Bear Grylls Research Paper

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Bear Grylls was a very inspirational individual. Bear Grylls inspired a bunch of people to get outdoors more. Bear is known as one of the most skilled survivalist. He is number five in the world. Questions to be answered are… What obstacles has Bear overcome to be where he is now? What are Bear Grylls’s beliefs? What is Bear Grylls doing now to inspire others? Bear Grylls is a nickname his real name is Edward Michael Grylls. What obstacles has Bear overcome to be where he is now? Bear Grylls had to overcome many obstacles to get to where he is. “When he was a kid he remembered playing around with his dad then he got older and was now surviving by himself”. “When I was a kid, I vividly remember my father taking me horse riding on the beach one cold winter's day on the Isle of Wight. We walked for a bit, then trotted, then finally started to canter. I was loving it, but then suddenly, before I knew it, I was flying through the air and landing in a heap in the cold, wet sand - winded and scared” (gq magazine).
What are Bear Grylls’s beliefs? Bear Grylls is a
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Bear Grylls has his own tv show that the stars in. It is a survival show of him surviving in the wild. People can watch the show to get more inspired with the outdoors. “After Bear had that major injury his military career was over with. Once he was healed he started to be a survivalist and he climbed to the top of Mount Everest”. “Gryll suffered a free-fall parachuting accident in Zambia. His canopy ripped at 16,000 ft, partially opening, causing him to fall and land on his parachute pack on his back, which partially crushed three vertebrae.The accident shattered his military career. But, just 18 months after breaking three vertebrae in that parachuting accident, Gryll proved that hard work and great determinations can do any wonder. On 16 May 1998 he achieved his childhood dream; he climbed the summit of Mount Everest”

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