You may have all noticed the slight (but important) change to this page name...

As of this morning, July 25, 2007, with complete awareness and approved consent - this page has officially become "The OFFICIAL Bear Grylls Fan Page"!!!

Thank you all so much for the support,

~Melissa

(P.S Upon Bear's return, a link to this fan page will be added to Bear's website at BearGrylls.com)

I always believed Bear was a wonderful person, and now he's gone and proved that to be true once again! 

Yesterday, much to my very delightful surprise, I received a package delivery. I didn't think anything of it, until I noticed it said "Royal Mail". As you can probably now guess, the kind and generous Bear sent me a lovely gift. He very thoughtfully sent me a copy of his new book "Born Survivor". As if the book wasn't amazing enough, he wrote a message inside of it for me. What an incredibly sweet gesture, and what an incredibly sweet man Bear is!!!

Here is a little pic I took of the book:

Bear,

Again I can't thank you enough. This is truly appreciated!! I'm enjoying every second of reading this. It's really a fabulous book.

Thank you SO much to all of you who kindly participated with the bon voyage & well wishes GuestBook for Bear!!    I have given it to Bear already (no more signing please), and he was very happy and appreciative. Here is a little message he gave me to quote for all of you:

[quote] So lovely…thanks guys.

Quite a tense time at the moment with all the Everest preparations.

Man Vs Wild season starts really soon I think..I hope you guys enjoy it. It was a hard six months to film this one. [/quote]

Thanks again everyone,

~Melissa

From the start of this fan page I have received some messages regarding the validity of this page. It's understandable of course, with the number of Bear imposter pages, and those that just want you to believe Bear has some part of their page here at MySpace. I've done my best in explaining things as honestly as possible, but it's still perfectly understandable to me that some are going to have doubts. Apparently I haven't been the only one who has been questioned. Bear has been asked whether or not myself and this page are legit as well (via the GKN Mission Everest website blog), and fortunately, Bear has been kind enough to address this issue himself for me.  For the answer, please feel free to follow this link (You'll find it mentioned at the bottom of this blog entry):

Bear's Definitive Answer

For those who may not wish to have to follow a link for the answer, this is what Bear said (I'm only quoting the content pertaining to this matter):

[quote] "Home from the Alps! 19/3/2007            

PS: On another note I have had lots of questions asking me about a Myspace page managed by Melissa. This page has my blessing and I am in touch with Melissa to provide updates! Bear" [/quote]

Edit -  Here is a copy of a sweet compliment posted to the blog by someone named Sabrina (thanks kindly  ), and Bear's equally sweet reply:

[quote] "Sabrina MI (20/03/2007 23:49:43)

Thanks Sabrina. Melissa is doing a fine job I know. x"  [/quote]

I hope this puts everyone's mind at ease to finally have a definitive answer. Thank you all so much for the support this page has received!!!

All my best,

~Melissa

If you're interested, here are a couple more YouTube videos I thought you might enjoy. Bear has specifically seen both of these videos, and liked them both, so I decided to share them with all of you. Enjoy!!!

Man vs. Wild Musical Montage

Man vs. Wild Episode 3 European Alps Highlights

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A couple more videos I especially enjoy!!

A Tribute to Man vs. Wild and Bear Grylls

Man vs. Wild (12 Stones) Island

Hi everyone,

I've had the pleasure to hear from Bear today, and I'm happy to report that he is all finished with the filming of season 2 of Man vs. Wild!!  

With regard to some of your inquiries, I've asked Bear a few popular questions. Here are the directly quoted questions, along with Bear's directly quoted answers.

[quote] Question #1: What are your chances of getting parasites and what kind of parasites have you gotten from your past experiences?

 Answers: 1-  I try to be as careful as possible but eating anything raw in the wild carries some risk- but in survival, after the need for Protection from the weather and setting yourself up for some rescue,  the priority is then water and food. Always boil it if you can, if you can't and you are going to die from dehydration then drink! Same with food- cook it you can, and if it is raw make sure it is either fresh or frozen…as the sheeps carcass & eyeball was in Iceland….(without giving away too much from the show!)

Question #2: What knife do you use on the show?

Answer: 2-  Knife is often a gerber, but my preferred one is found at www.stayingalive.com.au …,probably the best blade around in the world today for survival.

Question #3: You are admired by many for a number of wonderful things. Putting those amazing qualities and achievements aside however, you are also admired by many for another reason. Forums and fansites that discuss your show have a predominantly large amount of female contributors. The posts often portray you as a sex symbol. How do you feel about that?

Answer: 3-  sex symbol? Come on get real! I'm a Brit! [/quote]

Well there you have it, and I hope you all enjoy!!!  

~Melissa

Outdoor Enthusiasts Group

Disclaimer:   I just want it to be clear that this group that I've linked isn't affiliated with Bear Grylls. I am personally (without Bear's knowledge) adding this link as a fun option, for those who may be interested!!

Hi everyone,

For those of you interested in purchasing season one of Man vs. Wild on DVD, you can officially now do so at the Discovery Store. Follow this link for the direct page to purchase the DVD's:

Purchase Man vs. Wild DVD's

If for some reason that link doesn't work, and/or changes, you can simply follow this link to the Discovery Store. (Do a keyword search of "Man vs. Wild", and it will bring up the appropriate page):

Discovery Channel Store

Enjoy!!!!

P.S In case you missed this in my first blog, season two of Man vs. Wild will be aired Spring (Bear says April) 2007!!

For those of you who may have missed (or would just like to re-watch) Bear's 1/31/07 Oprah Winfrey Show appearance, you can check it out in it's entirety here (Enjoy):

Bear Grylls on the Oprah Winfrey Show

Edit:   Sorry everyone, but there seems to be some type of technical difficulty with the video link. I will do my best to get a working clip again, and if not, I humbly apologize.

Newest Edit:   Ok, the video should be working just fine now. Enjoy!!!!