46-411: St Tudwal's Lighthouse on Saint Tudwal's Island West is active, but unstaffed. The site of the lighthouse, which marks the north end of Cardigan Bay , was purchased by Trinity House in 1876 at the sum of £111 and the next year the stone building was complete. It is 10.7 metres (35 ft) tall, with its focal plane (height of light above high water) at 46 metres (151 ft). The main white light has
92-403: A priory , referred to in the 1291 tax rolls, are on its eastern side. The West island is 650 metres (710 yd) long and 167 metres (183 yd) at its widest point. It was sold into private ownership in 1935. More recently it was purchased by the adventurer Bear Grylls who holidays on the island, living in the former lighthouse keeper's cottage. On 22 August 2013 it was reported that he
138-459: A priory . The western island reaches 144 feet (44 metres) and is the higher of the two. Saint Tudwal's Island East ( Welsh : Ynys Tudwal Fach ) is a grass covered, kidney-shaped island, about 550 yards (500 m) in length and 220 yards (200 m) in width. It was owned by author Carla Lane until her death in May 2016. The highest point on the island is 125 feet (38 m) above sea level . It
184-673: A "distinguished instructor" in Dos Equis ' Most Interesting Academy in a webisode named "Survival in the Modern Era". He appeared in a five-part web series that demonstrates urban survival techniques and features Grylls going from bush to bash. He also has marketed the Alpha Course , a course on the basics of the Christian faith. In 2013, Grylls appeared in an airline safety video for Air New Zealand entitled Bear Essentials of Safety , filmed against
230-412: A Christian devotional titled Soul Fuel . In October 2021, Grylls released his second autobiography, Never Give Up ; covering some of his most memorable events and adventures. In 2022, Grylls published Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day . Grylls told The Christian Post that it "offers honest and practical ways to practice better mental health... a crucial part of living
276-632: A Grylls-fronted adventure series titled Survivor Games [ zh ] (Chinese: 跟着贝尔去冒险). The series featured Grylls and eight Chinese celebrities and premiered on Dragon TV on 16 October 2015. In 2018, ITV began airing a new series similar to the USA series Running Wild with Bear Grylls called Bear's Mission with... This show focuses on one British celebrity taking an overnight adventure with Bear each episode. The series premiered on ITV in early 2018. Later, Grylls went on to release an interactive series on streaming service Netflix . Grylls presented
322-459: A bird guano/water enema for hydration. The show caused controversy after a programme consultant revealed that Grylls actually stayed in a hotel on some nights — including an episode in Hawaii in which Grylls was ostensibly stranded on a deserted island — and that certain scenes were staged for him. Grylls subsequently told viewers, "If people felt misled … I'm really sorry for that." In March 2012,
368-503: A broken shoulder while kite skiing across a stretch of ice. Travelling at speeds up to 50 km/h (30 mph), a ski caught on the ice, launching him in the air and breaking his shoulder when he came down. He had to be medically evacuated. Grylls, along with the double amputee Al Hodgson and the Scotsman Freddy MacDonald, set a Guinness world record in 2008 for the longest continuous indoor freefall . The previous record
414-505: A climbing accident. In 2003, he led a team of five, including his childhood friend, SAS colleague, and Mount Everest climbing partner Mick Crosthwaite, on an unassisted crossing of the north Atlantic Ocean, in an open rigid inflatable boat . Grylls and his team travelled in an eleven-metre-long boat and encountered force 8 gale winds with waves breaking over the boat while passing through icebergs in their journey from Halifax, Nova Scotia to John o' Groats , Scotland. In 2005, alongside
460-466: A forest fire, wading rapids, eating snakes, wrapping his urine-soaked T-shirt around his head to help stave off the desert heat, drinking urine saved in a rattlesnake skin, drinking fecal liquid from elephant dung, eating deer droppings, wrestling alligators, field dressing a camel carcass and drinking water from it, eating various "creepy crawlies" (insects), using the corpse of a sheep as a sleeping bag and flotation device, free climbing waterfalls and using
506-514: A guest on numerous talk shows including Friday Night with Jonathan Ross , The Oprah Winfrey Show , Late Night with Conan O'Brien , The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , Attack of the Show! , Late Show with David Letterman , Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Harry Hill's TV Burp . Grylls recorded two advertisements for Post's Trail Mix Crunch Cereal, which aired in the US from January 2009. He also appeared as
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#1733106257612552-585: A healthy, God-glorying life." In April 2023, Grylls released You Vs the World: The Bear Grylls Guide to Never Giving Up ; a motivational book aimed at children. In September 2023, How to be a Scout , was released by Grylls. Grylls was used by the UK Ministry of Defence to head the Army's anti-drugs TV campaign, and featured in the first ever major advertising campaign for Harrods . Grylls has been
