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Judaism's view of Muhammad

2023-10-05T15:31:40Z

Anonymous503: Views of the Jewish religion on the Islamic prophet Muhammad

{{Short description|Views of the Jewish religion on the Islamic prophet Muhammad}}
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Very few texts in [[Judaism]] refer to or take note of the Islamic prophet, [[Muhammad]]. Those that do generally reject Muhammad's proclamation of receiving divine revelations from [[God]] and label him instead as a [[false prophet]].

==References to Muhammad==

In the Middle Ages, it was common for [[Jews|Jewish]] writers to describe Muhammad as ''ha-meshuggah'' ("the [[Insanity|madman]]"), a term frequently used in the Bible for those who believe themselves to be prophets.<ref name="Stillman1979">{{cite book|author=Norman A. Stillman|title=The Jews of Arab lands: a history and source book|url=https://archive.org/details/jewsofarablands00stil|url-access=registration|accessdate=26 December 2011|year=1979|publisher=Jewish Publication Society|isbn=978-0-8276-0198-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/jewsofarablands00stil/page/236 236]}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=M8o6UZ37ppUC&pg=PA255 Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism By Ibn Warraq Page 255]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vjFNPT52XjUC&pg=PA21 The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History page 21]</ref>

===Maimonides===

[[Maimonides]] referred to Muhammad as a [[false prophet]] and an [[insane]] man. In his ''[[Epistle to Yemen]]'' he wrote "After [Jesus] arose the Madman who emulated his precursor [Jesus], since he paved the way for him. But he added the further objective of procuring rule and submission [''talb al-mulk''; pursuit of sovereignty] and he invented what was well known [Islam]."<ref name=Roth1994p218>Norman Roth. ''Jews, Visigoths, and Muslims in Medieval Spain: Cooperation and Conflict'', [[Brill Publishers|BRILL]], 1994, p. 218.</ref>

In his authoritative work of law, the ''[[Mishneh Torah]]'' (Hilkhot Melakhim 11:10–12), Maimonides indicated that nevertheless Muhammad was part of God's plan of preparing the world for the coming of the [[Jewish Messianism|Jewish Messiah]]: "All those words of Jesus of Nazareth and of this Ishmaelite [i.e., Muhammad] who arose after him are only to make straight the path for the messianic king and to prepare the whole world to serve the Lord together. As it is said: 'For then I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech so that all of them shall call on the name of the Lord and serve him with one accord' (Zephaniah 3:9)."<ref name=Rudin128-129>[[A. James Rudin]]. ''Christians & Jews Faith to Faith: Tragic History, Promising Present, Fragile Future'', Jewish Lights Publishing, 2010, pp. 128–129.</ref>

===Obscure and indirect references===
[[Natan'el al-Fayyumi]], a prominent 12th-century [[Yemenite Jews|Yemenite]] rabbi and theologian, and the founder of what is sometimes called "[[Jewish philosophy#Nethan'el al-Fayyumi|Jewish Ismailism]]", wrote in his philosophical treatise ''Bustan al-Uqul'' ("Garden of the minds") that God sends prophets to establish religions for other nations, which do not have to conform to the precepts of the Jewish Torah. Nethanel explicitly considered Muhammad a true prophet, who was sent from Heaven with a particular message that applies to the Arabs, but not to the Jews.<ref>''The Bustan al-Ukul, by Nathanael ibn al-Fayyumi,'' edited and translated by David Levine, Columbia University Oriental Studies Vol. VI, p. 105</ref><ref>''Gan ha-Sekhalim'', ed. Kafih (Jerusalem, 1984), ch. 6.</ref> Al-Fayyumi's explicit acceptance of Muhammad's prophecy was rare and virtually unknown until recent times beyond his native [[Yemen]].<ref>''Abraham's children: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in conversation,'' by Norman Solomon, Richard Harries, Tim Winter, T&T Clark Int'l, 2006, {{ISBN|0-567-08161-3}}, p. 137 ''Netanel's work was virtually unknown beyond his native Yemen until modern times, so had little influence on later Jewish thought.''</ref>

The [[Apocalyptic literature|apocalyptic]] [[Midrash]] ''[[The Secrets of Rabbi Simon ben Yohai]]'', compares Muhammad to the Jewish [[Jewish eschatology|Messiah]]. According to this text, ascribed to the famous 1st-century sage and mystic [[Simeon bar Yochai]], and apparently written at the beginning of the Muslim conquest or in the 8th century,<ref>''The History of Jerusalem: The Early Muslim Period'', by Joshua Prawer and Haggai Ben-Shammai, NYU Press, 1996, {{ISBN|978-0814766392}}, p. 304</ref> Muhammad's role as a prophet includes redeeming the Jews from the Christian ("Roman" or "Edomite") oppression and playing a positive role in the messianic process.<ref>''Abraham's children: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in conversation,'' by Norman Solomon, Richard Harries, Tim Winter, T&T Clark Int'l, 2006, {{ISBN|0-567-08161-3}}, p. 133 ''"Nistarot" places the Muslim conquests in an eschatological context, and implies that Muhammad had a positive role to play in the messianic process.''</ref>

One Yemenite Jewish document, found in the [[Cairo Genizah]], suggests that many Jews had not only accepted Muhammad as a prophet, but had even desecrated [[Shabbat|Sabbath]] in order to join Muhammad in his struggle. However, some historians suggest that this document, called ''Dhimmat an-nabi Muhammad'' (Muhammad's Writ of Protection), has been fabricated by Yemenite Jews for the purpose of self-defence.<ref>Yakov Rabkin [http://www.cismor.jp/en/publication/jismor/documents/JISMOR5en_Rabkin.pdf "Perspectives on the Muslim Other in Jewish Tradition"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327204751/http://www.cismor.jp/en/publication/jismor/documents/JISMOR5en_Rabkin.pdf |date=2012-03-27 }} (126 KB)</ref>

A number of stories from the Islamic tradition about Muhammad entered mainstream Jewish thought incidentally, due to the great cultural convergence in Islamic Spain from the 9th to 12th centuries, known as the [[Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain|Golden Age]] of [[Sephardim|Spanish Jewry]]. For example, Rabbi [[Jacob Joseph of Polonne]], one of the early [[Hasidism|Hasidic]] mystics, wrote that one pious man (''hasid'') taught that the internal struggle against the evil inclination is greater than external battle, quoting [[Bahya ibn Paquda]]'s popular treatise ''[[Chovot HaLevavot]].'' In the [[Judeo-Arabic]] original version of that book, Bahya Ibn Paquda refers to both external and internal battle as [[jihad]] and the "pious man" about whom the story is originally told is Muhammad, though the author does not mention his source by name.<ref>''A Sufi-Jewish Dialogue: Philosophy and Mysticism in Bahya ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart,'' by Diana Lobel, University of Pennsylvania Press, {{ISBN|0-8122-3953-9}}, p. ix "How does a perennially popular manual of Jewish piety come to be quoting Islamic traditions about the Prophet Muhammad? Muslim Spain of the tenth through twelfth century, known as the "Golden Age" of Hispano-Jewish poetry and letters, is a time of great convergence and cultural creativity."</ref>

==See also==
* [[Judaism's view of Jesus]]
* [[Islamic-Jewish relations]]
* [[Muhammad's views on Jews]]

==References==
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Satnam Singh

2023-09-28T17:03:45Z

Anonymous503: Just created with reference.

{{Short description|Indian basketball player and professional wrestler}}
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'''Satnam Singh Bhamara''' ({{lang-pa|ਸਤਨਾਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਭੰਮਰਾ}}; born 10 December 1995) is an [[India|Indian]] professional [[wrestler]] and former [[basketball]] player, currently signed to the American [[professional wrestling promotion]] [[All Elite Wrestling]] (AEW). He became the first Indian player to be drafted into the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) when the [[Dallas Mavericks]] selected him with the 52nd overall pick of the [[2015 NBA draft]]. At {{height|ft=7|in=2}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/player/satnam-singh-bhamara | title=Satnam Singh AEW | News, Rumors, Picture & Biography | Sportskeeda AEW | access-date=3 August 2022 | archive-date=3 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803131245/https://www.sportskeeda.com/player/satnam-singh-bhamara | url-status=live }}</ref> and {{convert|360|lb|kg}},<ref>{{cite web |url=http://insider.espn.go.com/nbadraft/results/player/_/id/20289/satnam-singh-bhamara |title=Satnam Singh Bhamara |publisher=ESPN |access-date=2015-11-03 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225152529/http://insider.espn.com/nbadraft/results/player/_/id/20289/satnam-singh-bhamara |url-status=live }}</ref> Singh played the [[Center (basketball)|center]] position. He played high school basketball at [[IMG Academy]] in [[Bradenton, Florida]].

==Early life==
Singh was born on 10 December 1995, to Balbir Singh and Sukhwinder Kaur in [[Balloke]], a small, remote village located in the state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref name=awaits>{{cite web|title=NBA Awaits Satnam From India, So Big and Athletic at 14|url=http://www.aolnews.com/2010/11/10/nba-awaits-satnam-from-india-so-big-and-athletic-at-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310095759/http://www.aolnews.com/2010/11/10/nba-awaits-satnam-from-india-so-big-and-athletic-at-14|archive-date=10 March 2013|website=[[The Huffington Post|AOL News]]|date=10 November 2010|access-date=27 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="nytimes">{{cite web |last1=Najar |first1=Nida |title=N.B.A. Pick From India Makes Entire Village Feel 7 Feet Tall |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/30/world/asia/satnam-singh-india-nba-basketball.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=9 September 2018 |date=29 July 2015 |archive-date=5 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505145100/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/30/world/asia/satnam-singh-india-nba-basketball.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Both Singh's father, who played basketball due to his exceptional height, and his paternal grandfather were [[wheat]] farmers and millers. He grew up with two siblings, sister Sarabjot Kaur and brother Harshit Singal.<ref name=nytimes/><ref name=prodigy>{{cite web|last1=Winegardner|first1=Mark|title=The Mavericks' Satnam Singh becomes NBA's first Indian-born player|url=http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7392937/prodigy-satnam-singh-bhamara-nba-first-indian-born-player|website=[[ESPN]]|date=26 June 2015|access-date=27 June 2015|archive-date=28 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628044716/http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7392937/prodigy-satnam-singh-bhamara-nba-first-indian-born-player|url-status=live}}</ref>

When he was nine years old, Singh stood {{convert|5|ft|9|in|m|2}}, taller than most people in his village.<ref name=nytimes/> His father helped introduce him to basketball and mounted a hoop in a dirt courtyard near his house. By local spectators, Singh was nicknamed "Chhotu," meaning "little one" in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], as his rapid physical growth made the basketball seem to shrink in his hands over time. Singh soon saw great success in youth leagues in his state.<ref name=prodigy/>

