The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
BEAR GRYLLSThe extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
BEAR GRYLLSOur fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive – the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.
BEAR GRYLLSThat for me was a great liberator to realize that the show isn’t about me running around, jumping off stuff and flexing muscles, it’s about inspiring people. That makes me really happy.
BEAR GRYLLSI joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
BEAR GRYLLSThe appeal of the wild for me is its unpredictability. You have to develop an awareness, react fast, be resourceful and come up with a plan and act on it.
BEAR GRYLLSI’ve eaten sheep’s eyes, the still hot meat from a zebra killed by a lion, and maggots which give you 70 calories to the ounce.
BEAR GRYLLSNothing inspires people more than reckless acts of courage.
BEAR GRYLLSI have held healthy respects of bears along with assorted crocodiles, snakes and lots of other animals. You know, bears are dangerous, you have to be super careful.
BEAR GRYLLSBeing brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.
BEAR GRYLLSI was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.
BEAR GRYLLSMany people find it hard to understand what it is about a mountain that draws men and women to risk their lives on her freezing, icy faces – all for a chance at that single, solitary moment on the top.
BEAR GRYLLSAbove all, I feel a quiet pride that for the rest of my days I can look at myself in the mirror and know that once upon a time I was good enough. Good enough to call myself a member of the SAS. Some things don’t have a price tag.
BEAR GRYLLSI look back and understand the world a bit better and know how competitive it is .
BEAR GRYLLSI think fire is so critical in the wild. You can cook with it, you can make tools, you can deter a predator, you can dry your clothes and you get that element of morale that matters so much when you’re stuck in the middle of nowhere.
BEAR GRYLLSOne killer exercise that’s really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That’s my favourite. It’s such functional core strength, and that’s why I can climb up trees and down vines.
BEAR GRYLLSI train five days a week hard – but it is short and sharp – 30 to 40 minutes of functional and pretty dynamic body-strength circuits, then I do a good yoga session on the sixth day, then I rest.
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