a ptarmigan. He demonstrates with his shoelaces the boiling of the eyeballs and mutton in the geysers, to save digestion energy and disinfect the scavenged food. | |||||
| 12 | 12 | "Mexico" "Copper Canyon" | Scott Tankard | David Holladay | June 29, 2007 |
| In Mexico, Grylls must find his way out of Copper Canyon, and his only supplies are a water bottle, a flint and a knife. He demonstrates how to build a simple compass and climb sheer cliffs safely. For shelter, he uses ancient caves and makes fire with a traditional "fire saw." Grylls also demonstrates techniques for finding scorpions or grubs and fishing without a rod or line. | |||||
| 13 | 13 | "Kimberley, Australia" | Alexis Girardet | Nick Vroomans | July 6, 2007 |
| In the Kimberley region of Australia, an area with a mixture of huge scrub deserts, dry riverbeds and red sandstone cliffs full of deep gorges, Grylls faces extreme heat, poisonous snakes and the ever present danger of dehydration. Survival tips include how to forage for food (bush tucker), build a shelter and how to prevent sunstroke. He explains why he believes drinking ones own urine can prevent death from dehydration. During his journey, Grylls observes saltwater crocodiles and endures a lightning storm. | |||||
| 14 | 14 | "Ecuador" | Matt Dickinson | Hazen Audel | July 13, 2007 |
| Grylls paraglides onto the edge of the Andes and follows rivers into the Ecuadorian jungle, observing huge colonies of spear-nosed bats, giant weevil grubs and piranhas. He builds a bamboo bridge and a bow and arrow to successfully catch fish, but it doesn't always go his way and he's forced to ride the rapids of the Amazon on a single tree trunk. | |||||
| 15 | 15 | "Scotland" "Cairngorms" | Clare Dornan | Lawrence Clark | July 20, 2007 |
| Grylls shows how to navigate the Cairngorms region in extreme weather using ice formations and moss growth, and how to test snow slopes for avalanche potential. He uses moss to purify water and skins a red deer for shelter. For food, he traps a rabbit and cooks it to demonstrate how to prepare it. Grylls also crosses deep marshes and uses fallen trees to cross ravines. | |||||
List of Man vs. Wild episodes
The following is a list of episodes of Man vs. Wild, broadcast by Discovery Channel in the United States, Australia, Canada, and Europe, also called Born Survivor in Europe, broadcast by Channel 4, and Ultimate Survival in Africa and Asia, broadcast by Discovery Channel.
Contents
[hide]| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release date | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | |||||||||||
| 1 | 15 | March 10, 2006 | July 20, 2007 | December 20, 2007[1] | ||||||||
| 2 | 13 | November 9, 2007 | June 6, 2008 | 2009[2] | ||||||||
| 3 | 10 | August 6, 2008 | February 16, 2009 | 2009[3] | ||||||||
| 4 | 11 | August 12, 2009 | February 17, 2010 | May 4, 2010[4] | ||||||||
| 5 | N/A | August 11, 2010 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Welcome to Bear Gryll's Website
But for Bear, it is not just about pushing his limits. It's about overcoming challenges, and living your dreams. This belief, and Bear's gift for communication, have led him to become a world class motivational speaker, author and tv host.
Bear's passion and enthusiasm for the outdoors are now shared and enjoyed through his TV programs in over 150 different countries, reaching over one billion people worldwide.
By combining his adventures with media work, Bear realised that he could also support and raise money for those causes closest to his heart. These have included charities that encourage young people to overcome some of life's biggest challenges, many different children's organisations, as well as the Armed Forces' charity SSAFA Forces Help, reflecting his own military service with the UK Special Forces, as part of 21 SAS.
In 2009, Bear was chosen and appointed as Chief Scout, and figurehead to 28 million Scouts worldwide. His mission is clear: to help and encourage every young person to be able to live their own adventure through Scouting. Bear considers this his proudest task.
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Bear Grylls Biography
Every year the death toll on Mount Everest rises, and for every ten mountaineers who make it to the top, one will die. Yet at 7.22am on May 26th 1998, Bear entered The Guinness Book of Records as the youngest, and one of only around thirty, British climbers to have successfully climbed Everest and returned alive. He was only 23 years old.
The actual ascent took Bear over ninety days of extreme weather, limited sleep and running out of oxygen deep inside the 'death zone' (above 26,000 feet). On the way down from his first reconnaissance climb, Bear was almost killed in a crevasse at 19,000 feet. The ice cracked and the ground disappeared beneath him, he was knocked unconscious and came to swinging on the end of a rope. His team-mate and that rope saved his life. The expedition was raising funds for the Rainbow Trust and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
Previously, in 1997, Bear had become the Youngest Briton to climb Mount Ama Dablam in the Himalayas (22,500 feet), a peak once described by Sir Edmund Hillary as unclimbable'.
