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Mud Sweat And Tears | Bear Grylls Autobiography

Known and admired by millions as the star of Man vs. Wild, Bear Grylls has survived places few would dare to go. In the best seller book you´ll read about Bear´s early years growing up on a remote island off of Britains cost, his passion for mountaineering and martial arts, and extraordinary adventures like climbing Mount Everest (at the age of 23) and joining the elite Special Air Service unit 21 SAS. The book tells the story of his action-packed life and also describes his near death accident in a horrific free-fall parachuting accident in Africa he broke his back in three places. source

"The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word - extra. And for me, I had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me… and the more of these words I heard the smaller I always felt! But the truth is often very different… and for me to learn that ordinary me can achieve something extra-ordinary by giving that little bit extra, when everyone else gives up, meant the world to me and I really clung to it…”

You can get it in Europe here




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