Bear Grylls

Birth Name:

Edward Michael Grylls

Birth Place:

Donaghadee, Northern Ireland, England, United Kingdom

Profession

Producer, Writer, Actor, Camera department

Helped raise $2․4 million for the Global Angels children's charity by becoming the first man to fly a powered paraglider abover Mt․ Everest
In 1998, he entered the Guinness Book of World Records as one of the youngest people to ever make it to the summit of Mount Everest
Earned a degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of London
Served in the British Special Air Service for three years
Helped start the first mountaineering club at Eton College
Months before making his climb on Mt․ Everest, he broke his back in three places after suffering a free-fall parachuting accident in Africa
Was the leader of the first unassisted crossing of the frozen North Atlantic Ocean

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