The Hemi Q&A: Bear Grylls (Hemispheres – 05/01/2011)
The daredevil host of Man vs. Wild has run from hungry beasts, eaten unspeakable things and diligently courted peril every week for the enjoyment of couch-bound TV viewers. Is he nuts?
EVEN THE MOST SEDENTARY among us have occasionally go en into a situation that was a li le over our heads: the quiet Sunday sail in the bay overtaken by a storm, the li le hike that becomes a lot more complicated when darkness falls earlier than anticipated. The only thing more memorable than that sudden realization that we are in a bind is the feeling of relief once we maneuver our way out of it. Bear Grylls lives for that sensation. As the host of the demented Man vs. Wild on the Discovery Channel, he seeks out preposterously dangerous situations and lowers himself right into the thick of them.