Edward MichaelBearGrylls(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 titledBorn Survivor: Bear Gryllsin the United Kingdom. Grylls is also involved in a number of wildnerness survival television series in the United Kingdom and the United States. In July 2009, Grylls was appointed the youngest-ever Chief Scoutat the age of 35.After leaving school, Grylls briefly considered joining the Indian Armyand hiked in the Himalayan mountains of Sikkimand West Bengal. [ 19 ]Eventually, Grylls joined the Territorial Armyand, after passing selection, served as a reservist with the SASin 21 SAS Regiment (Artists) (Reserve), for three years until 1997. In 1996, he suffered a freefall parachuting accident in Zambia. His canopyripped at 4,900 metres (16,000 ft), partially opening, causing him to fall and land on his parachute pack on his back, which partially crushed three vertebrae. Grylls later said: I should have cut the main parachute and gone to the reserve but thought there was time to resolve the problem. [ 20 ]According to his surgeon, Grylls came within a whisker of being paralysed for life and at first it was questionable whether he would ever walk again. Grylls spent the next 12 months in and out of military rehabilitation at Headley Court [ 20 ]before being discharged from his medical treatment and directing his efforts into trying to get well enough to fulfil his childhood dream of climbing Mount Everest.
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