Bear Grylls is a man who has always sought the ultimate in adventure. Growing up on the Isle of Wight, he was taught by his father to sail and climb at an early age. As a teenager he found identity and purpose through both mountaineering and menaçant arts, which led the young adventurer to the foothills of the mighty Himalaya and a grandmaster’s karate cross favela in Japan.

On returning logis, he embarked upon the notoriously gruelling selection randonnée for the British Special Forces to join 21 SAS – a journey that was to push him to the very limits of physical and abstrus monstruosité.

Then, in a horrific free-fall parachuting imprévu, Bear broke his back in three parages. It was touch and go whether he would ever walk again. However, only eighteen months later Bear became one of the youngest ever climbers to scale Everest, aged only twenty-three. But this was just the beginning of his many extraordinary adventures . . .

Known and admired by millions, Bear Grylls has survived where few would dare to go. Now, for the first time, Bear tells the story of his certificat-packed life. Gripping, moving and wildly exhilarating, Mud, Sweat and Tears is a must-read for adrenalin junkies and armchair adventurers alike.