At age 10, he enrolled at Ludhiana Basketball Academy in [[Ludhiana]], Punjab, with the help of his father's friend Rajinder Singh.<ref name=nytimes/><ref name=prodigy/> At the academy, Singh first learned many basketball skills and drills.<ref name=awaits /> At age 14, Singh stood {{convert|6|ft|6|in|m|2}}, weighed {{convert|230|lbs|kg|0}}, and wore size-18 shoes.<ref name=prodigy/> As he was further exposed to professional basketball, including the NBA, he began idolizing [[Kobe Bryant]] and modeling his game after [[Yao Ming]] and [[Dwight Howard]].<ref name=prodigy/>

==High school basketball career==
In early 2010, it was announced that the global sports marketing business [[IMG (company)|IMG]] was partnering with [[Reliance Industries]], the largest corporation in India, to form a new company known as IMG Reliance (IMGR). They formed a new sports and entertainment marketing company and made their first move by signing a 30-year contract with the [[Basketball Federation of India]] (BFI). The decision was an attempt at improving the facilities and leagues in the country and they started allowing athletes to attend the [[Bradenton, Florida|Bradenton]]-based [[IMG Academy]] on a full scholarship.<ref name=prodigy />

Singh led the Punjab state youth team to a national championship in June 2010, leading the BFI to choose him to play at an NBA [[Basketball Without Borders]] camp in Singapore. The BFI's head coach, Harish Sharma, had him play against members of the Indian national team, and he managed to compete with them. Sharma recommended Singh for IMGR to consider him for a scholarship, but at 14 years of age, he was too old. Sharma said, "This boy, you will want to see. I've told people many times, he can become India's Yao Ming."<ref name=prodigy /> Troy Justice, who directed basketball operations for the NBA in India, also visited Punjab and discovered Singh at the NBA Mahindra Challenge.<ref name=awaits /> He said, "First time I saw him play, he was wearing shoes that were falling apart. The seams had split, and he was coming right out of them. That's all he had. He was growing so fast. We helped him get shoes. I've heard people talk, but we're not sure they know how big he'll get."<ref name=awaits /> Justice had confidence in him, however, saying, "He can be the [[The Chosen One (trope)|chosen one]] for basketball in India."<ref name=prodigy />

Nevertheless, Singh was later awarded a scholarship under the IMGR basketball training academy and shifted to Bradenton, Florida in September 2010. Despite knowing no English at the time, he was one of 29 student-athletes—male and female combined—to be selected to train at IMG Academy.<ref name=awaits /><ref name=prodigy /> During the 2014–15 season, he averaged 9.2 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.2 blocks in less than 20 minutes per game for IMG, the No. 2 ranked team in the country.<ref>Mahoney, Rob. (2015-04-21) [https://www.si.com/nba/2015/04/21/satnam-singh-bhamara-explores-nba-draft Indian prodigy Satnam Singh Bhamara exploring NBA draft] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505151031/https://www.si.com/nba/2015/04/21/satnam-singh-bhamara-explores-nba-draft |date=5 May 2018 }}. Si.com. Retrieved on 2015-10-16.</ref> However, due to his poor English and lack of American citizenship, Singh was ineligible for the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA).<ref name="fast fading">{{cite web|last1=Judge|first1=Shahid|title=With college dream fast fading, Satnam Singh Bhamara hopes to take draft route to NBA|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/with-college-dream-fast-fading-bhamara-hopes-to-take-draft-route-to-nba/99/|website=Indian Express|access-date=29 June 2015|date=24 April 2015|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305184253/http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/with-college-dream-fast-fading-bhamara-hopes-to-take-draft-route-to-nba/99/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Professional basketball career==
In April 2015, Singh was announced as an [[Eligibility for the NBA draft#"Early entry" player|early entrant]] for the [[2015 NBA draft]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NBA announces early entry candidates for 2015 Draft |url=http://www.nba.com/2015/news/04/28/early-entry-candidates-for-2015-draft/ |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=8 September 2018 |date=29 April 2015 |archive-date=2 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502191854/http://www.nba.com/2015/news/04/28/early-entry-candidates-for-2015-draft/ |url-status=live }}</ref> At the draft on 25 June 2015, he was selected by the [[Dallas Mavericks]] with the 52nd overall pick, becoming the first Indian-born player to be drafted into the NBA.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bengali |first1=Shashank |title=Mavericks draft Satnam Singh, the NBA's first Indian-born player |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/nba/la-nba-drafts-satnam-singh-the-league-s-first-indian-born-player-20150626-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=8 September 2018 |date=26 June 2015 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909073753/http://www.latimes.com/sports/nba/la-nba-drafts-satnam-singh-the-league-s-first-indian-born-player-20150626-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Earlier he was interviewed by the Houston Rockets. The story of his interview by Daryl Morey, GM of the Houston Rockets is recounted in detail by Michael Lewis in his book ''The Undoing Project''.<ref>{{Citation |last=M.) |first=Lewis, Michael (Michael |title=The undoing project : a friendship that changed our minds |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1158019461 |isbn=978-0-221-07107-2 |oclc=1158019461 |access-date=2022-06-30}}</ref> Singh also became the first player since the [[2005 NBA draft|2005 draft]] to enter without playing in college, overseas professionally, or in the [[NBA G League|NBA Development League]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sherman |first1=Rodger |title=Everything you need to know about Satnam Singh, the NBA Draft's most fascinating prospect |url=https://www.sbnation.com/2015/6/24/8839977/satnam-singh-bhamara-2015-nba-draft-india |publisher=[[SB Nation]] |access-date=8 September 2018 |date=26 June 2015 |archive-date=31 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831175119/https://www.sbnation.com/2015/6/24/8839977/satnam-singh-bhamara-2015-nba-draft-india |url-status=live }}</ref> On 8 July 2019, his draft rights were traded alongside two second round picks to the [[Memphis Grizzlies]] in a [[sign and trade]] for [[Delon Wright]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sefko|first1=Eddie|title=Mavericks make it official, acquiring veteran guard Delon Wright|url=https://www.mavs.com/mavericks-make-it-official-acquiring-veteran-guard-delon-wright/|website=Mavs.com|access-date=9 July 2019|date=8 July 2019|archive-date=3 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003021759/https://www.mavs.com/mavericks-make-it-official-acquiring-veteran-guard-delon-wright/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Texas Legends (2015–2017)===
In July 2015, Singh joined the Mavericks for the [[2015 NBA Summer League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mavs.com/mavericks-announce-2015-summer-league-roster-and-schedule/|title=MAVERICKS ANNOUNCE 2015 SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER AND SCHEDULE|date=6 July 2015|work=Mavs.com|access-date=13 July 2015|archive-date=2 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802110227/http://www.mavs.com/mavericks-announce-2015-summer-league-roster-and-schedule/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 31 October 2015, he was acquired by the [[Texas Legends]], the [[NBA Development League|D-League]] affiliate of the Mavericks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=5065516|title=Legends Complete Two Trades, Announce 2015-16 Training Camp Roster|work=OurSportsCentral.com|date=31 October 2015|access-date=31 October 2015|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031326/http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=5065516|url-status=live}}</ref> On 13 November 2015, he made his professional debut in a 104–82 loss to the [[Austin Spurs]], recording four points, three rebounds and one assist in nine minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dleague.nba.com/games/20151113/TEXAUS/|title=Cotton, Spurs Rout Legends as Satnam Singh Debuts|date=13 November 2015|work=NBA.com|access-date=31 January 2016|archive-date=19 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119200917/http://dleague.nba.com/games/20151113/TEXAUS/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 5 February 2016, he had a season-best game with six points and six rebounds in 22 minutes of action as a starter in a 136–80 loss to [[Raptors 905]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dleague.nba.com/games/20160205/RAPTEX/|title=Sim Bhullar and Satnam Singh Square Off in Historic Meeting|date=5 February 2016|work=NBA.com|access-date=17 April 2016|archive-date=25 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425222425/http://dleague.nba.com/games/20160205/RAPTEX/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He appeared in 19 games (two starts) for the Legends during the [[2015–16 NBA Development League season|2015–16 season]], averaging 1.5 points and 1.5 rebounds in 8 minutes per game.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Satnam Singh G-League Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/gleague/players/s/singhsa01d.html |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en |archive-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205153647/https://www.basketball-reference.com/gleague/players/s/singhsa01d.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 30 October 2016, Singh was re-acquired by the Legends.<ref>{{cite web|first=Britney|last=Wynn|url=http://texas.dleague.nba.com/news/legends-announce-2016-training-camp-roster/|title=Legends Announce Training Camp Roster|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.|date=30 October 2016|access-date=4 December 2016|archive-date=5 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105033352/http://texas.dleague.nba.com/news/legends-announce-2016-training-camp-roster/|url-status=live}}</ref> After playing for the Legends during the [[2016–17 NBA Development League season|2016–17 season]], he joined the [[Dallas Mavericks]] for the [[2017 NBA Summer League]].<ref name="summer2017">{{cite web |last1=Sohi |first1=Seerat |title=At NBA summer league, Satnam Singh is still fighting for his chance |url=http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20050458/india-satnam-singh-clawing-playing-nba-summer-league-dallas-mavericks |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=8 September 2018 |date=14 July 2017 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909074017/http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20050458/india-satnam-singh-clawing-playing-nba-summer-league-dallas-mavericks |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2017, he featured in a one-hour [[documentary film|documentary]] on [[Netflix]], titled "One in a Billion," which covered his background and path to the NBA.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Joseph |first1=Adi |title='One in a Billion' captures Satnam Singh's journey, leaves future of India Basketball open |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/one-in-a-billion-review-satnam-singh-bhamara-documentary-netflix-basketball-india-future/1o3e45fkwjwmi12ytqjnqjbnra |website=[[Sporting News]] |access-date=8 September 2018 |date=16 January 2017 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909035737/http://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/one-in-a-billion-review-satnam-singh-bhamara-documentary-netflix-basketball-india-future/1o3e45fkwjwmi12ytqjnqjbnra |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 3 November 2017, Singh signed a contract with the [[UBA Pro Basketball League]] in India.<ref name="uba">{{cite web |title=UBA Signs Satnam Singh, first Indian National drafted into the NBA |url=http://www.ubaindia.com/news/uba-signs-satnam-singh-first-indian-national-drafted-into-the-nba/ |publisher=[[UBA Pro Basketball League]] |access-date=8 September 2018 |date=3 November 2017 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909035506/http://www.ubaindia.com/news/uba-signs-satnam-singh-first-indian-national-drafted-into-the-nba/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2018, he took part in the UBA US Pro Performance Camp in [[Phoenix, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Satnam Singh- Raising their Game: UBA US Pro Performance Camp |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/satnam-singh-raising-their-game-uba-us-pro-performance-camp |publisher=SportsKeeda |access-date=8 September 2018 |date=16 January 2018 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909035603/https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/satnam-singh-raising-their-game-uba-us-pro-performance-camp |url-status=live }}</ref>