598-594: A holiday home. The lighthouse building is Grade II listed , as are the lighthousekeeper's cottage and the perimeter walls. Saint Tudwal%27s Island West Saint Tudwal's Islands ( Welsh : Ynysoedd Tudwal ) are a small archipelago lying south of Abersoch on the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales , at the western end of Tremadog Bay . They were referred to as the Studwells in the early 19th century. The name of
644-573: A new project titled Worst-Case Scenario which aired on Discovery in the US. It is based on the popular books of the same name. Twelve episodes were produced before the show was cancelled. In 2011, he made two specials under the title Bear's Wild Weekend for Channel 4 in the UK which was broadcast over the Christmas holiday that year. Each special featured Grylls taking either Jonathan Ross or Miranda Hart on short two-day adventures; Ross to rainforest in
690-661: A peak once described by Sir Edmund Hillary as "unclimbable", although now the third most popular in the Himalayas for permitted expeditions. In 2000, Grylls led the team to circumnavigate the British Isles on jet skis , taking about 30 days, to raise money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). He also rowed naked in a homemade bathtub along the Thames to raise funds for a friend who lost his legs in
736-424: A range of 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) and its red sector light has a shorter range of 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi). It gives 1 white and red flash every 15 seconds, the intensity being 12,000 candelas (candle power). Automated in 1922, it was one of the earlier lights Trinity House automated. It was electrified in 1995. The lighthouse keepers ' cottages are now privately owned and used as
782-436: A strong cricketing background, his grandfather Neville Ford and great-great-grandfather William Augustus Ford having both been first-class cricketers . He is the son of Conservative politician Sir Michael Grylls and his wife Sarah "Sally" ( née Ford). Her mother Patricia ( née Smiles), was briefly an MP, succeeding her father; later she married an MP. Grylls has one sibling, an elder sister, Lara Fawcett, who gave him
828-434: Is also a survival expert. He first drew attention after embarking on a number of notable adventures, including several world records in hostile environments, and then became widely known for his television series Man vs. Wild (2006–2011). He is also involved in a number of wilderness survival television series in the UK and US, such as Running Wild with Bear Grylls and The Island with Bear Grylls . In July 2009, Grylls
874-435: Is an Anglican , and has described his Christian faith as the "backbone" in his life: "You can't keep God out. He's all around us, if we're just still enough to listen." Grylls married Shara Cannings Knight in 2000. They have three sons, born in 2003, 2006 and 2009. In August 2015, Grylls left his 11-year-old son on Saint Tudwal's Island off the North Wales coast, as the tide approached, leaving him to be rescued by
920-456: Is located just over 0.62 miles (1.00 km) off the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd . The nearest settlement (apart from the lighthouse on Saint Tudwal's Island West) is Machroes. Small ships sail from the nearby town of Abersoch to take passengers to view the wildlife. The island is believed to be the original hermitage of Saint Tudwal , which is presumably where its name comes from. The remains of
966-592: The Discovery Channel dropped Grylls from its line-up because of a contractual dispute, although he has worked with them again. In August 2019, Bear Grylls appeared with Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in a special episode shot in the India's Jim Corbett National Park , Uttarakhand. The episode was showcased in more than 180 countries across the world on the Discovery, Inc. network. In 2010, Grylls came out with
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#17331062576121012-748: The Mission Survival series of children's adventure survival books titled: Mission Survival: Gold of the Gods , Mission Survival: Way of the Wolf , Mission Survival: Sands of the Scorpion , Mission Survival: Tracks of the Tiger and Mission Survival: Claws of the Crocodile . He has written two thriller novels based around his character Will Jaeger; Ghost Flight released in 2015 and Burning Angels in 2016. In 2019, Grylls published
1058-461: The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) as part of their weekly practice missions. The child was unharmed, though the RNLI later criticised Grylls for the stunt, saying its crew "had not appreciated" that a child would be involved. Grylls used to be a vegan but now consumes a diet predominant in animal-based foods as well as fruits and honey. In 2024, he commented to The Irish Times that he
1104-504: The balloonist and mountaineer David Hempleman-Adams and Lieutenant Commander Alan Veal, leader of the Royal Navy Freefall Parachute Display Team, Grylls created a world record for the highest open-air formal dinner party, which they did under a hot-air balloon at 7,600 metres (25,000 ft), dressed in full mess dress and oxygen masks . To train for the event, he made over 200 parachute jumps. This event
