Bear Grylls

During my stay here, my cousins and I discovered a new show on the Discovery Channel - Man vs. Wild starring the crazy and daring adventurer Bear Grylls, née Edward Michael Grylls.

We watched a couple of episodes last night around 1 in the morning, with the first scene of him drinking his own urine in the Australian Outback, in order to combat dehydration. I suppose desperate times call for desperate measures. I won't lie, it was disgusting, but something about the pure horror of it kept us intrigued and interested, trying to see if he would survive.

Basically, the premise of the show is that he gets dumped in the middle of nowhere at some geographical location, such as the Australian Outback, the Colorado Rockies, the African Savannah, and the Florida Everglades. He has nothing but the shirt on his back and possibly a few supplied in tow, such as a knife and flint stick. Everything else comes from pure wits. Every episode is a harrowing journey, and almost painful to watch. And yet, even when things look dire, he makes it out. It wouldn't be much of a show if he didn't make it out.

So far, we've seen him drink his own pee, bite off the head of a live frog, kill and roast a turtle, eat live earthworms, swallow whole maggots, and wrangle a baby alligator. I'm sure that's just the beginning. He's quite an amazing adventurer or a truly fearless idiot. Either way, he's quite entertaining to watch and imitate his British accent. Check it out here: BearGrylls.com