===St. John's Edge (2018–2019)===
On 6 September 2018, Singh signed with the [[St. John's Edge]] of the [[National Basketball League of Canada]].<ref name="edge">{{cite web |title=Edge Sign Satnam Singh |url=https://www.sjedge.ca/sports/mbkb/2018-19/releases/SinghSigned |publisher=[[St. John's Edge]] |access-date=8 September 2018 |date=6 September 2018 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909000345/https://www.sjedge.ca/sports/mbkb/2018-19/releases/SinghSigned |url-status=live }}</ref> His arrival to the team's training camp was delayed by [[travel visa|visa]] issues, which were settled after he contacted Canadian and Indian government officials through [[Twitter]].<ref name="visa">{{cite web |title=St. John's Edge centre Singh to join team after visa issues |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/singh-to-join-st-johns-edge-1.4884367 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] |access-date=31 October 2018 |date=30 October 2018 |archive-date=30 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030231404/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/singh-to-join-st-johns-edge-1.4884367 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==National team career==
In the summer of 2009, when he was 13 years old, Singh played for the Indian national under-16 basketball team at the [[2009 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship]] hosted by [[Johor Bahru]], Malaysia.<ref name=prodigy/> He averaged 1.5 points per game in limited minutes, as his team finished in 10th place.<ref name=prodigy/><ref>{{cite web |title=Satnan Singh Bhamara's profile - 2009 FIBA Asia U16 Championship for Men |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/502830/sid/4713/tid/301/tid2//_/2009_FIBA_Asia_U16_Championship_for_Men/index.html |publisher=[[FIBA]] |access-date=8 September 2018 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909073952/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/502830/sid/4713/tid/301/tid2//_/2009_FIBA_Asia_U16_Championship_for_Men/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Singh debuted for the senior [[India national basketball team|Indian national team]] at the [[2011 FIBA Asia Championship]] in [[Wuhan]], China, where he averaged 2.5 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.<ref>{{cite web|title=Satnam Singh Bhamara's profile - 2011 Asia Championship|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/85438/pid2//sid/5195/tid/301/tid2//_/2011_FIBA_Asia_Championship/index.html|publisher=[[FIBA]]|access-date=8 September 2018|archive-date=9 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909073806/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/85438/pid2//sid/5195/tid/301/tid2//_/2011_FIBA_Asia_Championship/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> At the [[2013 FIBA Asia Championship]], he received more playing time, averaging 4.2 points and 2.7 rebounds for India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Satnam Singh Bhamara's profile - 2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Men |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/85438/pid2//sid/6583/tid/301/tid2//_/2013_FIBA_Asia_Championship_for_Men/index.html |publisher=[[FIBA]] |access-date=8 September 2018 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909074007/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/85438/pid2//sid/6583/tid/301/tid2//_/2013_FIBA_Asia_Championship_for_Men/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Singh returned to his national team for the [[2017 FIBA Asia Cup]] in [[Beirut]], Lebanon.<ref>{{cite web |title=Satnam Singh to make big difference for India according to Sharma |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/news/satnam-singh-to-make-big-difference-for-india-according-to-sharma |publisher=[[FIBA]] |access-date=8 September 2018 |date=18 April 2017 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909074536/http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/news/satnam-singh-to-make-big-difference-for-india-according-to-sharma |url-status=live }}</ref> However, he struggled to keep up with the pace and only played about eight minutes per game during the tournament.<ref name="madhok">{{cite web |last1=Madhok |first1=Karan |title=Breakdown in Beirut: What went wrong for Indian men's basketball team at FIBA Asia Cup? |url=https://scroll.in/field/848137/breakdown-in-beirut-what-went-wrong-for-indian-mens-basketball-team-at-fiba-asia-cup |publisher=[[Scroll.in]] |access-date=8 September 2018 |date=22 August 2017 |archive-date=16 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416192445/https://scroll.in/field/848137/breakdown-in-beirut-what-went-wrong-for-indian-mens-basketball-team-at-fiba-asia-cup |url-status=live }}</ref> Singh averaged just one point and 0.7 rebounds through three games.<ref>{{cite web |title=Satnam Singh Bhamara's profile - 2017 FIBA Asia Cup |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/85438/pid2//sid/8110/tid/301/tid2//_/2017_FIBA_Asia_Cup/index.html |publisher=[[FIBA]] |access-date=8 September 2018 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909073947/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/85438/pid2//sid/8110/tid/301/tid2//_/2017_FIBA_Asia_Cup/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017 and 2018, he joined India at [[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia)|2019 FIBA World Cup qualification]], assuming a leading role due to the absences of multiple key players.<ref>{{cite web |title=India's Satnam Singh: ''We are a different team now'' |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/news/we-are-a-different-team-now-satnam-singh |publisher=[[FIBA]] |access-date=8 September 2018 |date=18 June 2018 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909074628/http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/asian-qualifiers/news/we-are-a-different-team-now-satnam-singh |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020, Singh was handed a two-year ban by the National Anti-Doping Agency's (NADA) disciplinary panel for failing a dope test.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30592763/indian-basketball-star-satnam-singh-gets-two-year-doping-ban-nada|title=Indian basketball star Satnam Singh gets two-year doping ban from NADA|first=Sergio|last=Hentschel|publisher=ESPN|date=20 December 2020|accessdate=14 April 2022|archive-date=14 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414184350/https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30592763/indian-basketball-star-satnam-singh-gets-two-year-doping-ban-nada|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Professional wrestling career ==

=== World Wrestling Entertainment (2017) ===
In 2017, Singh had a workout at the [[WWE Performance Center]].

=== All Elite Wrestling (2021–present) ===
On 23 September 2021, he was signed by [[All Elite Wrestling]].<ref>{{cite web | title=AEW Sign 7'3" NBA Draftee Satnam Singh | url=https://whatculture.com/wwe/aew-sign-73-34-nba-draftee-satnam-singh | publisher=[[WhatCulture]] | access-date=24 September 2021 | date=23 September 2021 | archive-date=8 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008220103/https://whatculture.com/wwe/aew-sign-73-34-nba-draftee-satnam-singh | url-status=live }}</ref> He made his televised debut on the 13 April 2022 episode of ''[[AEW Dynamite]]'', where he attacked [[Samoa Joe]] and aligned himself with [[Jay Lethal]] and [[Sonjay Dutt]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/satnam-singh-makes-aew-debut-413-aew-dynamite-aligns-jay-lethal-and-sonjay-dutt|title=Satnam Singh Makes AEW Debut On 4/13 AEW Dynamite, Aligns With Jay Lethal And Sonjay Dutt|first=Jeremy|last=Lambert|publisher=Fightful|date=13 April 2022|accessdate=13 April 2022|archive-date=14 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414022420/https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/satnam-singh-makes-aew-debut-413-aew-dynamite-aligns-jay-lethal-and-sonjay-dutt|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://stats.nbadleague.com/player/#!/1626228/ NBA D-League profile]
* [http://www.nbadraft.net/players/satnam-singh-bhamara NBADraft.net profile]
* [https://www.sbnation.com/2015/6/24/8839977/satnam-singh-bhamara-2015-nba-draft-india SB Nation profile]
* [https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Satnam-Singh/Summary/28904 REALGM.com player profile]
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/singhsa01.html basketball-reference player stats]
* {{professional wrestling profiles|cagematch=25702|wrestlingdata=38956|iwd=satnam-singh-20127}}

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Rajnish S Kumar

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Nunari

2023-09-17T00:48:22Z

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'''Nunari''' ([[Devanagari]]: नूनारी {{IAST|Nūnārī}}) is a village in [[Bewar, Mainpuri|Bewar]] block of [[Mainpuri district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. As of 2011, it has a population of 2,275, in 372 households.

== Demographics ==
As of 2011, Nunari had a population of 2,275, in 372 households.<ref name="Census 2011 A"/>{{rp|200}} This population was 51.9% male (1,180) and 48.1% female (1,095). The 0-6 age group numbered 342 (168 male and 174 female), or 15.0% of the total population. 306 residents were members of Scheduled Castes, or 13.5% of the total.<ref name="Census 2011 B">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Mainpuri, Part B (Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1259/download/4050/DH_2011_0917_PART_B_DCHB_MAINPURI.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|142-3}}

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Nunari as having a population of 1,644 people, in 271 households.<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Mainpuri |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/29484/download/32665/28516_1981_MAI.pdf |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref>{{rp|192-3}}

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Nunari as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 1,090 people (611 male and 479 female), in 191 households and 121 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 655 acres.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (24 - Mainpuri District) |location=Lucknow |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/28772/download/31954/22833_1961_MAI.pdf |access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>{{rp|xcviii}}

== Infrastructure ==
As of 2011, Nunari had 1 primary school; it did not have any healthcare facilities. Drinking water was provided by tap, hand pump, and tube well/borehole; there were no public toilets. The village had a post office and public library, as well as at least some access to electricity for all purposes. Streets were made of both ''[[Indian vernacular architecture#kachcha|kachcha]]'' and ''[[Indian vernacular architecture#pucca|pakka]]'' materials.<ref name="Census 2011 A">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Mainpuri, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1258/download/4046/DH_2011_0917_PART_A_DCHB_MAINPURI.pdf |website=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>{{rp|200-5}}

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Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam

