Do You Know Bear Grylls, Here is Some Facts About him!
After leaving school, Grylls briefly considered joining the IndianArmy and hiked in the Himalayan mountains of Sikkim and West Bengal.Eventually, Grylls joined the Territorial Army and, after passing selection served as a reservist with 21st SAS Regiment the until 1997. In 1996, Grylls suffered a freefall parachuting accident inZambia. His parachute ripped at 4,900 metres (16,000 ft), partially opening, causing him to fall and land on his parachute pack on his back, which partially crushed three vertebrae He later said, "I should have cut the main parachute and gone to the reserve but thought there was time to resolve the problem". According to his surgeon, Grylls came "within a whisker" of being paralysed for life and it was questionable whether he would ever be able to walk again. Grylls spent the next 12 months in and out of military rehabilitation at Headley Courtbefore being discharged from his medical treatment and directing his efforts to getting we