The Fall of Bear Grylls
July 27, 2007
ExplorersWeb is at it, yet again. When I first started following this story, I questioned ExplorersWeb’s intentions. Well it looks like they just may have been on to something. Information is coming out of the woodworks on Bear, not only about his supposed flight over the top of Mt. Everest..but now it seems it may just be about his whole career…
I recieved a tip today about Mr. Grylls, in regards to his previous military service–after stopping by ExplorersWeb, it seems that they have recieved the same tip, as they have included this in their lead story…seems like the viewers are starting to get disgruntled at Mr. Grylls and are passing on the tips to sites like this one, The Adventure Blog and ExplorersWeb. Here is the lowdown:
Mr. Grylls was indeed in the SAS or the British Special Forces, as he claims. What he doesn’t mention to the public is that he was in the SAS (21)–an easier and less dangerous branch filled with prospects looking to get into the SAS (22)–the hardcore, real deal.
Bear also mentions on his site that he got out because he was in a “horendous” helicopter accident in Africa that left his back broken in three places… We are still looking to verify this information as well–
So much has been coming out about Bear making up stories, changing words as he pleases–and in a sense trying to create a persona in the media that is a little far from the truth, that nobody is real sure about what to believe…
Even his shows Man vs. Wild and Born Survivor: Bear Grylls try to create him as this mythic superhuman that can and does get out of any situation–Alive. Over the past couple of weeks, reports of what is really going on during these “Adventure Excursions” is starting to become more clear–they have been meticulously set-up to trick the viewer that Bear was actually doing everything he says, yet in reality, it was prearranged.
ExplorersWebs intentions, I am sure, was not to discredit Mr. Grylls in the beginning, but as the story has come around full circle now and every detail of Bear’s career is being analyzed, I think it is safe that we can all assume that nothing is as it seems.
For the complete breakdown of the truth vs. lies of Bear Grylls, I request that you head on over to the ExplorersWeb site and check out their lead story…
I guess to me, personally, I am now even questioning whether or not their is a Bear Grylls, or if this is all just a made up media blitz as well. I guess we will all have to wait and see..
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This guy… “Bear” Grylis is a JOKE!!! A complete exploiter of who is he NOT!! Goes out with a camera guy or possibly TWO… carries a sat phone so that he can call Mommy if he really gets in trouble. The REAL deal… is Survivor Man… who carts his own camera’s and is REALLY out there on his own.
“Bear” Grylis…. yeah, right. It doesn’t suprise me about the above being true and that who he makes himself out to be is NOT.
Peace to all.
I agree, real disappointing. Although if you go to Les Stroud’s official website, http://www.lesstroudonline.com/faq.html , he admits that he does indeed carry a satellite phone along with his camera gear in case of emergency. The fact is, both of these guys are not out there ‘all alone’. It’s TV and there are producers involved who need ratings, so some things are pre-arranged. While they could both be killed by an animal attack or falling accident, etc. there are safety measures in place to make sure they’re both safe as can be and I’m sure they’re location is always known more by the crews.
This “Bear” is so fake, it’s no longer funny. Some journalist should start to look into all he said..
Bearwiki shows the way…
http://www.daughtersoftiresias.org/bearwiki/Evidence
From the posts that I’ve read I see alot of people seem to think Bear Grylls is “fake”. Am I missing something?
Did he not just eat those sheep eyeballs and that dead zebra. Did he not just climb down that waterfall? How is this fake? They have it on film. Try watching it instead of talking trash that makes no sense. and show me some proof that its fake. wheres your proof? a bunch a cheap talk is all I hear.
Yea Bear has a camera crew and Les films all by himself. Lets see here. Since when was carrying camera equipment and filming ever part of survival. I dont see how their connected at all. Its acutally really stupid and a huge burden to film yourself like Les does. He has to walk back and forth setting up cameras which takes away his focus and time from surviving. Plus since hes filming it himslef its low quality amatuer filming. FIlming and surviving are two seperate skills just like anything else.
I have spend many years out in the wild,camping, filming wild animals and hunting with success. Bear Grylis is the only one so far that I’ve seen that has what it takes to survive in the wild. Les whatever his name is, is the real wimp, whinning, he makes me and my wife sick watching this joker. You can see Bear eating nasty stuff, climbing and doing feats that is awesome!!! Period! Bear shows people how to survive and that is what his show is about. He doesn’t have to kill himself to prove he’s the best. I know that If I had to pick between survivor woman or Bear, I’d pick Bear because I know that he would demonstrate how you could survive or keep alive through a bad situation. I’ve heard that he sometimes goes to a motel somtimes during a shoot, but so what. The things he does in front of the camera is real and all you people who think otherwise is jealous of him because he has a show and you don’t!!
