Bear Grylls is Cooler Than Everyone

Bear Grylls may very well be, the greatest person in the history of everything ever. He doesn't have a stunt double. he doesn't use safety cords or protection equipment, and he has an accent. On top of that, he eats spiders raw, cuts open camels and lives in them for a night, and puts himself in situations that are so over the top that no one would even think about finding their way anywhere close to being in them.

Les Stroud is also a survivalist. Many know this man as the Survivorman. He has his own survival based TV shows as well, on Discovery Channel, like Bear does. Not only does he live through stuff that's realistic for a normal person, but he also films everything entirely himself, even by setting down the camera, walking past it, retracing his steps to retrieve the camera, then re-retracing those steps to continue. To boot, he's a musician. Les Stroud is one awesome dude.

So why is Bear better than Les Stroud? Bear wasn't born with the name "Bear." His parents called him Edward Michael. He also crushed 3 vertebrae from a faulty parachute fall and was nearly paralyzed forever. He is also the youngest Chief Scout of the UK's Scouting Association. Basically, this is a very quick summary to show that not only is he thousands of times more amazing than most normal people, but he's also cooler than those of his own compare.

Many people criticize Bear for having his camera crew help him through scenarios, however, I would argue that he's earned it. He climbed Mount Everest, for frick's sake! And now that Bear has his new TV show, Worst Case Scenario, even he puts himself into situations that nearly any average person could find themselves in. Plus, these situations aren't out in the wild, their in our homes and backyards. These are things that can pop up at work or on a leisurely drive. Bear shows normal people how to get through plenty of things that happen fairly frequently, yet people have no idea how to deal with the situation. For example, snake bites, car accidents, earthquakes, urban assailants, and more!

My devotion is to Bear Grylls, the man who has taught me what to do if I'm attacked by wild animals or getting mugged in a parking lot. So unless someone comes out with a fantasy/sci-fi survivalist who can show me how to best protect myself from dragons or survive a zombie apocalypse, then I'm not changing my mind.