Bear Grylls Quote

Over the next few days we spent every waking moment together. We made up silly dances, did puzzles in the evening, and she stood smiling on the beach waiting for me as I took my customary New Year’s dip in the freezing cold North Atlantic.I just had a sense that we were meant to be.I even found out she lived in the next-door road along from where I was renting a room from a friend in London. What were the chances of that?As the week drew to a close we both got ready to head back south to London. She was flying. I was driving.I’ll beat you to London, I challenged her.She smiled knowingly. No, you won’t. (But I love your spirit.)She, of course, won. It took me ten hours to drive. But at 10:00 P.M. that same night I turned up at her door and knocked.She answered in her pajamas.Damn, you were right, I said, laughing. Shall we go for some supper together?I’m in my pajamas, Bear.I know, and you look amazing. Put a coat on. Come on.And so she did.Our first date, and Shara in her pajamas. Now here was a cool girl.From then on we were rarely apart. I delivered love letters to her office by day and persuaded her to take endless afternoons off.We roller-skated in the parks, and I took her down to the Isle of Wight for the weekends.Mum and Dad had since moved to my grandfather’s old house in Dorset, and had rented out our cottage on the island. But we still had an old caravan parked down the side of the house, hidden under a load of bushes, so any of the family could sneak into it when they wanted.The floors were rotten and the bath full of bugs, but neither Shara nor I cared.It was heaven just to be together.Within a week I knew she was the one for me and within a fortnight we had told each other that we loved each other, heart and soul.Deep down I knew that this was going to make having to go away to Everest for three and a half months very hard.But if I survived, I promised myself that I would marry this girl.

Bear Grylls

Over the next few days we spent every waking moment together. We made up silly dances, did puzzles in the evening, and she stood smiling on the beach waiting for me as I took my customary New Year’s dip in the freezing cold North Atlantic.I just had a sense that we were meant to be.I even found out she lived in the next-door road along from where I was renting a room from a friend in London. What were the chances of that?As the week drew to a close we both got ready to head back south to London. She was flying. I was driving.I’ll beat you to London, I challenged her.She smiled knowingly. No, you won’t. (But I love your spirit.)She, of course, won. It took me ten hours to drive. But at 10:00 P.M. that same night I turned up at her door and knocked.She answered in her pajamas.Damn, you were right, I said, laughing. Shall we go for some supper together?I’m in my pajamas, Bear.I know, and you look amazing. Put a coat on. Come on.And so she did.Our first date, and Shara in her pajamas. Now here was a cool girl.From then on we were rarely apart. I delivered love letters to her office by day and persuaded her to take endless afternoons off.We roller-skated in the parks, and I took her down to the Isle of Wight for the weekends.Mum and Dad had since moved to my grandfather’s old house in Dorset, and had rented out our cottage on the island. But we still had an old caravan parked down the side of the house, hidden under a load of bushes, so any of the family could sneak into it when they wanted.The floors were rotten and the bath full of bugs, but neither Shara nor I cared.It was heaven just to be together.Within a week I knew she was the one for me and within a fortnight we had told each other that we loved each other, heart and soul.Deep down I knew that this was going to make having to go away to Everest for three and a half months very hard.But if I survived, I promised myself that I would marry this girl.

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About Bear Grylls

Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls (; born 7 June 1974) is a British former SAS trooper who is a survival expert, adventurer, and television presenter. 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 was appointed as The Scout Association’s youngest-ever Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories at age 35, a post he has held for a second term since 2015 and in 2024 became the 2nd longest serving Chief Scout after Robert Baden-Powell.