Presentation by

Ketevan Kobakhidze

2015

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Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls (born 7 June 1974) is a British adventurer, writer and television presenter. He is widely known for his television series Man vs. Wild (2006-2011), originally titled Born Survivor: Bear Grylls in the United Kingdom. Grylls is also involved in a number of wilderness survival television series in the United Kingdom and the United States.

In July 2009, Grylls was appointed the youngest-ever Chief Scout at the age of 35.

*Grylls grew up in Donaghadee in County Down, Northern Ireland, until the age of four when his family moved to Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. He is the son of the Conservative party politician Sir Michael Grylls and Lady Sarah Grylls.

Grylls has one sibling, an elder sister, Lara Fawcett, a cardio-tennis coach, who gave him the nickname 'Bear' when he was a week old.

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Ludgrove School Eton College

*Birkbeck, University

of London

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*Grylls married Shara Cannings Knight in 2000 and they

have three sons.

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In 2004, Grylls was previously awarded the honorary rank

of lieutenant commander in the Royal Naval Reserve; and in

2013 he was awarded the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel in

the Royal Marines Reserve

**On 16 May 1998, Grylls achieved his childhood dream climbed

to the summit of Mount Everest

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Circumnavigation of the UK

Crossing the North Atlantic

Dinner party at altitude

Paramotoring over the Himalayas

Journey Antarctica 2008

Northwest Passage expedition

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Escape to the Legion

Born Survivor / Man vs. Wild

Worst Case Scenario

Bear's Wild Weekend

Get Out Alive

Escape From Hell

The Island

Mission Survive

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On 17 May 2009, The Scout Association announced

Grylls would be appointed Chief Scout following the

end of Peter Duncan's five-year term in July 2009

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Grylls is an ambassador for The Prince's Trust, an organisation which provides training, financial, and practical support to young people in the United Kingdom. He is also vice president for The JoLt Trust, a small charity that takes disabled, disadvantaged, abused or neglected young people on challenging month-long expeditions.

*Bear Grylls in Georgia

Man vs. Wild - Bear Takes on Georgia

Resources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_Grylls

Photos from Google