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I've fallen down crevasses, been bitten by snakes, been knocked unconscious, had various limbs broken and once, a heavy camera came plunging down which very nearly decapitated me.

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
Came
Unconscious
Nearly
Fallen
Decapitated
Camera
Plunging
Cameras
Bitten
Heavy
Knocked
Various
Snakes
Broken
Limbs

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