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Absolutely must! I love being pushed and I love seeing how far I can be pushed, but the level of difficulty involved in SAS Selection is nearly beyond comprehension.
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If you have never read or heard about the training involved to become a member of the SAS, you must at least read “Mud, Sweat & Tears” for Bear’s recounting of that experience. Bear was initially going to follow suit, but decided to take on an entirely different challenge – the SAS. His Father and many of generations of men in his family were in the Royal Marine’s. Though he is very thankful for the education he received there.Īfter College, he spent a bit of time near Bristol exploring University and what to do next. It’s a bit hard to imagine Bear at a school like that, but as he says, he didn’t exactly fit in. He also attended the very prestigious, Eton College. Wild with Monkey Grylls”! Although “Running Wild With Monkey Grylls” sounds quite funny.īear was born in the United Kingdom growing up spending most of his time either in London or on the Isle of Wight, just off of the south coast.īear was a rather, self-professed, odd kid who was not naturally athletic and spent a lot of time being bullied. Later at school, while Bear was a teen, he received the nickname “Monkey” because of the crazy amount of climbing (even up school buildings) that he did.įortunately, Monkey Grylls did not stick and we do not watch, for example, “Man vs. He became her own little teddy bear and the name stuck. Lara took to him right away, overly pleased to have a little brother. Not long after he was born on June 07, 1974, his older sister, Lara, gave him the nickname of “Bear”. One of the biggest questions people have about Bear is, simply, why is Bear Grylls called Bear? “We have one life and there is one extraordinary world created for us to enjoy.” – Bear Grylls Who is Bear Grylls? That alone makes him a true, inspirational outdoor leader. But what really makes Bear Grylls an inspiration for me and many others is his positivity and enthusiasm for life and the outdoors.
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He’s been the UK’s Cheif Scout since 2009 (now Chief Ambassador), he’s scaled Mount Everest at 23 years old, he crossed the Arctic Ocean in an inflatable boat, he’s created his own line of Outdoor products and kit, he has his own Survival School to help people experience and learn survival skills, he’s written over 10 books, and he’s created countless TV Shows around the world focused on Survival and the Outdoors. I feel slightly overwhelmed to try to even summarize the many reasons I consider Bear Grylls an inspiration.