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Mud, Sweat and Tears
by Bear Grylls
I’ve always liked Bear although I didn’t really know much about him aside from the fact that he had been to Eton and was in the SAS. I never knew he’d climbed Mount Everest but knowing what I do about him now it doesn’t surprise me. I have seen a few episodes of his shows and really enjoyed the celebrity ones he did, especially the one with Stephen Fry. If I’m entirely honest he’s the sort of man I just cannot relate to. There needs to be people like Bear in the world, people that advance mankind through a mixture of determination and recklessness, but there also needs to be people like me; cautious, not attempting anything I am not certain I can complete, happy with both my feet on the ground.
I greatly admire him but also disagree with his statement that the mountaineers who have lost their lives attempting to climb Everest were heroes. Nurses are heroes, soldiers are heroes, social workers and youth workers are heroes, people who work with the homeless are heroes… I could go on. Although I feel sorry for the people who have died doing what they loved to my mind they were not heroes, they were selfish, putting their own adventure before their families and the people who loved them.
I also could not relate to Bear’s faith. I’m an atheist and for as long as I could remember I have felt deep in my bones that the whole religion thing was a nonsense dreamt up by man to stop us feeling so insignificant and alone. However if I did have faith then Bear’s is the type I would long to have; deeply personal and rooted in nature.
So in summary I enjoyed the book and I like the man but I didn’t really connect with him on any sort of level. I would recommend it for those adventuring types.
I greatly admire him but also disagree with his statement that the mountaineers who have lost their lives attempting to climb Everest were heroes. Nurses are heroes, soldiers are heroes, social workers and youth workers are heroes, people who work with the homeless are heroes… I could go on. Although I feel sorry for the people who have died doing what they loved to my mind they were not heroes, they were selfish, putting their own adventure before their families and the people who loved them.
I also could not relate to Bear’s faith. I’m an atheist and for as long as I could remember I have felt deep in my bones that the whole religion thing was a nonsense dreamt up by man to stop us feeling so insignificant and alone. However if I did have faith then Bear’s is the type I would long to have; deeply personal and rooted in nature.
So in summary I enjoyed the book and I like the man but I didn’t really connect with him on any sort of level. I would recommend it for those adventuring types.