2022-11-02T22:30:35Z

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'''Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam''' (SASS) is an organization of [[Ayyappan]] devotees<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Travancore-Devaswom-Board-trying-to-protect-interest-of-hoteliers/articleshow/34171394.cms |title='Travancore Devaswom Board trying to protect interest of hoteliers'|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702104911/https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kochi/Travancore-Devaswom-Board-trying-to-protect-interest-of-hoteliers/articleshow/34171394.cms|archive-date=2019-07-02|url-status=|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref> and an affiliate of the [[Sangh Parivar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/oct/04/sabarimala-ayyappa-seva-samajam-to-move-court-1880765.html|title=Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam to move court|website=The New Indian Express|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815211231/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/oct/04/sabarimala-ayyappa-seva-samajam-to-move-court-1880765.html|archive-date=2021-04-11|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/sabarimala-temple-issue-news-kerala-sabarimala-ayyappa-seva-samajam-sabarimala-women-entry-black-day-kerala-hartal-tomorrow-sabarimala-latest-news/340815|title=Black day in Kerala's history: Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam on women's entry in Sabarimala {{!}} India News|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702103644/https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/sabarimala-temple-issue-news-kerala-sabarimala-ayyappa-seva-samajam-sabarimala-women-entry-black-day-kerala-hartal-tomorrow-sabarimala-latest-news/340815|archive-date=2019-07-02|url-status=|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref> It is a registered public charitable trust started on 13 November 2008 with headquarters at [[Pathanamthitta district|Pathanamthitta]] in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://samvada.org/2011/news-digest/sabarimala-ayyappa-seva-samajam-karnataka-appeal-to-chief-minister-dvs/|title=Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam, Karnataka appeal to Chief Minister DVS|website=Vishwa Samvada Kendra|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-18|archive-date=18 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618080655/https://samvada.org/2011/news-digest/sabarimala-ayyappa-seva-samajam-karnataka-appeal-to-chief-minister-dvs/|url-status=dead}}</ref> SASS aims to serve Ayyappa devotees in their pilgrimage to Sabarimala and inculcate dharmic values in them and their families and bring them together to further the larger aim of Hindu unity.{{cn}} SASS activities can be listed in '''5S''': Satsang, Swaadhyay, Seva, Samarasta and Sangharsh.{{cn}}

Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam was established as a charitable trust with the revered Guruswamy MN Nambiar as Chairman together with Hindu activist [[Kummanam Rajasekharan]] as its first General Secretary.<ref name="kn">{{Cite web|url=https://www.keralakaumudi.com/en/news/kerala/general/sabarimala-annadanam-devaswom-board-hands-over-charge-to-rss-backed-organization-20757|title=Sabarimala 'annadanam': Devaswom board hands over charge to RSS backed organization|website=Keralakaumudi Daily|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702105553/https://www.keralakaumudi.com/en/news/kerala/general/sabarimala-annadanam-devaswom-board-hands-over-charge-to-rss-backed-organization-20757|archive-date=2019-07-02|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref>

== Activities ==
The activities of Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam are
* Various services like ''[[Annadana]]m'' (offering free food), medical facilities, other necessary assistance to [[Sabarimala]] pilgrims<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/Devotee-friendly-steps-for-Sabarimala-pilgrims/article11002811.ece|title=Devotee-friendly steps for Sabarimala pilgrims|last=Srinivas|first=M.|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712091224/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/Devotee-friendly-steps-for-Sabarimala-pilgrims/article11002811.ece|archive-date=2019-07-12|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/ayyappa-seva-samajam-to-offer-free-food-facility-433408.html|title=Ayyappa seva samajam to offer free food facility|website=News18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702105916/https://www.news18.com/news/india/ayyappa-seva-samajam-to-offer-free-food-facility-433408.html|archive-date=2019-07-02|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref>
*To set up base camps and Seva Kendra (Help Centres) for Sabarimala pilgrims<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ayyappa-seva-samajom-to-open-50-seva-kendras/article2117965.ece|title=Ayyappa Seva Samajom to open 50 Seva Kendras|author=Staff Reporter|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712103125/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ayyappa-seva-samajom-to-open-50-seva-kendras/article2117965.ece|archive-date=2019-07-12|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* Organizing devotees of Ayyappa through weekly gathering, Satsang, Uthram Pooja, etc. throughout the year, to create awareness among people about Ayyappa Dharma and [[Sanatana Dharma]]
* Conducting ''Swach Sabarimala programme'' for cleaning and sanitation work in Sannidhanam, Pampa and Erumeli in association with ''Punyam Poonkavanam Project''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.uniindia.com/ayyappa-seva-samajam-conducts-cleaning-operation-in-sabarimala/other/news/351754.html|title=Ayyappa Seva Samajam conducts cleaning operation in Sabarimala|work=[[United News of India]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710075314/http://www.uniindia.com/ayyappa-seva-samajam-conducts-cleaning-operation-in-sabarimala/other/news/351754.html|archive-date=2019-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Cleaning-drive-at-Sabarimala-a-big-hit/article14411903.ece|title=Cleaning drive at Sabarimala a big hit|last=Kuttoor|first=Radhakrishnan|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702110753/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Cleaning-drive-at-Sabarimala-a-big-hit/article14411903.ece|archive-date=2019-07-02|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/districts/pathanamthitta/2018/01/02/pm-modi-praises-sabarimala-punyam-poonkavanam.html|title=Sabarimala staff an elated bunch after PM Modi praises cleanliness drive|website=OnManorama|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref>
* Organizing awareness campaigns on plastic free Sabarimala and plastic free Erumely through ''Ayyappa Yogams''<ref name="hn2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/campaign-to-save-sabarimala-from-plastic-to-begin-in-state/article7921210.ece|title=Campaign to save Sabarimala from plastic to begin in State|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702111513/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/campaign-to-save-sabarimala-from-plastic-to-begin-in-state/article7921210.ece|archive-date=2019-07-02|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==References==
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Bear Grylls

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{{Short description|British adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)}}
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'''Edward Michael''' "'''Bear'''" '''Grylls''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} ({{IPAc-en|'|g|r|ɪ|l|z}}; born 7 June 1974) is a British adventurer, writer, television presenter and businessman. He first drew attention after embarking on a number of adventures, and then became widely known for his television series ''[[Man vs. Wild]]'' (2006–2011). He is also involved in a number of wilderness survival television series in the UK and US, such as ''[[Running Wild with Bear Grylls]]'' and ''[[The Island with Bear Grylls]]''. In July 2009, Grylls was appointed as [[The Scout Association]]’s youngest-ever [[Chief Scout (The Scout Association)|Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories]] at age 35,<ref name=":0" /> a post he has held for a second term since 2015.

==Personal life==
Grylls was born in [[Donaghadee]], [[Northern Ireland]] on 7 June 1974.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bain |first1=Mark |title=NI-born Bear Grylls to learn family history on BBC show: ‘I’m doing it for my mum’ |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/ni-born-bear-grylls-to-learn-family-history-on-bbc-show-im-doing-it-for-my-mum/601632569.html |website=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |access-date=28 June 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Tiwari |first1=Anuj |title=7 June What Happened On This Day In History |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/social-relevance/7-june-what-happened-on-this-day-in-history-605066.html |website=IndiaTimes |access-date=28 June 2023 |language=en-IN }}</ref> His family has a strong cricketing background, his grandfather [[Neville Ford]] and great-great-grandfather [[William Augustus Ford]] having both been [[first-class cricket]]ers. He grew up in [[Donaghadee]], Northern Ireland, until the age of four, when his family moved to [[Bembridge]] on the [[Isle of Wight]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/sunday-life-reclaims-the-celebs-with-ulster-ties-14547046.html |title=Sunday Life reclaims the celebs with Ulster ties |work=[[The Belfast Telegraph]] |access-date=31 August 2010}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080423170926/http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/my-life-in-travel-bear-grylls-756390.html "My Life In Travel: Bear Grylls"], Independent.co.uk, 17 April 2004.</ref>

He is the son of [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician [[Michael Grylls|Sir Michael Grylls]] and his wife Sarah "Sally" (''née'' Ford).<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1322322/Sir-Michael-Grylls.html "Obituary: Sir Michael Grylls"], Telegraph.co.uk, 13 February 2001.</ref> Grylls has one sibling, an elder sister, Lara Fawcett, who gave him the nickname 'Bear' when he was a week old.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dudman |first=Jane |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/jan/12/bear-grylls-scout-association-chief-scout |title=Leading questions: Bear Grylls, chief Scout |work=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref>

From an early age, he learned to climb and sail with his father, who was a member of the prestigious [[Royal Yacht Squadron]]. As a teenager, he learned to skydive and earned a [[Dan (rank)|second dan]] [[Black belt (martial arts)|black belt]] in [[Shotokan]] karate.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Snape |first=Joel |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/11600282/Bear-Grylls-Im-40-and-fitter-than-Ive-ever-been.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/11600282/Bear-Grylls-Im-40-and-fitter-than-Ive-ever-been.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Bear Grylls: 'I'm 40, and fitter than I've ever been'| work=Daily Telegraph |access-date=25 May 2018 |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He speaks English, Spanish, and French.<ref name="BGask">[http://www.beargrylls.com/index.php/ask-bear "Ask Bear Your Questions"], BearGrylls.com; accessed 3 August 2015.</ref> He is an [[Church of England|Anglican]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2013/07/17/beauty-is-not-enough-for-the-church/ |title=Beauty is not enough for the Church – CatholicHerald.co.uk |website=catholicherald.co.uk |language=en-US |access-date=5 February 2017}}</ref> and has described his Christian faith as the "backbone" in his life:<ref>{{cite book|last=Greig|first=Pete|title=Dirty Glory: Go Where Your Best Prayers Take You|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_a8CwAAQBAJ|year=2016|publisher=Hodder|isbn=978-1-63146-616-8|chapter=Foreword}}</ref> "You can't keep God out. He's all around us, if we're just still enough to listen."<ref>{{cite book|last=Grylls|first=Bear|title=Facing the Frozen Ocean: One Man's Dream to Lead a Team Across the Treacherous North Atlantic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zqt6stF-aSAC|year=2004|publisher=Pan Macmillan|location=London|isbn=978-1-4472-2778-6|page=151}}</ref>

Grylls married Shara Cannings Knight in 2000.<ref name="mensvogue p2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/articles/2007/08/grylls?currentPage=2 |title=Out of the Wild: Bear Grylls survives the urban jungle |website=mensvogue.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316130106/http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/articles/2007/08/grylls?currentPage=2 |archive-date=16 March 2008 |access-date=14 July 2008}}</ref> They have three sons, born in 2003, 2006 and 2009.<ref name="celebrity-babies.com">[http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/01/15/bear-grylls-welcomes-son-huckleberry-edward-jocelyne/ Bear Grylls Welcomes Son Huckleberry] ''Celebrity Baby Blog'', 15 January 2009</ref><ref name="BGbiog">{{Cite web |url=http://www.beargrylls.com/index.php/about/about-bear |title=Biography |website=BearGrylls.com |access-date=7 February 2012}}</ref>

In August 2015, Grylls left his 11-year-old son on [[Saint Tudwal's Islands|Saint Tudwal's Island]] along the [[North Wales]] coast, as the tide approached, leaving him to be rescued by the [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] (RNLI) as part of their weekly practice missions. The child was unharmed, though the RNLI later criticised Grylls for the stunt, saying its crew "had not appreciated" that a child would be involved.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11793839/Bear-Grylls-criticised-by-RNLI-after-he-leaves-own-son-stranded-on-island-rocks.html "Bear Grylls criticised by RNLI after he leaves own son stranded on island rocks"], Hannah Furness, ''The Daily Telegraph'', 9 August 2015.</ref>

