Bear Grylls travels the world in search of challenges to his survival skills.
Episodes
Season 1 - Episodes
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S01E01The Rockies
Aired: 2006-10-27
Show details expand_moreHost Bear Grylls parachutes alone into a remote area of the Rocky Mountains equipped with only the clothes on his back.
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S01E02Moab Desert, Utah
Aired: 2006-11-10
Show details expand_moreBear is stranded in Utah's Moab Desert, where he must find his way back to civilization through a maze of canyons, avoiding rattlesnakes and quicksand, equipped with only a bottle of water, a knife and a flint.
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S01E03Costa Rican Rainforest
Aired: 2006-11-17
Show details expand_moreBear Grylls, equipped only with a knife and a water bottle, tries to survive in the Costa Rican rain forest after parachuting onto the Osa Peninsula. He faces swarms of insects, poisonous snakes, dense jungle and mangrove swamps.
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S01E04European Alps
Aired: 2006-11-24
Show details expand_moreBear Grylls, outfitted with only a knife, water bottle, cup and flint, parachutes into the French Alps, where he builds a snow shelter and explains how to survive a fall into a frozen lake.
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S01E05Hawaii - Mount Kilauea
Aired: 2006-12-01
Show details expand_moreOn Mount Kilauea, an active volcano, Bear climbs down a rope from a helicopter and demonstrates how to create a gas mask, escape from a moving lava flow, find water in a lava tube and get honey from a bee's nest.
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S01E06Sierra Nevada
Aired: 2006-12-08
Show details expand_moreIn the Sierra Nevada's, Bear uses his knowledge of Native American survival techniques to build a shelter, calm wild horses and find food.
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S01E07African Savannah
Aired: 2006-12-15
Show details expand_moreBear parachutes into the Kenyan savannah from a hot-air balloon, where he finds himself surrounded by dangerous animals, including rhinos, lions, leopards, elephants and cape buffalo. He builds a tent from natural materials and traps small birds for food.
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S01E08Alaskan Mountain Range
Aired: 2006-12-22
Show details expand_moreIn the Chugach Mountains of Alaska, Bear has only a bottle of water, a knife and a flint as he travels down mountain slopes, over glaciers and through bear-infested forests, navigating a small boat through treacherous ice floes.
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S01E09Hawaii - Desert Island
Aired: 2006-12-29
Show details expand_moreBear Grylls is cast adrift in the Pacific Ocean, encountering coral reefs, rip currents, relentless surf and sharks.
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S01E10Everglades
Aired: 2007-06-15
Show details expand_moreBear drops into the Florida Everglades where he slogs through the swamps, offering survival tips while dodging alligators and rattlesnakes, and dining on frogs and turtles.
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S01E11Iceland
Aired: 2007-06-22
Show details expand_moreBear braces for the cold of Iceland, offering survival tips that include how to build a snow cave, live through a blizzard and avoid frostbite, and forage for food.
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S01E12Mexico
Aired: 2007-06-29
Show details expand_moreIn Mexico, Bear must find his way out of Copper Canyon, and his only supplies are a water bottle, a flint and a knife. Included: how to build a compass; catching and eating scorpions; basics of fire-making; fishing without a line.
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S01E13Kimberly, Australia
Aired: 2007-07-06
Show details expand_moreIn Kimberly, Australia, Bear faces extreme heat, poisonous snakes and the ever present danger of dehydration. Survival tips include how to forage for food, build a shelter and extreme measures to avoid dehydrating.
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S01E14Ecuador
Aired: 2007-07-13
Show details expand_moreBear Grylls offers survival tips in the Ecuadorian jungle. Included: building a bamboo bridge; making a bow and arrow; determining which plants are poisonous.
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S01E15Scotland
Aired: 2007-07-20
Show details expand_moreBear offers survival tips in Scotland's Cairngorms National Park. Included: using moss to purify water; skinning a deer; cooking a rabbit.










































