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My work is all about adventure and teamwork in some of the most inhospitable jungles, mountains and deserts on the planet. If you aren't able to look after yourself and each other, then people die.

Bear Grylls

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Bear Grylls
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: June 7
Adventurer
Explorer
Motivational Speaker
Mountaineer
Television Presenter
Writer
London
England
Edward Michael Grylls
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Jungles
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Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive - the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.
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I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.
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I'm probably going to be the scruffiest Chief Scout you've ever had and my health and safety policy is non-existent.
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What I've learned over the years is that the path less traveled always makes for a more interesting journey. If you simply do what everyone else is doing, how can you ever expect to excel and create something wonderful and unique in your life?
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Above all, I feel a quiet pride that for the rest of my days I can look at myself in the mirror and know that once upon a time I was good enough. Good enough to call myself a member of the SAS. Some things don’t have a price tag.
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I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it.
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Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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Sometimes an ember is all we need.
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Nobody wants to end up super rich and famous - but divorced. I'm always clear on that and try to stay on the right side of the line.
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If you risk nothing you gain nothing
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One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.
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A wise man knows learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.
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The only difference between 'try' and 'triumph' is varying degrees of 'umph'
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For me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!
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I've eaten sheep's eyes, the still hot meat from a zebra killed by a lion, and maggots which give you 70 calories to the ounce.
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The lesson is, the rewards in life don't always go to the biggest, or the bravest, or the smartest. The rewards go to the dogged and when your going though hell, to the person who just keeps going.
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I train five days a week hard - but it is short and sharp - 30 to 40 minutes of functional and pretty dynamic body-strength circuits, then I do a good yoga session on the sixth day, then I rest.
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I grew up on survival shows and they were always just so...anoraky.
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All worthwhile journeys have big obstacles. It's the way of the world. The rewards go to those who can push through those trying moments and still manage to keep a smile on their face.
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