Grylls used to be a [[Veganism|vegan]] but now consumes a diet predominant in [[Carnivore diet|animal-based foods]], fruits and honey.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Corless |first=Blathnaid |title=Bear Grylls 'embarrassed' by his vegan advocacy and regrets cookbook |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/11/meat-vegan-bear-grylls-adventurer-u-turn/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

==Education==
Grylls was educated at [[The Eaton House Group of Schools|Eaton House]], [[Ludgrove School]] and [[Eton College]], where he helped start its first mountaineering club.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kate Mikhail |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/nov/11/features.magazine57 |title=Life support |work=Guardian |access-date=17 October 2012 |location=London}}</ref> He studied Spanish and German at the [[University of the West of England, Bristol]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tianna Graham |url=http://www.unipaper.co.uk/article/did-you-know-these-celebrities-studied-in-bristol- |title=Did you know these celebrities studied in Bristol? |work=The University Paper |location=London |access-date=27 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827170553/http://www.unipaper.co.uk/article/did-you-know-these-celebrities-studied-in-bristol- |archive-date=27 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and at [[Birkbeck, University of London|Birkbeck College]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbk.ac.uk/about_us/history/1900s |title=History of Birkbeck: 1900s |publisher=Birkbeck |access-date=3 December 2007}}</ref> where he graduated with a 2:2 bachelor's degree, obtained part-time, in [[Hispanic]] studies in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbk.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-community/notable-alumni |title=Notable alumni |publisher=Birkbeck |access-date=3 December 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Peston, Robert and Lynda La Plante |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/10041510/You-may-have-a-first-class-degree-but-Lord-Winston-doesnt-want-you.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/10041510/You-may-have-a-first-class-degree-but-Lord-Winston-doesnt-want-you.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=You may have a first-class degree – but Lord Winston doesn't want you |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Military service==
After leaving school, Grylls briefly hiked in the Himalayan mountains of [[Sikkim]] and [[West Bengal]].<ref name="hmforces">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hmforces.co.uk/careers/articles/748-bear-grylls |title=Bear Grylls |publisher=hmforces.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707032905/http://www.hmforces.co.uk/careers/articles/748-bear-grylls |archive-date=7 July 2011 |access-date=30 January 2012}}</ref> From 1994–1997, he served in the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] with [[Artists Rifles|21 SAS]] as a trooper. His time in the SAS ended as the result of a free fall parachuting accident in Kenya in 1996;<ref>[http://sasspecialairservice.com/known-sas-men/bear-grylls/ Bear Grylls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205222043/http://sasspecialairservice.com/known-sas-men/bear-grylls/ }} at sasspecialairservice.com</ref><ref name=":1" /> his parachute failed to open, causing him to break three [[vertebra]]e.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Jon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22934269 |title=Five survivors of spectacular falls |work=BBC News |access-date=18 July 2017 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2004, Grylls was awarded the honorary rank of [[lieutenant commander#Royal Navy|lieutenant commander]] in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].<ref name="scout">{{Cite web |url=http://members.scouts.org.uk/documents/bg_bio/BG_biography.pdf |title=Bear Grylls (Edward Michael Grylls): A lifetime of adventure |website=The Scout Association |access-date=21 July 2013 |archive-date=6 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706051416/http://members.scouts.org.uk/documents/bg_bio/BG_biography.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Then in 2013 he was awarded the honorary rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in the [[Royal Marines Reserve]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2013/November/14/131114-Bear-Force |title=Royals' Bear Force as Adventurer Joins Cadets at Lympstone and Dartmouth |website=News & Events |publisher=[[Royal Navy]] |access-date=17 November 2013 |archive-date=15 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415165210/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2013/November/14/131114-Bear-Force |url-status=dead }}</ref> and promoted to Honorary Colonel in June 2021.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63542|supp=y|page=21618}}</ref>

==Expeditions==
[[File:Bear Grylls 2014.jpg|thumb|Grylls in 2014]]

===Everest===
On 16 May 1998, Grylls achieved his childhood dream of climbing to the summit of [[Mount Everest]] in [[Nepal]], 18 months after breaking three vertebrae in a parachuting accident.<ref name="telegraph-boy-adventure" /> At 23, he was at the time among the youngest people to have achieved this feat. There is some dispute over whether he was the youngest Briton to have done so, as he was preceded by James Allen, a climber holding dual Australian and British citizenship, who reached the summit in 1995 at age 22.<ref>Summit Magazine No. 40, Winter 2005, page 12</ref> The record has since been surpassed by [[Jake Meyer]] and then [[Rob Gauntlett]] who summitted at age 19. To prepare for climbing at such high altitudes in the [[Himalayas]], in 1997, Grylls became the youngest Briton to climb [[Ama Dablam]], a peak once described by [[Edmund Hillary|Sir Edmund Hillary]] as "unclimbable", although now the third most popular in the Himalayas for permitted expeditions.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lambert |first=John |title=Portraits of the Himalayas |publisher=Troubador Publishing |isbn=0955288401 |page=51}}</ref>

===Circumnavigation of the UK===
In 2000, Grylls led the team to circumnavigate the British Isles on [[Personal water craft|jet skis]],<ref name=scout/> taking about 30 days, to raise money for the [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] (RNLI). He also rowed naked in a homemade bathtub along the [[Thames]] to raise funds for a friend who lost his legs in a climbing accident.<ref name="telegraph-boy-adventure">{{Cite news |last=Blundell, Joanna |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1426523/A-Boys-Own-adventure.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1426523/A-Boys-Own-adventure.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=A Boys Own adventure |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Crossing the North Atlantic===
In 2003, he led a team of five, including his childhood friend, SAS colleague, and Mount Everest climbing partner Mick Crosthwaite, on an unassisted crossing of the north [[Atlantic Ocean]], in an open [[Rigid-hulled inflatable boat|rigid inflatable boat]]. Grylls and his team traveled in an eleven-metre-long boat and encountered [[Beaufort scale|force 8 gale winds]] with waves breaking over the boat while passing through icebergs in their journey from [[City of Halifax|Halifax, Nova Scotia]] to [[John o' Groats]], Scotland.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3154303.stm |title=Bear completes Arctic journey |publisher=BBC}}</ref>

===Dinner party at altitude===
In 2005, alongside the [[balloonist]] and mountaineer [[David Hempleman-Adams]] and Lieutenant Commander Alan Veal, leader of the Royal Navy Freefall Parachute Display Team, Grylls created a world record for the highest open-air formal dinner party, which they did under a hot-air balloon at {{convert|25000|ft|m|order=flip}}, dressed in full [[mess dress]] and [[oxygen mask]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jun/30/1 |title=Dining with altitude |work=Press Association |location=London |via=The Guardian}}</ref> To train for the event, he made over 200 parachute jumps.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.realworldsurvivor.com/2014/07/28/navigating-backwoods-bear-grylls/ |title=Navigating the Backwoods with Bear Grylls |work=Real World Survivor |access-date=25 May 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> This event was in aid of [[The Duke of Edinburgh's Award]] and [[The Prince's Trust]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/man-vs-wild/bios/man-vs-wild-bio.htm |title=Bios: Bear Grylls |website=Discovery Channel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802063743/http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/man-vs-wild/bios/man-vs-wild-bio.htm |archive-date=2 August 2013}}</ref>

===Paramotoring over the Himalayas===
In 2007, Grylls embarked on a record-setting [[Powered paragliding|Parajet paramotor]] in Himalayas near Mount Everest. He took off from {{convert|14500|ft|m|order=flip}}, {{convert|8|mi|km}} south of the mountain. Grylls reported looking down on the summit during his ascent and coping with temperatures of {{convert|-60|°C|°F}}. He endured dangerously low oxygen levels and eventually reached {{convert|29500|ft|m|order=flip}}, almost {{convert|10000|ft|m|order=flip}} higher than the previous record of {{convert|20019|ft|m|order=flip}}. The feat was filmed for [[Discovery Channel]] worldwide as well as [[Channel 4]] in the UK.<ref name="Tel190507">Grylls, Bear, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070524032421/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?xml=/portal/2007/05/19/nosplit/ftbear119.xml "Flying Into A Dream"], Telegraph.co.uk; 19 May 2007</ref> While Grylls initially planned to cross over Everest itself, the permit was only to fly to the south of Everest, and he did not traverse Everest out of risk of violating Chinese airspace.<ref>Martin, Nicole, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070517042718/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/15/wgrylls15.xml "Explorer hits heights with Himalayan record"], Telegraph.co.uk, 16 May 2007.</ref>

===Journey Antarctica 2008===
In 2008, Grylls led a team of four to climb one of the most remote unclimbed peaks in the world in Antarctica, to raise funds for children's charity Global Angels and promote the use of alternative energies. During this mission the team also aimed to explore the coast of Antarctica by inflatable boat and jetski, part powered by [[bioethanol]], and then to travel across some of the vast ice desert by wind-powered kite-ski and electric powered paramotor. However, the expedition was cut short after Grylls suffered a broken shoulder while kite skiing across a stretch of ice. Travelling at speeds up to 50 km/h (30 mph), a ski caught on the ice, launching him in the air and breaking his shoulder when he came down. He had to be medically evacuated.<ref>[http://www.journeyantarctica2008.com/diary/?currentPage=2 "Diary: From Bear"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206040015/http://www.journeyantarctica2008.com/diary/?currentPage=2 }}, journeyAntarctica2008.com, 6 December 2008.</ref>

===Longest indoor freefall===
Grylls, along with the double amputee Al Hodgson and the Scotsman Freddy MacDonald, set a [[Guinness World Records|Guinness world record]] in 2008 for the longest continuous [[vertical wind tunnel|indoor freefall]]. The previous record was 1 hour 36 minutes by a US team. Grylls, Hodgson, and MacDonald, using a [[vertical wind tunnel]] in [[Milton Keynes]], broke the record by a few seconds. The attempt was in support of the charity [[Global Angel Charitable Organization|Global Angels]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.londonspeakerbureau.com/my/print_speaker/bear_grylls |title=Bear Grylls |publisher=Londonspeakerbureau.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110058/http://www.londonspeakerbureau.com/my/print_speaker/bear_grylls |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.peotv.com/blog/man-vs-wild/ |title=Things Bear Grylls Did That You Didn'T Know |last=Peotv |first=Slt |publisher=PeoTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428003206/http://www.peotv.com/blog/man-vs-wild/ |archive-date=28 April 2015 |access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Tara John |title=Bear Grylls: Everything You Need to Know |url=http://time.com/4018444/bear-grylls-obama/ |magazine=Time.com |access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref>

