Man Vs. Wild with Bear Grylls

Bear Grylls Fun Facts

• Bear Grylls and Man vs. Wild made Entertainment
  Weekly's The Must List on Jan 26th, 2007.
• Bear's second book "Facing the Frozen Ocean" was about his North Atlantic Arctic Ocean crossings and was short listed as sports book of the year in 2003.
• Bear's first book "The Kid Who Climbed Everest" also released as "Facing Up" made it to the Top 10 Bestseller list. It was about summiting Everest in 1998.
• In 1997, Bear became the youngest Briton to climb Mount Ama Dablam in the Himalayas.
• In 2003, Bear was the leader of The Arnold & Son Trans Atlantic Arctic Expedition. They became the first ever team to complete an unassisted crossing of the North Atlantic just south of the Arctic Circle in an 'open' rigid inflatable boat.
• With profits from his adventures Bear donates to many charities. These include: Global Angels, BSES, The Duke of Edinburgh Awards, Prince's Trust, SSAFA Forces, RNLI, BOLT, Hope and Homes for Children and Make Poverty History. These charities focus on you helping youths, often by introducing them to mini-adventures.
• According to Bear the top three things that are going to keep you alive are:
  1)Be prepared.
  2)Common sense.
  3)The human spirit.
• Bear survived a bad accident in Southern Africa once when his parachute didn't open. He smashed into the desert and broke his back in three places.
• Bear has a book coming out in the UK (planned for 2007) called "Stranded". It is based on the series Man vs Wild and his past missions.
• Bear has a black-belt in karate.
• Bear's sons' names are Jesse and Marmaduke.
• To keep his spirit up on missions, Bear has a laminated picture of his wife and two kids that he keeps in his shoe.
• As of 2006, Bear and his family live on a private island of the Welsh coast.
• There are plans in 2007 for Bear return to Mount Everest and attempt to fly powered paragliders over the summit.