Hosted by Bear Grylls, Man vs. Wild is a show, not like Survivorman, in which we the viewers watch the host try to survive in extreme conditions somewhere on the planet each week.
Man vs. Wild, also called Born Survivor: Bear Grylls or Ultimate Survival, is a survival television series hosted by Bear Grylls on the Discovery Channel. The series is produced by British television production company Diverse Bristol.
The show was first broadcast on November 10, 2006 after airing a pilot episode titled The Rockies on October 27, 2006. In a special first aired on June 2, 2009, Will Ferrell joined Bear on a survival trip to Northern Sweden. In the United Kingdom, the series is shown on both the Discovery Channel and on Channel 4.
Man vs Wild staring Bear Grylls is a new series on the The Discovery Channel. The mountaineer/adventurist Bear Grylls. He will demonstrate survival skills through conditions unimaginable to the average man. After serving in the British Army Special forces unit, Bear became the youngest British man to return back alive after climbimg Mount Ama Dablan and Mount Everst. Man vs Wild brings a new meaning to extreme adventure as you will see after each survival succeeded.
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Bear Grylls Biography
Bear Grylls, born in 1974, is a mountaineer, international speaker, author, and a former Special Forces soldier of the British Army. Being one of the most inspirational people that walk this earth, Bear's popularity has become well known from the stories he tells.
Some might call him crazy, after breaking his back in three places from a terrible parachuting accident during an army training excersize over Africa.
Others envy him as it did not stop him climbing Mount Everest and setting world records. If you watch his show on the Discovery Channel you will understand. Being a best selling author after writing Facing Up which is a detail of him reaching the summit of Mount Everest and returning safely, I highly recommend picking up one of his books. I have found his books to be some of the most uplifting and motivational reads I have come across. Bear Grylls favorite is Facing The Frozen Ocean. A documentary of his survival as he crosses the Atlantic Ocean, riding an inflatable boat, in the middle of winter! The story is truley amazing. An adventure that started off very well planned turned into him basically fighting to survive. Atlantic's finest threw a storm at him we only see in the movies.
In 2009 Bear was voted by the Scouts to become their Chief Scout and figurehead to nearly 500,000 Scouts in the UK. He becomes the youngest Chief Scout in history.
Bear lives with his wife Shara on a boat on the Thames in london, and also on a small Welsh island. They have three little boys called Jesse, Marmaduke and Huckleberry. They are the pride of Bear's eyes.
2009
Bear wrote the latest Mission Survival book 'Sands of the Scorpion' making the latest addition in the series after 'The Way of the Wolves' and the 'Gold of the Gods' the series now has it's own website.
2008
Bear continues with the next series of 'Man Vs Wild' and 'Born Survivor with Bear Grylls', filming 16 shows all over the world from the deserts of Africa to Indonesia, Belize, Yukon, Iraqi border to name a few.
2007
Bear's eight part TV Series for Channel Four in the UK, (co-produced with the Discovery Channel worldwide), titled 'Born Survivor: Bear Grylls', airs in the UK.
Accompaning the TV series is the ultimate 'Boy's Own' Survival book, called 'Born Survivor'.
This book stayed for 10 weeks in the Sunday Times' Top 10 Best Seller List.
2006
Bear's new TV Series called 'Man Vs Wild' premiers across America on the Discovery Channel. He is currently filming another 14 programmes for US Discovery.
Bear’s wife, Shara, publishes her first book titled: ‘Marriage Matters’, a little hardback gift-book of quotes on what makes a good marriage… in Shara's case... long suffering!
Shara & Bear had a gorgeous little boy called Marmaduke in April.
2005
Bear's Channel Four Series 'Escape to the Legion' airs with winning reviews and ratings.Bear breaks the world record for the highest ever open air dinner party, slung under a hot air balloon at 25,000 ft. Details of this adventure, in celebration of 50 years of The Duke of Edinburgh Award, can be found on the official website. Click here for more info.
2004
'Facing the Frozen Ocean', Bear's second book is published.
2003
Their son Jesse born in June.
