#613 - Bear Grylls on Running Wild with Celebrities, Climbing Mt. Everest & the Unexpected TV Friendships
Bobby Bones Presents: The BobbyCast
Nashville Podcast Network
4.8 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Bear Grylls joins Bobby to talk about a life built around adventure, survival, and pushing himself into the unknown. He shares stories from taking celebrities like Uma Thurman and Machine Gun Kelly into the wild on Running Wild, what it’s like watching them face real fear, and the unexpected friendships that have come from those experiences. Bear also looks back on climbing Mt. Everest, the mindset it takes to survive extreme conditions, and why adventure continues to shape the way he lives his life.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:10.8 | I don't always promise to return people without any scratches or scrapes or bruises, but we generally try and keep people alive, yeah. |
| 0:21.2 | Okay, today we're going to talk with Bear Grills. |
| 0:23.7 | One of the most recognizable faces in adventure and survival, |
| 0:28.2 | a former 21 special air service soldier. |
| 0:31.8 | He's climbed Mount Everest. |
| 0:33.6 | He was 23 years old when he did that. |
| 0:35.7 | Military author, |
| 0:38.9 | Man versus Wild, |
| 0:40.9 | running wild with Bear Grills, |
| 0:43.4 | which I've done that show twice. |
| 0:44.9 | I do know Bear a little bit. |
| 0:47.2 | Many, many, |
| 0:49.4 | five, six, seven years ago, |
| 0:51.0 | I got a call that says, |
| 0:53.3 | do you want to do running wild with Bear Grills? |
| 0:56.1 | And I thought that was crazy. |
| 0:59.3 | And I thought I wonder what mountain nearby will go climb. |
| 1:00.5 | So I said yes to it. |
| 1:03.2 | And they say, you're going to Norway. |
| 1:05.6 | And so I got on a flight. |
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