I haven’t looked into the claims being made by ExploersWeb, but I have watched a number of Bear’s shows and I don’t see how you can slam the guy for being dishonest. On the Chomolungma/Sagarmatha flight, they never claimed he flew over the summit. The gave the elevation he was at when his altimeter broke. They also gave his average climb rate and how much longer he climbed after it broke, but they never claimed any height higher than the last report of his altimeter and they clearly showed where he was in relation to Chomolungma/Sagarmatha.
In his Man vs. Wild shows, he tells the viewers when he’s getting help. In an Alaska show he admitted that a crew member caught the fish he ate. In Iceland, he admitted that the sheep had been left for him. I don’t remember the details, but there have been other times he’s admitted to getting aid.
I think the point that people are missing is that he’s filming a TV show about surviving in the wild - NOT surviving in the wild. Why would he jump into quicksand intentionally if he was just trying to survive? Why would he forgo using his flint and make a fire with two sticks?
I’d have less respect for him if he didn’t use some common sense safety precautions. He has a wife and kid(s?). It would be irresponsible not to take precautions.
Maybe he has put the best possible spin on his past - who here with a resume can claim otherwise? - and some elements of his show are staged - ohmigawd a TV show which isn’t 100% straight documentary - but I’d still give him better odds of surviving in the wild than 99.99% of the people living in the cities around the world.
Fake or not I like the way he delivers his message. He is interesting and very informed on what he is doing. Most of the armchair quaterbacks who are finding fault with him are most likely fat, out of shape and miserable people with nothing else to do but try and make some one else as unhappy as they are. I like his show. If you don’t like his show go eat a gallon of icecream and get fatter.
Someones gotta change this title, for all those wimps making all kinds of allegation, step back and show what you can do instead instead of whining.
This guy is truely inspirational and he has got aid only when he absolutely required, but all the experiences he has gone through is definitely true.
Bear you rock bro
Our family loves Bear - he goes to tons of cool places, is fun to watch, and even though I’ll never be in one of his “survival” situations, he gives lots of interesting facts and tips that make his show stand out from a lot of the other “reality” shows out there. Plus, it’s not like just anyone could do what he’s doing…he truly exhibits strength of mind, body and character (who else is going to squeeze water out of elephant poop and drink it just for show - that takes a special person!) Stop knocking Bear!
Bear gets wet every show. Half the time, he’s in an area where getting wet, especially head to toe, including your gear, would prove FATAL. For me, climbing down a freezing cold waterfall 60ft would also prove FATAL, no matter if my life depended on it. The stuff he does is exploitive, like a thrillseeker, and I distinctly get the impression that almost none of his advice would help save me if I were in the same situation, but only speed up my demise!
On the other hand, Survivorman really does survive on his own…… and if you watch the one where he is on an aircraft liferaft out in the pacific ocean….. you see him actually lose contact with the crew using his sat phone… so for 15hrs.. he was REALLY in deep sh#t… and you could see the stress and concern in his face.. and in his voice…. it was compelling to watch!
Bear the Steven Segal of survivalists.
Aside from being tougher than Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal is also a talented musician. I am not aware of Bear being capable on any instruments, so that analogy gets thrown out. Bear also has no panache, so the Ricardo Montalban of survivalists also gets the heave-ho. Perhaps the David Hasselhoff of Survivalists…
Bottom line, is regardless of whether Bear stays in hotels or not, you can’t fake the things he does. The show is supposed to be informative. He obviously had to have been in the situations like these before, and has to be quite knowledgeable about nature; to be able to know what to or not to eat/drink is a tough task in itself. While I watch his show, I say to myself the things he does are logical and can be done by most “semi-fit humans.” They may seem repulsive or ridiculous but they are certainly not impossible and that’s what matters, that it is realistic. If your life depended on it would you sleep in a camel carcass to stay out of sun? Would you bite a snakes head off and eat the rest of it? If you have any drive in life or something to look forward to you probably would. The fact that shows like this are on the air is great, and much more beneficial to the public than watching “TMZ” so we can get all the gossip on Hollywood stars, THAT’S RIDICULOUS, WHO CARES!!
http://survival.com/IVB/index.php?showtopic=14800
Go to this address and take a look at the possible life-threatening things this charlatan does. Ron Hood, of Hoods Woods, along with 90% of the people who are members of his online community are smarter and better prepared to do things the way they should be done in a true survival situation.
If the link doesn’t work, cut and paste it. I’m not too computer savvy, since I spend way too much time getting dirty working on skills!
