Born Survivor: Bear Grylls

Born Survivor: Bear Grylls info

Bear is a man who doesn’t know when to stop: ‘extreme’ is his default mode. Soldier, mountaineer, explorer, survival expert, parachutist, adventurer. And most of this has been achieved since he broke his back in 3 places in a parachuting accident that nearly took his life.

Just 18 months after this he became the youngest Brit to climb Everest – and not long after that, we knew we’d found a star, taking you to the very edge of human survival.

Since Discovery first broadcast Born Survivor in 2004, Bear has single-handedly demonstrated just what humans are capable of in extreme environments and how to survive in just about every hostile corner of the world, from blistering deserts to frozen wastelands.

Bear has shown how even the most unlikely sources can help extreme survival. But perhaps his most extraordinary tip was squeezing water from fresh buffalo poop.
Never one to live the normal life Bear holds numerous world records, which include the world’s highest open-air formal dinner party. He dined in full evening dress, in a balloon, at 25,000 feet.
Going even higher, another world record was set when he para-motored over the Himalayas – travelling 3,000ft higher than Everest. Discovery was there to film this latest bout of insanity
He’s also found time to be part of the first team to jet ski round the UK.
Bear served in the UK Special Forces as an SAS Reservist. But he can’t talk about or he’ll have to kill you. Or give you a Chinese burn.
His other hobbies include knitting, flower-arranging, trainspotting and macramé sculpture. Probably not, though, eh?

Born Survivor: Bear Grylls