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I do see a lot of the hard end of ecology, and my feeling is that we live on a super-exciting planet but a super-fragile one.

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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