Transworld Publishers Ltd Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls

Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls is a fast-paced, personable account of a life shaped by adventure. This edition is published by Transworld Publishers Ltd.

Key details

• Author: Bear Grylls
• Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

Synopsis

Bear Grylls is presented as someone who has consistently pursued demanding challenges, beginning with sailing and climbing lessons on the Isle of Wight. As a teenager, he found identity and purpose through mountaineering and martial arts, experiences that took him to the foothills of the Himalaya and to a grandmasters karate training camp in Japan.

After returning home, he undertook the selection course for the British Special Forces to join 21 SAS, described as a test of physical and mental endurance. The description also recounts a severe free-fall parachuting accident in which he broke his back in three places, followed by his return to climbing and becoming one of the youngest people to scale Everest at the age of twenty-three.