![]() ![]() It was touch and go whether he would ever walk again. ![]() Then, in a horrific free-fall parachuting accident in Africa, Bear broke his back in three places. On returning home, he embarked upon the notoriously gruelling selection course for the British Special Forces to join 21 SAS - a journey that was to push him to the very limits of physical and mental endurance. As a teenager, he found identity and purpose through both mountaineering and martial arts, which led the young adventurer to the foothills of the mighty Himalaya and a grandmaster's karate training camp in Japan. Inevitably, it wasn't long before Bear was leading out-of-bounds night-climbing missions at school. Growing up on the Isle of Wight, he was taught by his father to sail and climb at an early age. 409 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cmīear Grylls is a man who has always sought the ultimate in adventure. ![]()
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