1150-571: The Canary Islands, Hart to the Swiss Alps. These screened in the US under the title Bear Grylls' Wild Adventure . A third episode with Stephen Fry , this time in the Dolomite mountains of South Tyrol , screened in late 2013. In 2014, two further episodes were aired in the UK under the title Wild Weekends . The first of these was the 2011 special of Man vs. Wild featuring Jake Gyllenhaal , and
1196-568: The Carreg y Trai rocks. The islands are part of the Llŷn Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and are known for their beaches and wildlife, having a variety of wild birds including razorbills , guillemots and choughs , and being a breeding site for grey seals . They are also popular for water sports . The western island houses the St Tudwal’s Lighthouse , and the eastern has the remains of
1242-629: The Himalayan mountains of Sikkim and West Bengal . From 1994–1997, he served in the Territorial Army with 21 SAS as a trooper. His time in the SAS ended as the result of a free fall parachuting accident in Kenya in 1996; his parachute failed to open, causing him to break three vertebrae . At 16,000 feet, his fall is one of the highest ever to be survived without a functional parachute. In 2004, Grylls
1288-905: The UK on 4 October 2013, and in the US on 11 November 2013. He presented The Island with Bear Grylls , first shown on Channel 4 on 5 May 2014. An American version of the show was also made and it premiered on 25 May 2015 on NBC. In this adventure TV series from NBC, which premiered on 28 July 2014, Grylls takes celebrities on a two-day trip in the wilderness. The celebrities who took part in Season 1 are Zac Efron , Ben Stiller , Tamron Hall , Deion Sanders , Channing Tatum , and Tom Arnold . Celebrities who took part in Season 2 were Kate Winslet , Kate Hudson , Drew Brees , Jesse Tyler Ferguson , Ed Helms , Michelle Rodriguez , Ajay Devgan , Akshay Kumar , Rajanikanth , India's prime minister Narendra Modi , James Marsden , Michael B. Jordan , and President Barack Obama . In 2015, he began presenting
1334-621: The backdrop of the Routeburn Track on the southern tip of New Zealand's South Island . In 2014, Grylls appeared on Piers Morgan's Life Stories . Grylls filmed a four-part TV show in 2005, called Escape to the Legion , which followed Grylls and eleven other "recruits" as they took part in a shortened re-creation of the French Foreign Legion 's basic desert training in the Sahara . The show
1380-776: The effects of global warming and to raise money for children's charity Global Angels. Grylls' first book, Facing Up (UK)/ The Kid Who Climbed Everest (US), described his expedition and achievements climbing to the summit of Mount Everest. His second was Facing the Frozen Ocean . His third book Born Survivor: Bear Grylls was written to accompany the TV series of the same name. He also wrote an extreme guide to outdoor pursuits, titled Bear Grylls Outdoor Adventures . In 2011, Grylls released his autobiography, Mud, Sweat and Tears: The Autobiography , followed by A Survival Guide for Life in late 2012 and True Grit in 2013. Grylls also wrote
1426-733: The islands derives from their traditional identification as the site of a hermitage used by Saint Tudwal during the 6th century. They are about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) east of the southern tip of the Llŷn Peninsula. There are two main islands: Saint Tudwal's Island West ( Welsh : Ynys Tudwal Fawr)( 52°47′56″N 4°28′18″W / 52.7988°N 4.4718°W / 52.7988; -4.4718 ( Saint Tudwal's Island West ) ) and Saint Tudwal's Island East ( Welsh : Ynys Tudwal Fach) ( 52°48′19″N 4°27′43″W / 52.8053°N 4.4620°W / 52.8053; -4.4620 ( Saint Tudwal's Island East ) ), plus
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1472-629: The nickname 'Bear' when he was a week old. He lived in Donaghadee until the age of four, when his family moved to Bembridge on the Isle of Wight . From an early age, he learned to climb and sail with his father, who was a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron . As a teenager, he learned to skydive and earned a second dan black belt in Shotokan karate. He speaks English, Spanish, German and French. He
1518-419: The previous record of 6,102 metres (20,019 ft). The feat was filmed for Discovery Channel worldwide as well as Channel 4 in the UK. While Grylls initially planned to cross over Everest itself, the permit was only to fly to the south of Everest, and he did not traverse Everest out of risk of violating Chinese airspace. In 2008, Grylls led a team of four to climb one of the most remote unclimbed peaks in
1564-547: The revival of the Eco-Challenge series, which is titled World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji . It involved teams from around the world competing in an adventure race, which took place in Fiji. The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 14 August 2020. Spring 2021, two-part ITV series featuring Jonny Wilkinson and Nicola Adams , respectively. Premiered in July 2022, it
1610-581: The second was the Running Wild episode featuring Ben Stiller . Grylls hosted Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls , a reality competition series filmed in New Zealand, which premiered on NBC on 8 July 2013. In Bear Grylls: Escape from Hell , he reveals the true life stories of ordinary people trapped in extraordinary situations of survival. The six-episode series premiered on the Discovery Channel in
