Action adventurer traveller Edward Michael Grylls is known simply as 'Bear'.
The 36-year-old Brit is best known as the face of his own television series on the Discovery Channel called "Man vs Wild".
Born on the Isle of Wright, Grylls found an early love for the great outdoors and at the age of eight, began learning to rock climb and sail.
After leaving school, Grylls enrolled in the United Kingdom Special Forces to work as a survival expert and medic. Grylls served two duties in North Africa.
In 1996, Grylls was involved in a free fall parachuting accident that caused severe injury to his back.
Two years later, Grylls achieved his childhood goal of being the youngest Briton to ever climb Mount Everest - being just 23 years old.
Since then, Grylls hasn't stopped trying to outdo the number of adventures he is part of.
Since 2000, Grylls has circumnavigated the UK on a jet ski, crossed the North Atlantic in an inflatable boat, paramotored over Angel Falls.
Today, Grylls is out with a new season of his popular adventure show "Man vs Wild". CNN