Bear leads the first team to cross unassisted the frozen North Atlantic Ocean in an open Rigid Inflatable Boat. (In aid of the Prince's Trust.)
2002
Star of a worldwide advertising TV campaign for 'Sure for Men' Deodorant featuring Bear's ascent of Everest.
2001
'Facing Up' nominated for the Boardman Tasker Mountain Literature Prize
2000
Bear & Shara get married! Bear leads the
first team to circumnavigate the UK on jetskis.
1998
Youngest British climber to reach the summit of Mt. Everest .
1997
Youngest British climber to reach the summit of Mt. Ama Dablam, Himalaya.
1994-1997
Served with the British SAS (21 SAS). Passed UK Special Forces Selection, serving as a sabre soldier, trained in unarmed combat, desert and winter warfare, combat survival, medics, parachuting, signals, evasive driving, climbing and explosives. Served in North Africa twice. In late 1996 Bear broke his back in a free fall parachuting accident in southern Africa.
Season 2
Man vs Wild season 2, Bear Grylls went to 6 remote locations in the world to test his skills against natures finest.
Some of the highlig
hts of Season 2 as below:
The first episode of Man vs Wild season 2, Bear was gone to the Everglades where he was left stranded in the Florida's most dangerous area. The alligators, and millions of mosquitos didn't seem to phase him.
In Iceland Bear avoided frostbite, but had to eat a sheeps eyeball to keep his nutrition level high as he faced the constant blizzards of Iceland.
In one of the more famous episodes, Bear Grylls shows you a way to filter out your own urine and drink it in Australia.
Mexico brought out Bears fishing skills without a fishing rod, and how to build yet another simple compass.
Bear Grylls eats weevil and catchs piranaha with a bow and arrow in Ecuador.
In Scotland Bear skins a dead deer for shelter, and catchs a rabbit with some legendary rodent traps he set.
We might be ask that, Is Man vs Wild real?
Man vs Wild has been under some scrutiny about faking or staging the show recently. There have been reports that Bear and his crew have been sleeping in a motel at night, and that they weren't actually filming on location 100% of the time.
The Man vs Wild hoax has been addressed by Bear himself stating that, "they don't always tell the full story". He also goes on to say that in the upcoming season, "we’re determined to make all new shows more inclusive of the crew and their role."
Books by Bear Grylls
A young Bear Grylls tells his story. From climbing to meditation Bear takes you through it all.
Bear journeys out into the Atlantic Ocean on an inflatable boat, only to realise he is heading directly into a storm.
After breaking his back in three places, Bear escapes Mount Everest on a 70 day journey.
'Bear
Grylls' Great Outdoor Adventures'
This is a guide to all you need to know for the ultimate in outdoor adventure, from climbing, scrambling, surfing and diving, to kite-surfing, camping, navigating and tre
e house building!.
Man Vs Wild: Survival Techniques from the Most Dangerous Places on Earth. (Hardcover)
In Man vs. Wild, Bear Grylls demonstrates all manner of survival techniques when faced with nature's extremes.
Bear Grylls is no stranger to extremes.
Now, in "Born Survivor" which accom
panies a second brand new eight-part series for Channel 4, the world's ultimate survivor shows us how t
o stay alive in the most unforgiving conditions on Earth.
'Born Survivor: Bear Grylls'
Accompanies the first eight-part series for Channel Four and shows us how to stay alive in some of the most unforgiving places on Earth. (Reached the Sunday Times Top 10 Best-seller List.)
Living Wil
d: The Ultimate Guide to Scouting and Fieldcraft
This is the information you really need to know. Bear has thrown out everything that's boring about scouting and fieldcraft and concentrated only on what's exciting, inspirational and a little bit edgy. From mastering the perfect campfire and constructing the best camp, to navigating through all terrains in all weathers - with or without a map...
Know for the survival knife Bear Grylls uses on Man vs Wild?
For any of you wondering which survival knife Bear Grylls uses and where you can get one, head over to the Navy SEALS website and pick up the SOG SEAL Pup Knife. The SOG SEAL Knife is one of the few survival knives that's available to the public used by Bear Grylls in Man vs Wild.
Man Vs. Wild: Photo Gallery