Wild.” Indeed, the “Wild” portion of Grylls’s career gets short shrift the author doesn’t mention it in a significant way until page 378 in a 408-page book.īut at least Grylls gets off to what he might call a “cracking” good start, with a focus on the explorer’s forebears. Although compelling in spots, the book may disappoint fans craving new details about every dangerous trek he has undertaken during six seasons of “Man vs. Grylls’s autobiography, “ Mud, Sweat, and Tears,” is an attempt to recount that transformation. How did the son of a conservative member of the British Parliament become, arguably, the most famous outdoorsman in the world, a mountaineering superhero who strongly resembles actor Christian Bale but dons REI apparel instead of Batman’s cape? What they might not know about the globetrotting TV star is his back story. Wild” - the Discovery Channel show that turned Grylls’s name into a brand synonymous with extreme adventure and scrappy survival tactics - already knows this. Bear Grylls is the kind of guy who flings himself out of airplanes, seeks shelter in the bloody carcasses of camels and drinks water squeezed from elephant dung.Īnyone who has watched “ Man vs.
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