Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls (born 7 June 1974), known as Bear Grylls, is a British mountaineer, adventurer, author, television presenter, and motivational speaker.
Grylls, a former member of the Special Air Service (SAS), made his name in 1998 being proclaimed, at the age of 23, the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest and return alive.
He hosts the television programme Man vs. Wild (on Channel 4 in the UK and on the worldwide Discovery Channel) and is currently filming new HD episodes of Man vs. Wild.
Personal life
He is the son of the late Conservative party politician Sir Michael Grylls and his wife Sally. He was educated at Eton College and studied for a degree in Hispanic Studies from London University. He served part-time for three years in the British Special Forces in the British SAS before a parachuting accident broke his spine in three places, forcing him to leave the Forces. Bear lives on a converted barge on the River Thames with his wife Shara and their two sons Marmaduke and Jesse. He is Christian, and in many interviews has expressed his devout faith.
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