Prior to the Everest Expedition, Bear, also a Karate Black Belt, spent three years with the British Special Air Service (21 SAS). What makes his story even more remarkable is that during this time he suffered a free-fall parachuting accident in Africa where he broke his back in three places. After months and months of rehabilitation, focusing always on his childhood dream of Everest, he slowly became strong enough to attempt the ultimate ascent of the world's highest peak.
Bear has a natural talent for communication and his speaking and TV shows has brought him worldwide acclaim. As a motivational speaker, he has addressed corporations all around the world on his experiences on Everest and how these can help us in our life and business environments. He is among the youngest and most successful speakers in the world..
Bear's first book, ‘Facing Up', went into the top-10 best seller list, and was launched in the USA titled, ‘The Kid who climbed Everest'. Worldwide this book has touched people through its enduring honesty, courage and humility. Bear has always been a popular guest on television shows, which have included, amongst many others, the Oprah Show and Jay leno's Tonight show in the USA and in the UK: BBC's': Friday night with Jonathon Ross, Heaven and Earth, BBC's Ready Steady Cook, Channel Four's Richard & Judy, GMTV, and radio programmes such as Radio 1, Radio 2 & Five Live. Bear first TV break came when he was approached to star in a ‘Sure For Men' deodorant TV commercial (Rexona, worldwide). This featured the story of Bear's Everest climb and what makes him most nervous! The advert was awarded campaign of the week on its release. (see TV section of this website)
In 2003 Bear successfully completed another ground breaking expedition, (click here), leading a team across the freezing North Atlantic Arctic Ocean in a small open rigid inflatable boat. Suffering weeks of frozen spray and icebergs, the expedition was filmed for a documentary, and was raising funds for the Prince's Trust charity. The book on this remarkable journey, 'Facing the Frozen Ocean', and was short-listed as Sports Book of the Year, and Bear was awarded an Honorary commission in the Royal Navy for this record-breaking feat.
Bear was also used by the UK Ministry of Defence to head the Army's anti-drugs TV campaign, and featured in the first ever major advertising campaign for the world renowned shop: Harrods. His first major TV Series was for Channel Four, called ‘Escape to the Legion', where he went through simulated basic training with Legionaires in North Africa and told the story of what it is like for a recruit to join the French Foreign Legion.
On the back of the success of the Foreign Legion Documentary, Bear was commissioned to present 15 x 1-hour programmes for a TV Series called 'Man Vs Wild' on Discovery Channel Worldwide, plus also an 8-part TV Series for Channel Four titled 'Born Survivor: Bear Grylls'. These feature Bear being parachuted in to some of the most inhospitable deserts, jungles and mountains on earth and showing what you need to do to survive!
Man Vs Wild went on to become the No. 1 cable show in all of America and reaches a global audience of over 1.2 Billion viewers, making it one of the most recognised and watched programmes on the largest TV network on earth. To date the team have filmed over 45 x 1hr episodes.
The book accompanying the Born Survivor Channel 4 UK TV series stayed for 10 weeks in the Sunday Times Bestseller List.
In 2007, he became the first man to fly a powered paraglider to a height above Mount Everest in the Himalaya. Sponsored by GKN, the team raised over $1million in the process for Global Angels and children's charities worldwide. 2008 also saw Bear lead a small team to climb one of the most remote un-climbed peaks in the world in Antarctica. See: www.journeyantarctica2008.com This was raising funds for Global Angels kids charity and awareness for the potential of alternative energies, a cause very close to Bear's heart. The expedition was using wind powered kite skiing, bio-ethanol powered jetskis, electric powered paragliders and good old footwork!
In 2009 Bear was voted by the Scouts to become their Chief Scout and figurehead to nearly 500,000 Scouts in the UK. He becomes the youngest Chief Scout in history.
Bear lives with his wife Shara on a boat on the Thames in london, and also on a small Welsh island. They have three little boys called Jesse, Marmaduke and Huckleberry. They are the pride of Bear's eyes.
The actual ascent took Bear over ninety days of extreme weather, limited sleep and running out of oxygen deep inside the 'death zone' (above 26,000 feet). On the way down from his first reconnaissance climb, Bear was almost killed in a crevasse at 19,000 feet. The ice cracked and the ground disappeared beneath him, he was knocked unconscious and came to swinging on the end of a rope. His team-mate and that rope saved his life. The expedition was raising funds for the Rainbow Trust and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
Previously, in 1997, Bear had become the Youngest Briton to climb Mount Ama Dablam in the Himalayas (22,500 feet), a peak once described by Sir Edmund Hillary as unclimbable'.