===Northwest Passage expedition===
In September 2010, Grylls led a team of five to take an ice-breaking rigid-inflatable boat (RIB) through {{convert|5700|NM|km|abbr=}} of the ice-strewn [[Northwest Passage]]. The expedition intended to raise awareness of the effects of [[global warming]] and to raise money for children's charity Global Angels.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maritime Journal {{!}} Bear Grylls' RIB completes North West Passage|url=https://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/industry-news/bear-grylls-rib-completes-north-west-passage|access-date=13 June 2020|website=www.maritimejournal.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Our journey {{!}} Future Capital Partners and Bear Grylls – Northwest Passage|url=http://fcpnorthwestpassage.com/journey|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028074434/http://fcpnorthwestpassage.com/journey|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 October 2010|access-date=13 June 2020}}</ref>

==Career==
===Books===
Grylls' first book, ''Facing Up'' (UK)/''The Kid Who Climbed Everest'' (US), described his expedition and achievements climbing to the summit of Mount Everest. His second was ''Facing the Frozen Ocean''. His third book ''Born Survivor: Bear Grylls'' was written to accompany the TV series of the same name. He also wrote an extreme guide to outdoor pursuits, titled ''Bear Grylls Outdoor Adventures''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grylls |first=Bear |url=https://archive.org/details/beargryllsgreato0000gryl |title=Bear Grylls great outdoor adventures |publisher=Channel 4 Books |isbn=978-1905026524 |location=London |url-access=registration}}</ref>

In 2011, Grylls released his autobiography, ''[[Mud, Sweat, and Tears|Mud, Sweat and Tears: The Autobiography]]'',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grylls |first=Bear |title=Mud, sweat, and tears: the autobiograph |publisher=William Morrow |isbn=978-0-06-212419-7 |location=New York |page=408}}</ref> followed by ''A Survival Guide for Life'' in late 2012 and ''True Grit'' in 2013.<ref>{{Cite book |title=A Survival Guide for Life: How to Achieve Your Goal, Thrive in Adversity, and Grow in Character |publisher=William Morrow |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-06-227195-2 |location=New York |page=285 |oclc=818737912}}</ref>

Grylls also wrote the ''Mission Survival'' series of children's adventure survival books titled: ''Mission Survival: Gold of the Gods'', ''Mission Survival: Way of the Wolf'', ''Mission Survival: Sands of the Scorpion'', ''Mission Survival: Tracks of the Tiger'' and ''Mission Survival: Claws of the Crocodile''. He has written two thriller novels based around his character Will Jaeger; Ghost Flight released in 2015<ref name="Grylls2015">{{Cite book |last=Bear Grylls |url=https://archive.org/details/ghostflight0000gryl |title=Ghost Flight |publisher=Orion |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-4091-5684-0 |url-access=registration}}</ref> and Burning Angels in 2016.<ref name="Grylls2016">{{Cite book |last=Bear Grylls |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uPYeCgAAQBAJ |title=Burning Angels |publisher=Orion |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-4091-5688-8}}</ref>

In 2019, Grylls published a Christian devotional titled ''Soul Fuel''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grylls |first=Bear |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBt5DwAAQBAJ |title=Soul Fuel |publisher=Zondervan |year=2019 |isbn=9780310453642 |location=Grand Rapids, MI |author-link=Bear Grylls}}</ref>

In October 2021, Grylls released his second autobiography, ''Never Give Up''; covering some of his most memorable events and adventures.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grylls |first=Bear |title=Never Give Up |publisher= [[Bantam Press]] |isbn=978-1787634190 |location=London |author-link=Bear Grylls}}</ref>

In 2022, Grylls published ''Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day''.<ref>{{cite book | last=Grylls | first=Bear | title=Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day | publisher=John Murray Press | year=2022 | isbn=978-1-3998-0510-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h25zEAAAQBAJ }}</ref> Grylls told ''[[The Christian Post]]'' that it "offers honest and practical ways to practice better mental health... a crucial part of living a healthy, God-glorying life."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Bear Grylls says faith is 'key part of survivor's toolbox,' laments 'fluff' permeating Western Church |journal=The Christian Post |last=Klett |first=Leah MarieAnn |url=https://www.christianpost.com/books/bear-grylls-says-faith-is-key-part-of-survivors-toolbox.html |accessdate=2023-01-17 }}</ref>

In April 2023, Grylls released ''You Vs the World: The Bear Grylls Guide to Never Giving Up''; a motivational book aimed at children.<ref>{{cite book|title=You Vs the World: The Bear Grylls Guide to Never Giving Up|id={{ASIN|0744070678|country=uk}} }}</ref>

===Television===
Grylls was used by the UK Ministry of Defence to head the Army's anti-drugs TV campaign, and featured in the first ever major advertising campaign for [[Harrods]]. Grylls has been a guest on numerous talk shows including ''[[Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]]'', ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'', ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'', ''[[Attack of the Show!]]'', ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'', ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' and ''[[Harry Hill's TV Burp]]''. Grylls recorded two advertisements for Post's Trail Mix Crunch Cereal, which aired in the US from January 2009. He also appeared as a "distinguished instructor" in [[Dos Equis]]' ''Most Interesting Academy'' in a webisode named "Survival in the Modern Era". He appeared in a five-part web series that demonstrates urban survival techniques and features Grylls going from bush to bash. He also has marketed the [[Alpha Course]], a course on the basics of the Christian faith. In 2013, Grylls appeared in an airline safety video for [[Air New Zealand]] entitled ''Bear Essentials of Safety'', filmed against the backdrop of the [[Routeburn Track]] on the southern tip of New Zealand's [[South Island]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/feb/28/bear-grylls-air-new-zealand-video Safety video on ''The Guardian'' website]</ref> In 2014, Grylls appeared on ''[[Piers Morgan's Life Stories]]''.

====''Escape to the Legion''====
Grylls filmed a four-part TV show in 2005, called ''Escape to the Legion'', which followed Grylls and eleven other "recruits" as they took part in a shortened re-creation of the [[French Foreign Legion]]'s basic desert training in the [[Sahara]]. The show was first broadcast in the UK on Channel 4,<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/E/escape_to_the_legion/index.html "Escape to the Legion"] ''Channel4.com''</ref> and in the US on the [[Military Channel]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://military.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=52.14319.112490.29359.x |title=Military Channel: TV Listings: Escape to the Legion |year=2007 |publisher=The Military Channel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526193519/http://military.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=52.14319.112490.29359.x |archive-date=26 May 2007 |access-date=19 May 2007}}</ref>

====''Born Survivor/Man vs. Wild''====
[[File:Bear Grylls 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Grylls in front of an [[Alaska Air National Guard]], 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter before heading out to [[Spencer Glacier]] to film ''Man vs. Wild'']]
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Grylls hosts a series titled ''Born Survivor: Bear Grylls'' for the British Channel 4 and broadcast as ''Man vs. Wild'' in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, and the United States, and as ''Ultimate Survival'' on the Discovery Channel in Europe, Asia, and Africa. The series features Grylls dropped into inhospitable places, showing viewers how to survive. ''Man vs. Wild'' debuted in 2006, and its success led it to lasting [[List of Man vs. Wild episodes|seven seasons]] over five years.

The show has featured stunts including Grylls climbing cliffs, parachuting from helicopters, balloons, and planes, paragliding, ice climbing, running through a forest fire, wading rapids, eating snakes, wrapping his urine-soaked T-shirt around his head to help stave off the desert heat, drinking urine saved in a rattlesnake skin, drinking fecal liquid from elephant dung, eating deer droppings, wrestling alligators, field dressing a camel carcass and drinking water from it, eating various "creepy crawlies" [insects], using the corpse of a sheep as a sleeping bag and flotation device, free climbing waterfalls and using a bird guano/water enema for hydration.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://ew.com/article/2010/01/05/man-vs-wild-bear-enema-fish-eyes |title='Man vs. Wild' returns with Bear giving himself an enema |last=Barrett |first=Annie |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=21 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/man-vs-wild-guano-enema.html |title=Man vs. Wild/Guano Enema(Discovery Channel Video) |publisher=Dsc.discovery.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922210407/http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/man-vs-wild-guano-enema.html |archive-date=22 September 2011 |access-date=17 October 2012}}</ref>

The show caused controversy after a programme consultant revealed that Grylls actually stayed in a hotel on some nights — including an episode in Hawaii in which Grylls was ostensibly stranded on a deserted island — and that certain scenes were staged for him.<ref name="bbc-apology">{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7304617.stm |title=Entertainment | Grylls apologises for 'fake' show |work=BBC News |access-date=22 April 2013}}</ref> Grylls subsequently apologized to viewers who might have felt misled.<ref name="bbc-apology" />

In March 2012, the [[Discovery Channel]] dropped Grylls from its lineup because of a contractual dispute,<ref name="BBC Sacked">BBC News, 14 March 2012, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17364327 Bear Grylls sacked by Discovery Channel], bbc.co.uk; retrieved 11 November 2012.</ref><ref name="outside">{{Cite web |url=http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/celebrities/bear-grylls/Gone-With-The-Wind-20120730.html?page=all |title=Gone with the Wind |last=Michael Roberts |website=Outside Magazine}}</ref> although he has subsequently worked with them again.

