Yvonne Gordon is an award-winning adventure travel writer whose work has appeared in The Guardian, BBC Travel, National Geographic, Lonely Planet, The Washington Post and Men's Journal. Her global adventures include drift-ice-walking in Japan, igloo-building in Slovakia, packrafting in Italy, snorkelling in Iceland's Silfra fissure, climbing to an ice cave in Alaska and sailing remote archipelagos. Her awards include Adventure Travel Journalist of the Year (2019).
Bear Grylls has completed many challenges in his career, but he is probably best known for his action-packed TV shows such as Running Wild, where he takes A-list celebrities to remote places to teach them survival skills. With his latest show I Survived Bear Grylls running on the small screen, we take a look at [...]
During his years of adventuring in the wild, survivalist Bear Grylls has figured out many clever ways of cooking, using materials from nature. Best of all, these methods save on carrying or washing pots and pans. Here are some favorites that Bear has written about: Mud baking Baking something like a fish in mud is [...]
Survival expert Bear Grylls regularly comes across some of the world’s most dangerous animals, on land and in the water. We have often seen how he deals with a snake bite or a —crocodile attack, but what about underwater? Bear has encountered some dangerous creatures in rivers, lakes, and the ocean. If you are spending [...]
Adventurer and survival expert Bear Grylls has met all sorts of fierce and hungry creatures during his time in the wild, and he has learned a few tricks to keep them away from his precious food supplies. Bears in particular have an amazing sense of smell are known for raiding campsites if they smell food [...]
Anyone who has ever been lost in the wild will know how useful a compass is for navigation – and nobody knows this more than survivalist Bear Grylls. A compass tells you which direction is north, whether it is a tiny button compass or a special ‘lensatic’ compass, which has a lid, magnifying glass, and [...]
Strap in. Grab the snacks. Put your phone on do not disturb. Get ready to see something completely different from Bear Grylls. The brand new Bear Grylls TV show, I Survived Bear Grylls, starts this Thursday, May 18 on TBS, and even though you’ve probably watched him on screen before, doing some extreme challenges and [...]
Not many people like being in underground spaces, but survivalist Bear Grylls has explored many tunnel systems during his life. He has written about how, during his school days, he led his fellow pupils from Eton on secret night-time adventures such as crossing the local town via its old sewers. In his biography Mud, Sweat [...]
“Crocodiles are fearsome predators. They can grow up to 16 feet long and 1,200 pounds in weight. They are the ultimate predators,” says survivalist Bear Grylls, who has met his fair share of crocodiles over his years of adventure and survival, especially in the world’s jungles. Bear has two main pieces of advice on how [...]
As well as being an accomplished adventurer and Chief Scout, Bear Grylls is a best-selling author. He has written over 90 books, and his new book, You Vs the World, is written for young people, aiming to help them develop the mindset they need to thrive in the world. Bear recognizes that kids today have [...]
Bear Grylls is getting ready to attend the Coronation of Britain’s King Charles III on Saturday, May 6 at Westminster Abbey, London, but it won’t be his first brush with royalty as he already has many royal connections. Bear holds the role of Chief Scout, and as the organization’s figurehead, he is expected to attend [...]
