There are hardly any people who don't know Bear Grylls, the presenter of Discovery Channel's popular TV series Man vs Wild. Bear Grylls is a British explorer, writer and television presenter. He was born in 1964 in England. He is also quite popular for his struggle to survive in hostile environments and his bizarre diet.
Let's find out some unknown facts about Bare Grills:
* In 1997, at the age of 23, Bear Grylls climbed Mount Everest. His fame spread all around because he conquered Everest as the youngest person. His name also rose in the Guinness Book of World Records. However, his record has been broken 4 times so far.
* The funny thing is that the real name of Bear Grylls is Edward Michael Grylls.
* His only sister Lara started calling him ‘Bear’ when he was just 1 week old.
* Received a black belt in the sport of beer karate.
* He has worked in the British Special Air Service for 3 years.
* Just 1 year before conquering Everest, Bear had an accident while jumping with a parachute. In this incident 3 bones of his spine were broken.
* Also wrote the book Beer Grills. His book, Facing Up, was one of the top ten bestsellers in Britain. The book was later published in the United States as The Kid Who Climbed Mount Everest.
*. Beer has written a total of 11 books. There are 4 fiction books for children.
* He first appeared on TV when a deodorant company made an ad for him about the conquest of Mount Everest.
*. His first TV show was on Channel Four. The name was 'Escape to the Legion'.
* He then did a TV show called ‘Man vs Wild’ on Discovery Channel which had 12 episodes of 1 hour.
* ‘Man vs Wild’ ranks as the No. 1 TV show in America. The show is watched by 1.2 billion viewers in 200 countries around the world.
* In 2006, he became the first person to fly the world's highest peak in a powered paraglider. His efforts raised 2.4 million.
* As a child, his favorite TV show was McGuire.
* In 2009, at the age of 35, he was appointed to the Scout Association as the youngest Chief Scout in the world.
* However, even after doing so much, Bear has done his studies properly. He studied at the famous ‘Eaton’ College in Britain.
* In 1998, he climbed the Ama Dabalam peak in the Himalayas as the youngest. Note that Edmund Hillary called this peak 'unclimbable'.
* It took him only 90 days to conquer Mount Everest.