In August 2019, Bear Grylls appeared with Indian Prime Minister, [[Narendra Modi]] in a special episode shot in the India's [[Jim Corbett National Park]], [[Uttarakhand]]. The episode was showcased in more than 180 countries across the world on the [[Discovery, Inc.]] network.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/pm-narendra-modi-to-feature-in-discovery-s-man-vs-wild-119072900490_1.html |title=PM Modi to discuss wildlife issues in Discovery's 'Man vs Wild' episode |work=Business Standard |access-date=10 August 2019 |agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref>

====''Worst-Case Scenario''====
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In 2010, Grylls came out with a new project titled ''[[Worst-Case Scenario (TV series)|Worst-Case Scenario]]'' which aired on Discovery in the US. It is based on the popular books of the same name.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://outsideonline.com/outside/culture/201005/bear-grylls-1.html |title=Outside Online May 2010 Issue |publisher=Outsideonline.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303004533/http://outsideonline.com/outside/culture/201005/bear-grylls-1.html |archive-date=3 March 2011 |access-date=17 October 2012}}</ref> Twelve episodes were produced before the show was cancelled.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=TBS will bow 'Worst Case'.(reality show 'Worst-Case Scenario')(Brief Article) |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-84350983.html |magazine=Daily Variety |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312043325/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-84350983.html |archive-date=12 March 2017}}</ref>

====''Bear's Wild Weekend''====
In 2011, he made two specials under the title ''Bear's Wild Weekend'' for [[Channel 4]] in the UK which was broadcast over the Christmas holiday that year. Each special featured Grylls taking either [[Jonathan Ross]] or [[Miranda Hart]] on short two-day adventures; Ross to rainforest in the Canary Islands, Hart to the Swiss Alps.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bears-wild-weekend-c4/5036041.article |title=Bear's Wild Weekend...C4 |website=Broadcast}}</ref> These screened in the US under the title ''Bear Grylls' Wild Adventure''. A third episode with [[Stephen Fry]], this time in the Dolomite mountains of [[South Tyrol]], screened in late 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-12-04/stephen-fry-to-join-bear-grylls-on-a-wild-weekend |title=Stephen Fry to join Bear Grylls on a Wild Weekend |last=Jade Bremner |website=Radio Times}}</ref>

In 2014, two further episodes were aired in the UK under the title ''Wild Weekends''. The first of these was the 2011 special of ''[[Man vs. Wild]]'' featuring [[Jake Gyllenhaal]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/man-wild-preview-guest-adventurer-206868 |title='Man Vs. Wild' Preview: Guest Adventurer Jake Gyllenhaal's Insurance Company Will Freak Out (Video) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=5 February 2017 |language=en}}</ref> and the second was the ''[[Running Wild with Bear Grylls|Running Wild]]'' episode featuring [[Ben Stiller]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Adewunmi |first=Bim |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/dec/11/bears-wild-weekend-with-ben-stiller-review |title=Bear's Wild Weekend With Ben Stiller – review: Action Man meets wilderness wannabe on the Isle of Skye |work=The Guardian |access-date=5 February 2017 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

====''Get Out Alive''====
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Grylls hosted ''[[Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls]]'', a reality competition series filmed in New Zealand, which premiered on NBC on 8 July 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/camp-american-ninja-warrior-save-me-get-out-alive-nbc-27872 |title=Camp, American Ninja Warrior, Save Me, Get Out Alive: NBC Announces Premieres | canceled + renewed TV shows |publisher=TV Series Finale |access-date=8 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rick Kissell |title=NBC to Air 'Bear Grylls', 'American Ninja Warrior' on Mondays |url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/nbc-sets-more-summer-premiere-dates-1200370748 |magazine=Variety |access-date=8 May 2013}}</ref>

====''Escape from Hell''====
In ''Bear Grylls: Escape from Hell'', he reveals the true life stories of ordinary people trapped in extraordinary situations of survival. The six-episode series premiered on the Discovery Channel in the UK on 4 October 2013, and in the US on 11 November 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/11/06/bear-grylls-is-back-on-discovery-channel-in-bear-grylls-escape-from-hell/214024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110120719/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/11/06/bear-grylls-is-back-on-discovery-channel-in-bear-grylls-escape-from-hell/214024/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2013 |title=Bear Grylls is Back on Discovery Channel in 'Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell' |last=Amanda Kondolojy |website=TVbythenumbers.zap2it.com}}</ref>

====''The Island''====
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He presented ''[[The Island with Bear Grylls]]'', first shown on [[Channel 4]] on 5 May 2014. An [[The Island (U.S. TV series)|American version]] of the show was also made and it premiered on 25 May 2015 on NBC.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sara Bibel |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/04/28/nbc-reveals-the-cast-of-new-reality-series-the-island/395791 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501020443/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/04/28/nbc-reveals-the-cast-of-new-reality-series-the-island/395791/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 May 2015 |title=NBC Reveals the Cast of New Reality Series 'The Island' |work=TV by the Numbers}}</ref>

====''Running Wild with Bear Grylls''====
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In this [[Running Wild with Bear Grylls|adventure TV series]] from NBC, which premiered on 28 July 2014, Grylls takes celebrities on a two-day trip in the wilderness. The celebrities who took part in Season 1 are [[Zac Efron]], [[Ben Stiller]], [[Tamron Hall]], [[Deion Sanders]], [[Channing Tatum]], and [[Tom Arnold (actor)|Tom Arnold]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rita Sherrow |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/tv/zac-efron-channing-tatum-and-ben-stiller-are-running-wild/article_a41b552e-ada9-5f75-9810-e60b8cc72524.html |title=Zac Efron, Channing Tatum and Ben Stiller are 'Running Wild With Bear Grylls' starting Monday on NBC |work=Tulsa World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Douglas Cobb |url=http://guardianlv.com/2014/07/running-wild-with-bear-grylls-48-hours-with-zac-efron-review-video |title=Running Wild With Bear Grylls: 48 Hours With Zac Efron |work=The Guardian Liberty Voice}}</ref> Celebrities who took part in Season 2 were [[Kate Winslet]], [[Kate Hudson]], [[Drew Brees]], [[Jesse Tyler Ferguson]], [[Ed Helms]], [[Michelle Rodriguez]], [[Ajay Devgan]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tv/ajay-devgn-s-into-the-wild-with-bear-grylls-trailer-highlights-his-survival-instinct-in-the-indian-ocean-watch-101634018643388.html |title=Ajay Devgn's Into The Wild with Bear Grylls trailer highlights his survival instinct in the Indian Ocean. Watch |website=Hindustan Times |access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref> [[Akshay Kumar]], [[Rajanikanth]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/after-rajinikanth-akshay-kumar-into-the-wild-with-bear-grylls-next-guest-is-ajay-devgn-7502967/lite/&ved=2ahUKEwjevbeSt5D0AhXU7GEKHSIMC7gQFnoECFAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3XnRQz7-TVYjcznx6YPVoI&ampcf=1|title=After Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar, into the Wild with Bear Grylls' next guest is Ajay Devgn}}</ref> India's prime minister [[Narendra Modi]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/gallery/entertainment/pm-modi-to-akshay-kumar-vicky-kaushal-5-indian-celebs-who-have-been-on-bear-grylls-show-drb-r2cnr7 |title=PM Modi to Akshay Kumar, Vicky Kaushal, 5 Indian celebs who have been on Bear Grylls' show |website=Asianet Newsable |access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref> [[James Marsden]], [[Michael B. Jordan]], and [[President Barack Obama]].<ref>[http://www.nbc.com/running-wild-with-bear-grylls/about ''Running Wild with Bear Grylls''], nbc.com; accessed 15 August 2015.</ref>

====''Mission Survive''====
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In 2015, he began presenting the six-part ITV series ''[[Bear Grylls: Mission Survive]]'' which features eight celebrities on a twelve-day survival mission. The series began airing on 20 February 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |last=John Plunkett |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/27/bear-grylls-celebrities-mission-survive-itv |title=Bear Grylls pushes celebrities to the limit in Mission Survive |work=The Guardian |access-date=12 February 2015}}</ref> ''Mission Survive'' returned for a second series in 2016.<ref>[http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/bear-grylls-mission-survive-return-second-series "Bear Grylls' 'Mission Survive' returning for second series"], itv.com; accessed 15 August 2015.</ref>

====''Bear Grylls Survival School''====
In 2016, he presented a [[CITV]] series called ''Bear Grylls Survival School''. Filming started in August 2015. The series began airing on 10 January 2016.<ref>[http://www.itv.com/beontv/shows/beargryllssurvivalschool ''Bear Grylls Survival School''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702043002/http://www.itv.com/beontv/shows/beargryllssurvivalschool }}, itv.com; accessed 15 August 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a661746/bear-grylls-to-front-citv-adventure-show-bear-grylls-survival-school.html#~pm1wp27Y9oRQWE Bear Grylls to front Citv adventure show], digitalspy.co.uk; accessed 21 August 2015.</ref> A second series was scheduled to begin on 7 January 2017.

====''Survivor Games''====
In summer 2015, China's [[Dragon Television|Dragon TV]] ordered a Grylls-fronted adventure series titled ''Survivor Games'' (Chinese: 跟着贝尔去冒险). The series featured Grylls and eight Chinese celebrities and premiered on Dragon TV on 16 October 2015.<ref>[http://realscreen.com/2015/09/28/chinas-dragon-tv-orders-bear-grylls-survivor-games/ China's Dragon TV orders Bear Grylls' "Survivor Games"], realscreen.com; accessed 16 October 2015.</ref>

====''Bear's Mission''====
In 2018, ITV began airing a new series similar to the USA series "Running Wild with Bear Grylls" called "Bear's Mission with...". This show focuses on one British celebrity taking an overnight adventure with Bear each episode. The series premiered on ITV on early 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fynqhs/bears-mission-episode-guide/ |title=Bear's Mission Series and Episode Guides {{!}} TV from RadioTimes |website=Radio Times |language=en |access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref>

====''You vs. Wild''====
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Later, Grylls went on to release an interactive series on streaming service [[Netflix]].

====''World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji''====
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Grylls presented the revival of the ''[[Eco-Challenge]]'' series, which is titled ''[[World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji]]''. It involved teams from around the world competing in an adventure race, which took place in Fiji. The series premiered on [[Amazon Prime Video]] on 14 August 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2019/08/amazon-eco-challenge-teams-location/|title=Amazon's Eco-Challenge will have 66 teams racing in Fiji{{snd}}and a new name|date=1 August 2019|website=reality blurred}}</ref>

====''Bear Grylls Wild Adventure''====
Spring 2021, two-part [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] series featuring [[Jonny Wilkinson]] and [[Nicola Adams]], respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-commissions-bear-grylls-wild-adventure-specials|title=ITV commissions Bear Grylls Wild Adventure Specials|website=itv.com/presscentre|access-date=6 March 2021}}</ref>

====''Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge''====
Premiered in July 2022, it is a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of Grylls' long running ''[[Running Wild With Bear Grylls]]'' series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.natgeotv.com/asia/running-wild-with-bear-grylls-the-challenge-s1|title=Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge|website=natgeotv.com/asia|accessdate=8 August 2022}}</ref>

====''Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy''====
In this documentary that aired on Channel 4 on 28 March 2023, Grylls travels to [[Ukraine]] to meet [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy|President Zelenskyy]] and to meet civilians caught up in the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–present)|war]] with [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/bear-grylls-meets-president-zelenskyy|title=Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy|website=channel4.com|accessdate=20 March 2023}}</ref>

====''I Survived Bear Grylls''====
Upcoming eight-part competition series; co-hosted with comedian Jordan Conley.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wbd.com/tbs-new-competition-series-i-survived-bear-grylls-to-premiere-on-thursday-may-18/|title=TBS' New Competition Series "i Survived Bear Grylls" To Premiere On Thursday, May 18|website=wbd.com|accessdate=21 April 2023}}</ref>

===Motivational speaking===
Outside of TV, Grylls works as a [[motivational speaker]], giving speeches worldwide to corporations, churches, schools, and other organisations.<ref name="telegraph-boy-adventure" /><ref name="outside" />

