(It happened) totally out of the blue and it was a real shock to me.
He lived with us and we were super close. In his newly released autobiography, Mud, Sweat and Tears, Bear explains how the death of a close friend brought him back to his faith.īear: “At the age of 16 I lost my Godfather who was like a second father to me. He’s always had a close knit family and has added lots of friends along the way. Then I went to school and suddenly it all became much more religious, and I thought, ‘Oh I don’t like this.’ It was all about church going and telling you not to smoke behind the bike shed when you are age 12.”Ĭhuck: “In the book you said, ‘I wasn’t really interested in the God of endless school assemblies.’”īear: “I thought, ‘if that’s God maybe I’ve got the whole deal wrong,’ and I kind of ditched my faith.”īear grew up on the Isle of Wight in England. Where I knew God existed and it felt very free and pretty wild and natural, and it wasn’t religious. But most people aren’t aware of his deep love for God.īear Grylls: “I always had a really natural faith as a kid. Before becoming a celebrity, he served three years with the elite British Special Air Service, or SAS, where he honed his survival skills. “There’ve been a lot of bad swamps and mangrove jungles and stuff over the years, but I love the fact there’s such a strong link between survival and life.”īear Grylls is known around the world as an outdoor adventurer, survivalist - and the star of Discovery Channel’s Man Vs Wild series. Known and admired by millions, Bear Grylls has survived where few would dare to go.CBN.com -Recently CBN Reporter Chuck Holton spoke with adventurer, Bear Grylls. But this was just the beginning of his many extraordinary adventures.
However, only eighteen months later Bear became one of the youngest ever climbers to scale Everest, aged only twenty-three. It was touch and go whether he would ever walk again.
Then, in a horrific free-fall parachuting accident, Bear broke his back in three places. On returning home, he embarked upon the notoriously gruelling selection course for the British Special Forces to join 21 SAS - a journey that was to push him to the very limits of physical and mental endurance. As a teenager he found identity and purpose through both mountaineering and martial arts, which led the young adventurer to the foothills of the mighty Himalaya and a grandmaster's karate training camp in Japan.
Growing up on the Isle of Wight, he was taught by his father to sail and climb at an early age. Gripping, moving and wildly exhilarating, Mud, Sweat and Tears is a must-read for adrenalin junkies and armchair adventurers alike.īear Grylls is a man who has always sought the ultimate in adventure. 'Well told, personable, fast-paced, and undoubtedly a fascinating read' Daily Telegraph
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