贝尔•格里尔斯（Bear Grylls），现代的终极探险家、前特种部队战士、空手道黑带高手、热爱向高度挑战的登山者。曾在英国特种部队（British Special Forces）的21空降特勤团（21 SAS）待过三年，后来在一次近乎致命的空降意外中背部断裂三处，才忍痛离开特种部队。二年后，格里尔斯追寻着儿时梦想，成为最年轻的登山家之一，成功征服了珠穆朗玛峰的顶峰。现在则在DISCOVERY频道，担任「荒野求生」影集的演出人。

◎1997年，创下「攀越喜马拉雅山‧珠穆朗玛峰之最年轻者」纪录。

◎1998年5月26日，以「登上珠穆朗玛峰的顶峰之最年轻者」（23岁），跃登《金氏世界纪录》（The Guinness Book of Records）。

◎曾在极端气候、氧气有限的「死亡地带」（海拔两万六千英呎）下求生超过九十天。

◎其著作的第一本书为《面对》（Facing Up，美国版名为《攀登艾佛勒斯峰的孩子》The Kid who climbed Everest），为十大畅销书之一

◎ 美国「欧普拉秀」（Oprah Show）、杰雷诺之今夜秀（Jay leno's Tonight show）、英国广播电台（BBC）「强纳生◎罗斯的周末夜」（Friday night with Jonathon Ross）、天堂人间（Heaven and Earth）等著名节目邀请的常客。

◎2003年，成功带领一组队伍，以一艘开放式的充气艇，横越冰冻的北冰洋，纪录此次冒险的书《面对冰冻之海》（Facing the Frozen Ocean），入选年度运动选书，并以此冒险经历获颁英国皇家海军（Royal Navy）海军少校的名誉职。

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In Man vs. Wild , Bear Grylls demonstrates all manner of survival techniques when faced with nature's extremes--from crossing piranha-infested rivers to fighting off grizzly bears. He shows us how, armed with the correct know-how and a determination to stay alive, all of us have the potential to beat the elements in even the bleakest of situations. Bear Grylls is the ultimate modern-day adventurer. He spent three years with the British Special Forces (21 SAS), only leaving when a near-fatal parachuting accident broke his back in three places. Just two years later, Grylls followed his childhood dream and became one of the youngest climbers ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He is the host of the Discovery Channel series Man vs. Wild , where viewers tune in to watch Grylls show what it takes to find your way out of the most inhospitable places on earth with little more than the clothes on your back. Now, in his book, he shows his millions of fans worldwide how to do what he does in an utterly entertaining crash course in surviving every kind of hard ecosystem--mountain, sub-zero terrain, jungle, desert, and the sea. Grylls takes readers on a journey to the corners of the earth and recreates disaster scenarios such as being stranded on a desert island or lost in the snowy Arctic. Perfect for armchair adventurers and extreme sports buffs alike, Man vs. Wild is destined to become a classic in adventure literature. Prepare to learn how to ... Snack on maggots Dig yourself a shelter from the snow Suck the fluid from fish eyeballs Skin a snake and eat it Use your own urine to cool yourself down Live without your cell phone "When disaster strikes and we find ourselves alone in an unknown and hostile environment, why do some people survive and others perish? Almost all of the most extraordinary tales of survival seem to involve an indefinable Ingredient X, which can only be understood as having its source in that mysterious entity, the `human spirit.'"

--Bear Grylls, Man vs. Wild