===Be Military Fit===
{{main|Be Military Fit}}Bear Grylls Ventures and NM Capital purchased British Military Fitness in September 2018 and re-branded as "[[Be Military Fit]] with Bear Grylls", to retain the existing abbreviation BMF. The company runs outdoor group fitness classes in 140 public parks and outdoor spaces across the United Kingdom. The classes are led by former or serving members of the [[British Armed Forces]] with recognised fitness training qualifications. It is Europe's largest outdoor fitness company.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/news/BMF-teams-up-with-Bear-Grylls-and-rebrands-as-Be-Military-Fit/339145 |title=BMF teams up with Bear Grylls and rebrands as 'Be Military Fit' |work=Leisure Opportunities |access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bemilitaryfit.com/blog/british-military-fitness-becomes-be-military-fit-with-bear-grylls |title=British Military Fitness becomes Be Military Fit with Bear Grylls |website=bemilitaryfit.com |access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mark Hookham |first=Nicholas Hellen and |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bear-grylls-gets-military-fitness-firm-in-shape-by-shedding-british-connection-s0rvzh8ql |title=Bear Grylls gets military fitness firm in shape by shedding British connection |work=The Sunday Times |access-date=2 October 2018 |issn=0956-1382}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.healthclubmanagement.co.uk/health-club-management-news/BMF-teams-up-with-Bear-Grylls-and-rebrands-as-Be-Military-Fit/339145 |title=BMF teams up with Bear Grylls and rebrands as 'Be Military Fit' |work=Health Club Management |access-date=4 October 2018}}</ref>

==Charity and politics==
[[File:Bear Grylls 2016 8 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Grylls juggling in 2016]]

Grylls is an ambassador for The Prince's Trust, an organisation which provides training, financial, and practical support to young people in the United Kingdom.<ref name="BGbiog" />

Global Angels, a UK charity which seeks to aid children around the world, were the beneficiaries of his 2007 accomplishment of taking a powered para-glider higher than Mount Everest. Grylls' held the highest ever dinner party at {{convert|25000|ft|m|order=flip}} in aid of [[The Duke of Edinburgh's Award]] Scheme, and launched the 50th anniversary of the Awards. His successful circumnavigation of Britain on jet skis raised money for the [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]].

Grylls' Everest climb was in aid of [[SSAFA Forces Help]], a British-based charitable organisation set up to help former and serving members of the British Armed Forces and their families and dependents. His 2003 Arctic expedition detailed in the book ''Facing the Frozen Ocean'' was in aid of [[The Prince's Trust]]. His 2005 attempt to para-motor over the Angel Falls was in aid of the charity [[Hope and Homes for Children]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.webchats.tv/webchat.php?ID=219 |title=Fancy An Adventure |last=Murray Norton |publisher=Webchats.tv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816111120/http://www.webchats.tv/webchat.php?ID=219 |archive-date=16 August 2007 |access-date=19 May 2007}}</ref>

In August 2010, Grylls continued his fund-raising work for Global Angels by undertaking an expedition through the Northwest Passage in a rigid inflatable boat. Many of his expeditions also support environmental causes such as his Antarctica expedition and his circumnavigation of Britain which tested a pioneering new fuel made from rubbish. In 2011, Grylls was in New Zealand during the February [[2011 Christchurch earthquake]]. Following the incident, he appeared on New Zealand advertisements encouraging people to donate money to help rebuild the city.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/the-island-with-bear-grylls/index-group-6186987 |title=The Island With Bear Grylls |website=TVNZ Ondemand |access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalangels.org/angels/bear-grylls/ |title=Bear Grylls – Global Angels Global Angels |publisher=Globalangels.org |access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref>

Grylls is also an ambassador for Care for Children, an organisation that partners with governments in Asia to help create a positive alternative to institutional care through local family-based care for disadvantaged children.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.careforchildren.com/who-we-are/patrons-and-ambassadors |title=Patrons & Ambassadors – Who We Are – Care For Children – Family First in Asia |website=careforchildren.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018115245/http://www.careforchildren.com/who-we-are/patrons-and-ambassadors |archive-date=18 October 2016 |access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> In 2014, Grylls designed a Scouts-themed [[Paddington Bear]] statue, one of fifty located around London prior to the release of the film ''[[Paddington (film)|Paddington]]'', which was auctioned to raise funds for the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children]] (NSPCC).<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Paddington Bear Statues Have Taken Over London |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-11-24/paddington-bear-statues-taken-over-london-david-beckham-benedict-cumberbatch |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=Condé Nast}}</ref>

Grylls said he spoke "from the heart" in backing "Remain" in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 referendum]]. "At such a time for the UK to retreat, run and cut ourselves loose from Europe, when there are so many challenges on our doorstep, to me just doesn't feel either courageous or kind," he said. "Europe has many flaws, but I also believe the way to help resolve many of those tough issues is from within... I have never been a good quitter and I am so proud of the UK and our values: tolerance, kindness, respect, courage and resilience. This is why I want us to stay together and Remain in Europe."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eu-referendum-brexit-remain-who-do-celebrities-support-david-beckham-jk-rowling-a7094751.html |title=The celebrities that support Brexit (and the ones backing Remain) |work=The Independent |access-date=27 November 2018 |language=en-GB}}</ref> In January 2020, he announced that he had asserted [[Irish nationality law#By descent|his right to Irish citizenship]] and had obtained an Irish passport.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Deirdre Falvey |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/bear-grylls-s-dublin-surprise-he-s-irish-and-he-has-the-passport-to-prove-it-1.4134906 |title=Bear Grylls's Dublin surprise: He's Irish, and he has the passport to prove it |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=10 January 2020}}</ref>

Grylls was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2019 Birthday Honours]] for services to young people, the media and charity.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=62666|supp=y|page=B12}}</ref>

===Positions in Scouting===
[[File:Bear Grylls 2016 3.jpg|thumb|Grylls speaking in 2016]]

==== Designation of Chief Ambassador of World Scouting ====
On 16 November 2018, The [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] announced the appointment of Bear Grylls as its first Chief Ambassador.<ref name="appointed"/> Upon his appointment, he said "I'm very proud and humbled to take on this new role as Chief Ambassador of World Scouting and continue to promote the great work Scouting is doing across the globe. Scouting is a worldwide force for good that unites young people with positive values and an adventurous spirit. We aim to make a difference in our communities, help young people learn new skills, and be kind to all people."<ref name="appointed">{{Cite web|title=Bear Grylls appointed as first Chief Ambassador of World Scouting|url=https://www.scout.org/bear-grylls-appointed-as-first-chief-ambassador-of-world-scouting|access-date=21 July 2020|website=www.scout.org|language=en}}</ref>

Bear has long been a supporter of [[Scouting]] around the world often visiting Scout groups on his filming missions and appeared at the [[24th World Scout Jamboree]] in his role as Chief Ambassador<ref>{{Cite web|title=CHIEF AMBASSADOR BEAR GRYLLS INSPIRES MILLIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE|url=https://www.scout.org/world-scouting-bear-grylls}}</ref>

==== Term as Chief Scout of the Scout Association ====
{{See also|Chief Scout (The Scout Association)}}
On 17 May 2009, [[The Scout Association]] announced Grylls would be appointed Chief Scout following the end of [[Peter Duncan (actor)|Peter Duncan]]'s five-year term in July 2009.<ref>Pugh, Oliver, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090519191359/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/grylls-puts-on-his-woggle-and-scouts-out-a-new-challenge-1686777.html "Grylls puts on his woggle and scouts out a new challenge"] Independent.co.uk, 18 May 2009.</ref> He was officially made Chief Scout at [[Explorer Scouts (The Scout Association)#Gilwell 24|Gilwell 24]] on 11 July 2009 in a handover event featuring Peter Duncan in front of a crowd of over 3,000 [[Explorer Scouts (The Scout Association)|Explorer Scouts]]. He is the tenth person to hold the position and the youngest Chief Scout since the role was created for [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Robert Baden-Powell]] in 1920.<ref name=":0">Quinn, Ben, [https://www.theguardian.com/global/2009/may/17/bear-grylls-chief-scout "Survivalist Bear Grylls named as new Chief Scout"] Guardian.co.uk, 17 May 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.scouts.org.uk/news_view.php?news_id=185 "Bear Grylls announced as new Chief Scout"], Scouts.org.uk, 17 May 2009.</ref>

On 9 April 2015, The Scout Association announced that Grylls would continue as Chief Scout until 2018. Grylls wrote, "I am so proud that the largest youth movement on the planet has asked me to continue in my role as UK Chief Scout."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://scouts.org.uk/news/2015/04/news-bear-grylls-to-stay-on-as-chief-scout-until-2018/ |title=Bear Grylls to stay on as Chief Scout until 2018 |website=[[The Scout Association]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613130305/http://scouts.org.uk/news/2015/04/news-bear-grylls-to-stay-on-as-chief-scout-until-2018 |archive-date=13 June 2015 |access-date=13 June 2015}}</ref>

On 5 June 2015, Grylls, in an interview with ''[[The Telegraph (U.K.)|The Telegraph]]'', praised the challenge of being Britain's youngest Chief Scout, saying "Scouting humbles me every day".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/travel/adventure-travel-clothing/11646522/The-merits-of-being-chief-scout.html |title=Bear Grylls on the merits of being Chief Scout |website=[[The Telegraph (U.K.)|The Telegraph]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613130530/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/travel/adventure-travel-clothing/11646522/The-merits-of-being-chief-scout.html |archive-date=13 June 2015 |access-date=13 June 2015}}</ref> He remains Chief Scout in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scouts.org.uk/about-us/our-people/chief-scout/|title=Chief Scout - Scouts}}</ref>

=== Ambasador in United24 ===
On 29 March 2023, Bear Grylls has become an ambassador for the [[United24|UNITED24]] platform. His education company BecomingX, together with [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] and [[Accenture]], is developing the BecomingX Ukraine learning platform for Ukrainians.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNITED24 |url=https://t.me/U24_gov_ua/1915 |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Telegram}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bear Grylls is a UNITED24 ambassador: the global adventurer has joined President Zelenskyy's fundraising platform |url=https://u24.gov.ua/news/grylls |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=u24.gov.ua |language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
* {{Portal-inline|Scouting}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071031114258/http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs295307.pdf ScoutBase.org (UK) "Meet the Chiefs"]
* {{IMDb name|2426012|Bear Grylls}}
* [http://www.dmax.it/video/programmi/bear-grylls-lultimo-sopravvissuto/ Bear Grylls on Dmax] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429151315/http://www.dmax.it/video/programmi/bear-grylls-lultimo-sopravvissuto/ }}

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