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Rivers can offer a route to safety if you are lost, and though they may not look dangerous at first, a river can be unpredictable and quickly change in an instant. Melting snow from a mountain, or flooding in heavy rain can cause flash floods, or the river surface might look calm but underneath there [...]
As a survivalist, Chief Scout, and former SAS Reserve, Bear Grylls spends most of his time in the outdoors, and he has learned how nature and time outside can help reduce stress. From climbing Mount Everest to crossing the Atlantic in a tiny RIB, from dealing with dangerous snakes and angry crocodiles to eating giant [...]
Survivalist Bear Grylls always talks about how finding water is one of the key priorities of survival. But when you do find water, you need to be able to filter and purify it—and boiling is a good way to purify it. You can also cook things in boiling water to kill two birds with one [...]
Bear Grylls has spent time in many of the world’s hottest deserts, and he’s figured out some, er, creative ways to find water—remember that time he squeezed it from some camel dung? Thankfully, he also knows some more conventional ways to find water. Understand the risks If you become lost in the desert, dehydration is [...]
As a survivalist, Bear Grylls has spent a lot of time in the world’s jungles—remember those gripping episodes of Man Vs. Wild in Borneo? And while he has many tips on how to survive there, if you’re lost and don’t think help is coming, you’ll need to work out how to navigate out of the [...]
Beach vacations. The phrase evokes warm sun, soft sand, stunning sunrises and sunsets and total relaxation. But a trip to the beach can also be associated with sunburn and dehydration, if you don’t properly protect yourself and your family. You might have considered traveling with your own beach shelter, in the form of a tent. [...]
Bear Grylls has written about how to avoid hypothermia and frostbite, but the condition called hyperthermia, where the body overheats, is just as dangerous. So what is hyperthermia? The average normal body temperature is generally 98.6°F (37°C), while it can vary from 97°F (36.1°C) to 99°F (37.2°C) or more, depending on your anatomy, the time [...]
One of many things Bear Grylls has had to become expert at (mostly) is avoiding getting bitten by all the little jungle critters and creepy crawlies while adventuring himself or filming on location. He offers up some insider tips on avoiding bug bites in the jungle. Look down While you might picture flying insects all [...]
Bear Grylls has spent much time in the polar regions, having conducted expeditions in both the Arctic and Antarctica. As a survivalist, he knows that snow and ice always makes navigation and movement more hazardous. In polar regions, the basic skills of navigation can be even more challenging, with landscapes that can have few features, [...]
The climbers behind the new documentary Finding Michael say the difficulty in searching above 29,000 feet on Everest is why more bodies of lost climbers are not brought home. Released earlier this month, Finding Michael tells the story of Michael Matthews, who summited Everest summit 1999 at the age of 22, becoming the youngest Briton [...]
