'Men don't come much tougher than daredevil climber and adventurer, Bear Grylls' The Sun How did Bear Grylls become one of the world's toughest adventurers? This title tells the story of everyone's favourite real-life action man - from secret childhood missions to climb the town's school buildings and steeples, to starring in his own global TV series and becoming Chief Scout to the Scouting Association. And this was just the beginning of his many adventures. Would he ever walk again? Only eighteen months later, defying doctors' expectations, Bear became one of the youngest ever climbs to scale Everest, aged only twenty-three. After surviving the gruelling selection course for the SAS Reserves as a young man, he suffered a horrific parachuting accident and broke his back in three places. From his childhood on the Isle of Wight, learning to sail and climb with his father, to teenage mountaineering and martial arts training, he has always sought the ultimate in adventure. Read the amazing true life story of Bear, the world's most intrepid young explorer. What would it be like to jump from an aeroplane or to climb the highest mountain in the world, to survive in extreme conditions or train for the SAS? Bear Grylls knows the answers. About the Author:īook Description Paperback. Gripping, moving, and wildly exhilarating, Mud, Sweat, and Tears is a must-read for adrenaline junkies and armchair explorers alike. Now, for the first time, Bear tells the story of his action-packed life. Wild, Bear Grylls has survived where few would dare to go.

Known and admired by millions as the star of Man vs. But these were 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. Bear Grylls has always sought the ultimate in adventure.

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