| Bear Grylls is one of the most well known and successful, young 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. in September 1997, he became the Youngest Briton to climb Mount Ama Dablam in the Himalayas (22500 feet), a peak described by Sir Edmond Hillary as unclimbable. This year Bear co wrote and presented a TV series for Channel 4, Escape To The Legion which will broadcast from July 5th at 9.00pm and he is already preparing for two more televised expeditions. Bears achievements are made even more extraordinary when you discover that just two years before he climbed Everest he suffered a near fatal parachuting accident in Africa; breaking his back in three places and narrowly escaping a life of 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. Enduring extreme weather for ninety days, two months of limited sleep and surviving running out of oxygen in the upper regions of the death zone (above 26000 feet ... |