1656-535: The six-part ITV series Bear Grylls: Mission Survive which features eight celebrities on a twelve-day survival mission. The series began airing on 20 February 2015. Mission Survive returned for a second series in 2016. In 2016, he presented a CITV series called Bear Grylls Survival School . Filming started in August 2015. The series began airing on 10 January 2016. A second series was scheduled to begin on 7 January 2017. In summer 2015, China's Dragon TV ordered
1702-481: The world in Antarctica, to raise funds for children's charity Global Angels and promote the use of alternative energies. During this mission the team also aimed to explore the coast of Antarctica by inflatable boat and jetski, part powered by bioethanol , and then to travel across some of the vast ice desert by wind-powered kite-ski and electric powered paramotor. However, the expedition was cut short after Grylls suffered
1748-459: The youngest Briton to have done so, as he was preceded by James Allen, a climber holding dual Australian and British citizenship, who reached the summit in 1995 at age 22. The record has since been surpassed by Jake Meyer and then Rob Gauntlett who summitted at age 19. To prepare for climbing at such high altitudes in the Himalayas , in 1997, Grylls became the youngest Briton to climb Ama Dablam ,
1794-500: Was 1 hour 36 minutes by a US team. Grylls, Hodgson, and MacDonald, using a vertical wind tunnel in Milton Keynes , broke the record by a few seconds. The attempt was in support of the charity Global Angels . In September 2010, Grylls led a team of five to take an ice-breaking rigid-inflatable boat (RIB) through 5,700 nautical miles (10,600 km) of the ice-strewn Northwest Passage . The expedition intended to raise awareness of
1840-545: Was appointed as The Scout Association ’s youngest-ever Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories at the age of 35, a post he has held for a second term since 2015 and in 2024 became the second longest serving Chief Scout after Robert Baden-Powell . On 5 September 2024, Grylls was succeeded as Chief Scout by Dwayne Fields . Grylls was born in Donaghadee , Northern Ireland , on 7 June 1974. His family has
1886-709: Was awarded the honorary rank of lieutenant commander in the Royal Naval Reserve . Then in 2013 he was awarded the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel in the Royal Marines Reserve , and promoted to honorary colonel in June 2021. In April 2024, Grylls was appointed honorary colonel of the Army Foundation College , serving as a figurehead for the college, a role once held by Captain Tom Moore . As such, he
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1932-442: Was facing a planning investigation by Gwynedd Council , after installing a slide into the sea. He has since taken the slide down, saying it was never intended to be permanent and that he would clear it with the council before using it again. Bear Grylls Edward Michael " Bear " Grylls OBE ( / ˈ ɡ r ɪ l z / ; born 7 June 1974) is a British adventurer, writer, television presenter and former SAS trooper who
1978-975: Was first broadcast in the UK on Channel 4, and in the US on the Military Channel . Grylls hosts a series titled Born Survivor: Bear Grylls for the British Channel 4 and broadcast as Man vs. Wild in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, and the United States, and as Ultimate Survival on the Discovery Channel in Europe, Asia, and Africa. The series features Grylls dropped into inhospitable places, showing viewers how to survive. Man vs. Wild debuted in 2006, and its success led it to lasting seven seasons over five years. The show has featured stunts including Grylls climbing cliffs, parachuting from helicopters, balloons, and planes, paragliding, ice climbing, running through
2024-504: Was granted a commission in the British Army as a local colonel for the duration of the appointment. On 16 May 1998, Grylls achieved his childhood dream of climbing to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, 18 months after breaking three vertebrae in a parachuting accident. At 23, he was at the time among the youngest people to have achieved this feat. There is some dispute over whether he was
2070-528: Was in aid of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award and The Prince's Trust . In 2007, Grylls embarked on a record-setting Parajet paramotor in Himalayas near Mount Everest. He took off from 4,400 metres (14,500 ft), 8 miles (13 km) south of the mountain. Grylls reported looking down on the summit during his ascent and coping with temperatures of −60 °C (−76 °F). He endured dangerously low oxygen levels and eventually reached 9,000 metres (29,500 ft), almost 3,000 metres (10,000 ft) higher than
2116-568: Was proud to be an Irish citizen. Grylls was educated at Eaton House , Ludgrove School and Eton College , where he helped start its first mountaineering club. He studied Spanish and German at the University of the West of England , Bristol and at Birkbeck College , where he graduated with a 2:2 bachelor's degree, obtained part-time, in Hispanic studies in 2002. After leaving school, Grylls hiked in
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