Bear Grylls speaking reel

Bear Grylls Talk in Durban

Bear Grylls is one of the best known adventurers in the world. At just 23 years old, he became The Youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest. In August 2003, he led the first crew to cross the Atlantic via the Arctic Circle in an open rigid inflatable boat. His television debut was on Ch 4's, 'Escape to The Legion' and he is currently filming the third series of 'Born Survivor' for Ch 4, known as 'Man v Wild' in America on Discovery Channel.

Before he climbed Everest, Bear suffered a near fatal parachuting accident in Africa; breaking his back in three places and narrowly escaping paralysis. He spent a torturous year of rehabilitation constantly facing the fact that he might never walk again, let alone achieve his childhood dream of climbing Everest. Despite moments of great pain and despair, Bear worked hard to regain full mobility and together with a team of friends he planned his expedition. With characteristic determination and charm he raised the enormous sponsorship needed and began training for the daunting challenge.




The death toll on Mount Everest rises every year, out of every six mountaineers who make it to the top, one will die.

During his expedition to Everest he endured extreme weather for ninety days, two months of limited sleep and running out of oxygen in the upper regions of the 'death zone' (above 26,000 feet). Bear himself had a narrow escape whilst navigating the perilous Khumbu Icefall, the ice cracked and he fell into a 1,000 foot deep crevasse. He was knocked unconscious and had it not been for his team-mates he would not be alive today.

Bear has written three books, 'Facing Up' (published in America under the title, 'The Kid Who Climbed Everest'), records his Everest expedition and soared into the bestseller list selling over 70,000 copies in the UK alone and 'Facing The Frozen Ocean' (his arctic expedition) which was published by Macmillan in 2004. The latest is 'Born Survivor' published by Channel 4 as a companion to the series.

Before climbing Everest, Bear spent time in the army and the UK Special Forces Reserve - UK SF (R)

His natural talent for communicating and entertaining on all levels with everyone and anyone has made him a popular personality in his own right. As one of the youngest and most successful motivational speakers on the international business circuit, Bear has won over even the toughest of audiences and has a list of extremely impressive references to his credit.

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[pablowall]

haha, why arent there more comments? are u filtering them? lol

[cunninghamvideo]

Well Bear is a friend so of course I take off the insulting comments, but no I don't really filter them, I just ain't got the time to approve them. we get some nasties, but these are just sofa jockeys who ain't never been in harms way.

[deejayzak]

Yeh you might get the whingers saying "oh the scenes in Man vs Wild were filmed by a highway, and the Wild horses had shoes on", but there can be no doubt that this guy has the runs on the board, he has, what Chuck Yeager called, the right stuff

[nannakurzhaar]

He is soooo great :D thank you so much for this video!!!!

Grettings from Munich

[pablowall]

fair enough, reading each comment that som1 wants to post would get very tiresome, thanks for the reply!

[SptifireAce]

haha he's so funny,

from 1:48- 2:11

[sandra5028]

Thanks for posting,

[lacollll]

a true chuck norris

[GhostsH2O]

Respect ! Not many people get in to SAS. That means Special Air Service. Elite soldiers who are well trained. To kill, survive and help people!

[negreaflorintraian]

ouu me good

[RomanianUser]

i love this guy .hes my hero

[chromedagger]

Hes a Legend