Running Wild Recap: Deaf Actor Troy Kotsur Goes Over a Cliff with Bear Grylls
Troy Kotsur is ready for Bear Grylls to teach him to face off with nature as the two embark on an adventure in the Scottish Highlands.
Aaron Rasmussen
Aaron Rasmussen is a Brooklyn-based writer who is always up for an adventure in a far-flung destination, whether it’s exploring the Ring Road in Iceland, snorkeling coral reefs in Panama or swimming with sharks in the Seychelles Islands. His favorite season is winter, so it’s a dream of his to visit as many colder destinations as he can, including Greenland and his last still-to-be-seen continent, Antarctica.
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Running Wild Recap: ‘Wicked’ Star Cynthia Erivo Battles Eerie Caves and Bewitching Waterfalls
In this week’s episode of Running Wild the Challenge, Bear Grylls teams up with ‘Wicked’ star Cynthia Erivo in the South of Wales.
Adventure
Running Wild Recap: Benedict Cumberbatch Gets Emotional after Bear Pulls off the Impossible
Bear Grylls is teaching essential survival skills to the world’s biggest celebrities on the second season of Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge (Sundays on National Geographic at 9/8c). This week, he’s meeting up with Benedict Cumberbatch on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Following the learning phase of their two-day adventure, which includes [...]
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I Survived Bear Grylls, Episode 8 Recap: Do They Bite?
In the eighth and final episode of I Survived Bear Grylls, Season 2, the survivalist and toughest man on the planet is making sure whoever wins his contest really puts in the work to earn the $10,000 grand prize. “We’re about to find out if you’re as tough as you think you are,” Bear tells [...]
Adventure
Running Wild Recap: Bradley Cooper Faces Fears and Conquers a Chasm
On the premiere episode of Running Wild, Bear Grylls meets up with Bradley Cooper in the rugged canyons of Wyoming.
Culture
I Survived Bear Grylls, Episode 7 Recap: I Need Boobs!
In episode 7 of I Survived Bear Grylls (Thursdays on TBS at 9:00 pm ET/PT), Bear meets the latest survivalists up to the challenge.
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I Survived Bear Grylls, Episode 6 Recap: Bear’s Intimate Ice Bath
Five new contestants are vying for $10,000, thinking they’ve got what it takes to beat whatever challenge evil mastermind Bear Grylls can throw their way over the course of four challenges. “I’m here to tell you, be prepared, because survival hurts and survival stinks,” Bear warns. And he’s not kidding. On the sixth episode of [...]
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I Survived Bear Grylls, Episode 5 Recap: Hit Me with Your Best Shock
A grand prize of $10,000 is on the line, and five players are determined to live up to the chance to best each other — and overcome some wild wilderness challenges based on experiences survivalist Bear Grylls has conquered. On the fifth episode of the first season of I Survived Bear Grylls (Thursdays on TBS at [...]
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I Survived Bear Grylls, Episode 3 Recap: Mom’s Gonna Kill Me
A new crop of budding survivalists has gotten off the couch this week to see if they have what it takes to score the $10,000 grand prize on I Survived Bear Grylls (Thursdays on TBS at 9:00 pm ET/PT). “You’re going to be taken to your limits,” evil mastermind Bear promises, explaining the challenges will [...]
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I Survived Bear Grylls, Episode 2 Recap: Going Commando
Bear Grylls has always sought out the most extreme challenges, and now he’s offering the same thrill of adventure — and the top prize of $10,000 — to prospective survivalists on his new competition series, I Survived Bear Grylls (Thursdays on TBS at 9:00 pm ET/PT). “Welcome to what is probably going to be the roughest, [...]