It is sad that people are taking the fact that some of Bear’s background has been hyped so hard… its a TV Show people! I love love love the show, but even I knew the first one I saw that those producers and crew spent thier nights in much better accomodations than some shoddy manufactured hammock in the everglades!
The show is meant to give you a sense of what it might be like, not what it is like. Bear is there as a stoic, attractive guide who can appear experienced and is not afraid to eat goat testicals raw if needs be. What explorer is upset because the show seems to claim he’s the greatest man on earth? I call you gullible, and challenge you to a TV Show Showdown to see what other reality TV crap can fool you into believing it was created to do anything other than make money!
Oh! And Who Cares if he was in SAS 29 or SAS 300 or SAS 21… was his designation SAS??? Then get over it! At the start of the show he says something like “I was in SAS” He does NOT say, “i was in the baddest SAS branch that killed more men women and children than the plague and I am superhuman.” Oh, he was in the “whimpy” SAS group… how horribly insulting is it to the thousands of other members of his group to slander their branch in the name of destroying Bear’s reputation?? Can we think beyond our own insecurities for a moment and imagine other people with feelings? Or after so long surviving on Everest or in the Pacific alone have you TRUE survivor peeps lost all social skills?
And finally, to all those crazy explorers out there who lay claim to authenticity, if you are threatened, or feel your lifestyle is being done a disservice by Bear’s portrayal of survival techniques, you are watching too much TV and should be out surviving in the middle of the amazon or something… But seriously, if you are upset, don’t watch the show!! And please refrain from making claims as to what his show is doing to the freakin’ children! “Oh, the children, what is Bear teaching the children that will get them killed!!!” That’s a cheap cheap trick that removes responsiblity from the parents. Talk to your kids, know where they are and what they are doing and they won’t try to lasso horses or bite the heads off of snakes. I tell my kids, who also love the show too, not to go out and do anything stupid. TV is entertainment only. And that’s the Truth.
cmon people its a tv show if you dont like it heres an idea your little brain obviously hasnt had through it ok are you ready? CHANGE THE CHANNEL for the rest of us its not about the hype or the so called stories for gods sake he could say he was a fricking leprecahn and id still watch and he acually doesnt claim to not have help in many shows as a matter of fact the show i watched tonite he couldnt spear a fish and states ” well the camera man had better luck” and goes on to explain the edible parts he intends to ingest he alters situations soley to show other possible survival techneques if you cant handle that oh well he isnt in the market to DIE he is there to teach and yes also to make money oh no im sure you dont work for yours so shame on him but most of us do as for LES if you dont think things arent pre arranged for him or he doesnt at the very least have a loose script you are smoking crack as for the sat phone bear carries LES carries a spot emergency responce locator ok lets see we can call or we can hit one button that … well that calls for help its the same thing different way jesus open your eyes or change the channel i dont care for LES but i dont sit online for hours looking for places to bash him its a difference of opinion in the same skill set
Jealousy is a damned thing.. I’ve first heard of Bear Grylls less than one year ago, when I caught one of his shows on the Discovery Channel. The guy is for real, he does every stunt on his own, eats disgusting things, brings the feeling of survival and getting back to nature to all of us sitting in our nice houses, miles away from the wilderness. And now, some people like this Hendricks person question this and bash Bear just because they’re blind with envy??? Stop being jealous and get a life. Don’t you understand that the show includes at least one or two more people? They are not going to die if something goes seriously wrong just to satisfy your sick need for ‘realism’!!!
Bear is the man!
You know something Bearlover, if you looked you would see that this post was made in July of last year. Since that time, if you would do some research, you would find that Discovery Channel obviously felt the same as most of the world. He was misrepresenting himself. I am not against Bear Grylls. What I am against is the misuse of information when it comes to how the survival was represented. Since this time, Discovery Channel has placed a very noticeable disclaimer at the beginning of Man vs. Wild.
Now, since you just got a history lesson, go back to your couch and read the disclaimer on the next Man vs. Wild, then you can come back and thank me.
Some people are just haters. They don’t like your progress. They will always find faults in everything Bear Grylls does. Whether or not its real, Bear Grylls is interesting to watch. Take it as a fact and stop hating him.
I used to believe that what’s Bear doing is not fake until I saw him eating apples from the bear poo. The way it was filmed when they didn’t actually showed how he takes those apples and puts them into his mouth. Some of the frames were missed. There were 2 different scenes, the first one when he takes those apples and holds them and the second he washes them and puts into his mouth. Those 2 scenes are shown one after another, so it seems they happen one after another exactly, but then why they wouldn’t show everything in the one scene. He has one cameraman as he claims so wouldn’t it be much easier for cameraman just to show everything rather that filming his hands only then change angle zoom and filming Bears face.