Ex-SAS member. Worldwide head of the Boy Scouts, the only group dedicated to getting Pommie kids off of their asses. Broke his back in a parachute accident, was told he'd never walk again: two years later climbed Everest. Has silly names for his kid, no doubt in the Jonny Cash tradition so that they learn to fight.
Yes, the shows are staged. That might not even be real piss. But he's a damn sight cooler than a footballer whose voice never broke.
PS: I still won't buy a Triumph.
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Funny to see the real hardmen making the comments here. 
So just because we don't like his "reality" TV show we are not hard enough.... Erm, OK....
If he is so "hard" then why doesn't he strap on a GoPro and really go do it, without the help of his entourage.
But my biggest problem with his "Survival show" is his absolute retarded advise. If you really found yourself in a spot of bother and you decided to listen to that twats advise chances are you are going to die a slow and agonising death...
He always chooses the most dangerous route, you know... for the "show". If you jumped off everything he did or make makeshift ropes from leaves you will surely fall, break something and die. And don't get me started on his love for going down abandoned mineshaft and caves.... Why the @#$% would you think that is the best way to survive, "Oh look, a mine shaft! Surely the best way to find civilisation is down there!".
He is a entertainer, he does all his "stunts" for the camera.
Now Les Stroud is much "harder" than Grylls. He actually does seem to survive for a few days alone. It is still a show at the end of the day and I will never believe any of these hosts will ever be in real danger but Les shows how to conserve energy while trying to get food and shelter. Jumping off rocks won't get you saved.... It will get you killed.
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