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Savvy survivor
| Michael Grylls tames the wild, once more |
Wild adventures Bear Grylls with an alligator
Michael Bear Grylls nurtured a childhood dream “of climbing big mountains and getting a job where he could be covered in mud and grime all day”. Years later, he became the youngest Brit to scale Mount Everest at 23. Bear Grylls is now a c elebrity survival expert, hosting the third edition of “Man Vs. Wild” on Discovery Channel. In the third series, Grylls raises the bar and tests his skills in the toughest terrains. Grylls will parachute into the Siberian Tundra, face the wrath of the waterfalls of Dominican Republic, journey through the Sahara Desert in peak summer and step into swamps in Indonesia. “We went to Sahara Desert in mid summer when the temperature was above 50 degrees. Three crew members had to be evacuated with heat stroke.”. “My dad taught me to climb when I was five. .” Before his stint with the British Army, Grylls wanted to work with the Indian army. He shares, “I went mountain climbing in West Bengal and Darjeeling. I’m looking forward to getting back to India to shoot.”
His daring adventures have also given him broken bones and back injuries. “I suffered a parachuting accident that made me realise I’ve been lucky to survive. I take a laminated picture of my wife and two kids with me everywhere.” There have been allegations that some portions of his series were pre-planned . Grylls agrees, “We pre-plan to show viewers how to survive. Two days before a shoot, I get the rescue guys and we go through the detailed plan .”
(Man Vs. Wild airs every Tuesday at 9 p.m. on Discovery)
SANGEETHA DEVI DUNDOO
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