Prior to the Everest Expedition, Bear, also a Karate Black Belt, spent three years with the British Special Air Service (21 SAS). What makes his story even more remarkable is that during this time he suffered a free-fall parachuting accident in Africa where he broke his back in three places. After months and months of rehabilitation, focusing always on his childhood dream of Everest, he slowly became strong enough to attempt the ultimate ascent of the world's highest peak.
Bear has a natural talent for communication and his speaking and TV shows has brought him worldwide acclaim. As a motivational speaker, he has addressed corporations all around the world on his experiences on Everest and how these can help us in our life and business environments. He is among the youngest and most successful speakers in the world..
Bear's first book, ‘Facing Up', went into the top-10 best seller list, and was launched in the USA titled, ‘The Kid who climbed Everest'. Worldwide this book has touched people through its enduring honesty, courage and humility. Bear has always been a popular guest on television shows, which have included, amongst many others, the Oprah Show and Jay leno's Tonight show in the USA and in the UK: BBC's': Friday night with Jonathon Ross, Heaven and Earth, BBC's Ready Steady Cook, Channel Four's Richard & Judy, GMTV, and radio programmes such as Radio 1, Radio 2 & Five Live. Bear first TV break came when he was approached to star in a ‘Sure For Men' deodorant TV commercial (Rexona, worldwide). This featured the story of Bear's Everest climb and what makes him most nervous! The advert was awarded campaign of the week on its release. (see TV section of this website)
In 2003 Bear successfully completed another ground breaking expedition, (click here), leading a team across the freezing North Atlantic Arctic Ocean in a small open rigid inflatable boat. Suffering weeks of frozen spray and icebergs, the expedition was filmed for a documentary, and was raising funds for the Prince's Trust charity. The book on this remarkable journey, 'Facing the Frozen Ocean', and was short-listed as Sports Book of the Year, and Bear was awarded an Honorary commission in the Royal Navy for this record-breaking feat.
Bear was also used by the UK Ministry of Defence to head the Army's anti-drugs TV campaign, and featured in the first ever major advertising campaign for the world renowned shop: Harrods. His first major TV Series was for Channel Four, called ‘Escape to the Legion', where he went through simulated basic training with Legionaires in North Africa and told the story of what it is like for a recruit to join the French Foreign Legion.
On the back of the success of the Foreign Legion Documentary, Bear was commissioned to present 15 x 1-hour programmes for a TV Series called 'Man Vs Wild' on Discovery Channel Worldwide, plus also an 8-part TV Series for Channel Four titled 'Born Survivor: Bear Grylls'. These feature Bear being parachuted in to some of the most inhospitable deserts, jungles and mountains on earth and showing what you need to do to survive!
Man Vs Wild went on to become the No. 1 cable show in all of America and reaches a global audience of over 1.2 Billion viewers, making it one of the most recognised and watched programmes on the largest TV network on earth. To date the team have filmed over 45 x 1hr episodes.
The book accompanying the Born Survivor Channel 4 UK TV series stayed for 10 weeks in the Sunday Times Bestseller List.
In 2007, he became the first man to fly a powered paraglider to a height above Mount Everest in the Himalaya. Sponsored by GKN, the team raised over $1million in the process for Global Angels and children's charities worldwide. 2008 also saw Bear lead a small team to climb one of the most remote un-climbed peaks in the world in Antarctica. See: www.journeyantarctica2008.com This was raising funds for Global Angels kids charity and awareness for the potential of alternative energies, a cause very close to Bear's heart. The expedition was using wind powered kite skiing, bio-ethanol powered jetskis, electric powered paragliders and good old footwork!
In 2009 Bear was voted by the Scouts to become their Chief Scout and figurehead to nearly 500,000 Scouts in the UK. He becomes the youngest Chief Scout in history.
Bear lives with his wife Shara on a boat on the Thames in london, and also on a small Welsh island. They have three little boys called Jesse, Marmaduke and Huckleberry. They are the pride of Bear's eyes.
BOOKS & VIDEOS
'Bear Grylls' Great Outdoor Adventures'
This is a guide to all you need to know for the ultimate in outdoor adventure, from climbing, scrambling, surfing and diving, to kite-surfing, camping, navigating and tree house building!.
Man Vs Wild: Survival Techniques from the Most Dangerous Places on Earth. (Hardcover)
In Man vs. Wild, Bear Grylls demonstrates all manner of survival techniques when faced with nature's extremes.
Bear Grylls is no stranger to extremes.
Now, in "Born Survivor" which accompanies a second brand new eight-part series for Channel 4, the world's ultimate survivor shows us how to stay alive in the most unforgiving conditions on
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