The adventurer has previously collaborated with several Indian personalities, from Prime Minister Narendra Modi - featuring on an episode of 'Man vs Wild' - to superstars Akshay Kumar and Rajinikanth. Grylls is currently hosting Discovery's survival show 'Into The Wild With Bear Grylls', which recently featured actor Ajay Devgn in an episode. There have been many close calls,' he added. Whether it was pinned in rapids, caught in rock falls, avalanches, parachute failures or close encounters with sharks and crocodiles, or bitten by snakes. 'Certainly in the early days of 'Man vs Wild', I should have died 20 times. But it (doing adventure) is a big part of my life, it's something I do all the time and that's a conscious choice, to embrace the difficult stuff and do the things that I find scary.'ĭuring his career, the adventurer said there have been numerous occasions when he has felt he 'won't make it alive'. Ever since I broke my back in that accident, it has been super hard. But the adventurer said the incident has not let fear overpower him. In 1996, Grylls was involved in a free-fall parachuting accident in Kenya, which fractured his three vertebrae. The British adventurer recalled how there have been several moments, both on and off the show, where he had had near-death experiences. I've learned to always do the difficult stuff,' Grylls told PTI in an interview. 'Most people spend their life running from the stuff that they're scared of and the fear gets bigger. I've learned that the best way to overcome our fears is always right through the middle.Īlso Read | 'Into the Wild': Actor Ajay Devgn opens up on his Indian Ocean adventure with Bear Grylls

You have to find a way over those scary things.

'It is ok to be scared by stuff, to feel that fear, it's natural. Wild' in mid 2000s, which featured him navigating his way through some of the most inhospitable, dangerous places.įrom climbing cliffs, wrestling alligators, eating snakes to running through forest fire, Grylls has done it all and the 47-year-old said his takeaway from his life has been to never hide from fear. Grylls shot to fame with his globally popular series 'Man vs. Getting himself into difficult situations is a conscious choice, says ace adventure Bear Grylls, who believes that walking through the 'middle' of his fears have helped him come out stronger.

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