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Epic Video of Bear Grylls Climbing hard

John Penca · · North Little Rock · Joined Sep 2018 · Points: 0

Used to be a Bear Grylls detractor.  But after watching quite a few of his "Running Wild" shows, have come to appreciate him as a person.  Sure, his shows are full of BS stunts and overtly dramatic to engage the ignorant, but his personal side seems to come out a bit, as do his guests.  It's a freaking TV show for ratings.  He's travelling the world and getting paid well for it.  Two days "on route"; three weeks to research and film while staying at 5 star resorts.

Long Ranger · · Boulder, CO · Joined Jan 2014 · Points: 669

I mean, I agree, seems like a alright dude:

Mark Pilate · · MN · Joined Jun 2013 · Points: 25

Bet Alex ups his game after some one on one with Bear....look what it did for Drew Brees. 

Long Ranger · · Boulder, CO · Joined Jan 2014 · Points: 669
SethG · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2009 · Points: 291

I like the "Keep me tight, bro!" moment. And he grabbed the draw at the hard part. But they left it in the video, so that's something. This series doesn't seem to be on Disney Plus. 

Mark A · · Golden, CO · Joined Jun 2016 · Points: 96
SethG wrote: I like the "Keep me tight, bro!" moment. And he grabbed the draw at the hard part. But they left it in the video, so that's something. This series doesn't seem to be on Disney Plus. 

I was about to call those out, damn beat me to it.

Max Manson · · Superior, CO and Stanford, CA · Joined Feb 2017 · Points: 491

There was a Running Wild episode that took place in the "remote Colorado rockies" aka Eldorado Canyon. They were dropped off on top of Shirt Tail Peak (careful not to show the camera view east!) then ended up rappelling Rincon Wall just uphill from the Over the Hill area. At one point he intentionally throws a rock off the walkoff ledge on rincon wall to test the height and it lands right at the base of Over the Hill. He then said it must be 400 feet to the bottom and pulls out the rope to rappel. Then they hiked down to the river which turned out to be a totally different location (looked like somewhere near gross reservoir?). That one was always fun to watch.

Here's the link- dailymotion.com/video/x3gib9h

Mark A · · Golden, CO · Joined Jun 2016 · Points: 96
Max Manson wrote: There was a Running Wild episode that took place in the "remote Colorado rockies" aka Eldorado Canyon. They were dropped off on top of Shirt Tail Peak (careful not to show the camera view east!) then ended up rappelling Rincon Wall just uphill from the Over the Hill area. At one point he intentionally throws a rock off the walkoff ledge on rincon wall to test the height and it lands right at the base of Over the Hill. He then said it must be 400 feet to the bottom and pulls out the rope to rappel. Then they hiked down to the river which turned out to be a totally different location (looked like somewhere near gross reservoir?). That one was always fun to watch.

Here's the link- dailymotion.com/video/x3gib9h

Fantastic!

Cameron C · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2019 · Points: 0

And that my folks.... Is how you die due to bad cam placement.

ThomasR · · Los Angeles, CA · Joined May 2013 · Points: 0

thought you guys would enjoy ​this​​​

Mark A · · Golden, CO · Joined Jun 2016 · Points: 96
ThomasR wrote: thought you guys would enjoy this

Initially I thought, no way I'm simul-rapping with Bear but then saw the setup and they were completely independent.

Marc801 C · · Sandy, Utah · Joined Feb 2014 · Points: 65
Mark A wrote:

Initially I thought, no way I'm simul-rapping with Bear but then saw the setup and they were completely independent.

Yeah, they really took liberties with the truth in that bit and the "unclimbed" wall that was fully bolted for leading.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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