Bear - being a young boy back then - and his father would go mountain climbing. Bear knew no fear and was always in for new challenges. During service in the Special Air Service, Bear broke his back in three places in a parachuting accident. I didn't keep him from becoming the youngest British climber to complete a summit and descent of Mount Everest, at the early age of 23 years old. His injuries never kept him from doing what he likes to do most: challenge nature!
Bear is something special, really. You should watch one of his shows. He and his team from Man versus Wild (Discovery Channel) go to odd and far off places, to demonstrate survival techniques. He would cross an ice cold river - naked! The image that knocked me over though, was the one of Bear in the Sahara. The Berbers had given him a dead dromedary. Bear wanted to show how the dead animal could mean water/food/shelter for him. He skinned the dromedary, slit open his stomach and stuck his hand deep in the cavity of the animal. He pulled out the digested food - it had a horrendous smell - held it over his mouth and squeezed the fluids out, right into his mouth. Ugh! He then ate the raw intestines, before hiding himself inside the cadaver, covered by the flap of skin. What a macabre sight..
Whenever you know his Man VS Wild is on, try to watch it. You'll be startled..
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