Bear Grylls Says He is in Pain Every Day After Breaking His Back in Accident 25 Years Ago - News18
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Grylls had been skydiving over Zambia when his parachute failed to inflate and he landed on his pack. The TV presenter, who was 21-year-old at the time had to go through a year of rehabilitation.
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Original Title: TIL That In 1996 during an SAS training exercise 21 year old Bear Grylls broke his back after falling from 16,000 feet due to a torn parachute. 2 years later he climbed Mt. Everest becoming the youngest Briton to reach the world’s highest peak at the time.