Bear Grylls Quote

So much happened, though, in our early, prechildren days, that served to turn our life around irretrievably.Much of it came from small, serendipitous, unlikely turns of events--like driving for many hours to do a small Everest talk for a charity and finding out afterward that the young son of the head of Channel 4 (the large UK TV network) was there.He then told his dad that I should do a TV show for the network.Kids, eh?Or getting spotted by the Discovery Channel, after having been chosen out of many climbers to be the subject of a big worldwide Sure for Men deodorant TV campaign. (Ironically, this one came just days after Dad died--which always felt like his little spark of a parting gift to me. And, wow, there were so many little gifts from him throughout his life.)But would I ever have done the bigger TV shows without minibreaks like those?I doubt it.But from small acorns grow big oaks.

Bear Grylls

So much happened, though, in our early, prechildren days, that served to turn our life around irretrievably.Much of it came from small, serendipitous, unlikely turns of events--like driving for many hours to do a small Everest talk for a charity and finding out afterward that the young son of the head of Channel 4 (the large UK TV network) was there.He then told his dad that I should do a TV show for the network.Kids, eh?Or getting spotted by the Discovery Channel, after having been chosen out of many climbers to be the subject of a big worldwide Sure for Men deodorant TV campaign. (Ironically, this one came just days after Dad died--which always felt like his little spark of a parting gift to me. And, wow, there were so many little gifts from him throughout his life.)But would I ever have done the bigger TV shows without minibreaks like those?I doubt it.But from small acorns grow big oaks.

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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.