Bear Grylls

Biography

Bear Grylls is known around the world as one of the most recognized faces of survival and outdoor adventure. Trained from an early age in martial arts and taught to climb and sail by his father, Bear went on to spend three years as a soldier in the British Special Forces, before becoming one of the youngest-ever climbers of Mount Everest. Since then he has gone on to host many extreme- adventure TV shows, including The Island with Bear Grylls, Bear Grylls’ Survival School, Man vs. Wild, Running Wild with Bear Grylls, and Survivor Games. He is also a family man, and a number-one bestselling author of more than twenty books, including the popular Mission Survival series for children.