Bear Grylls is a man who has always sought the ultimate in adventure. Growing up on the Isle of Wight, he was taught by his father to sail and climb at an early age... He embarked upon the notoriously gruelling selection course for the British Special Forces to join 21 SAS... Then, in a horrific free-fall parachuting accident in Africa Bear broke his back in three places. It was touch and go whether he would ever walk again However, only eighteen months later... Bear became one of the youngest ever climbers to scale Everest, aged only twenty-three. But this was just the beginning of his many extraordinary adventures...