I miss him still today: his long, whiskery eyebrows, his huge hands and hugs, his warmth, his prayers, his stories, but above all his shining example of how to live and how to die.
BEAR GRYLLSI miss him still today: his long, whiskery eyebrows, his huge hands and hugs, his warmth, his prayers, his stories, but above all his shining example of how to live and how to die.
BEAR GRYLLSI try and eat really healthy when I’m home, but I certainly don’t eat worms and snakes.
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 GRYLLSI look back and understand the world a bit better and know how competitive it is .
BEAR GRYLLSMany great people over the centuries have depended on their faith- it is a sign of great strength to need Jesus in your life.
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 GRYLLSFor me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!
BEAR GRYLLSAccidents on big mountains happen when people’s ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride.
BEAR GRYLLSI come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk – not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.
BEAR GRYLLSAnd if you give your heart to a goal, it will repay you. It’s the law of the universe.
BEAR GRYLLSI do see a lot of the hard end of ecology, and my feeling is that we live on a super-exciting planet but a super-fragile one.
BEAR GRYLLSExercise helps my back. If I don’t exercise, that’s when it starts to hurt. The pain is a good motivator to run and exercise.
BEAR GRYLLSThere is no feeling like coming home after danger.
BEAR GRYLLSMy faith is an important part of my life and over the years I’ve learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn’t need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.
BEAR GRYLLSThe extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
BEAR GRYLLSWhen I take kids into the woods, I tell them, “What we’re going to do today is going to be incredibly dangerous.” And you just see 20 smiles go up.
BEAR GRYLLS