Think you’ve got what it takes to hang tough with television’s baddest survivalist? Here’s your chance to test your wilderness mettle alongside Bear Grylls.
Think you’ve got what it takes to hang tough with television’s baddest survivalist? Here’s your chance to test your wilderness mettle alongside Bear Grylls.
One of Bear Grylls first forays into television was an advertisement he did eight years ago for Sure/Degree Men. It was, in part, the big break that eventually landed him his hit show Man vs. Wild on the Discovery Channel. Teaming up once again, Degree and Grylls have decided to give a select group of amateur survivalists a similar opportunity.
Read The Bear Grylls Survival Manual from the April ’09 issue of Men’s Journal.
If you fancy yourself an adventurer, you’re in luck. From now until April 30, you can enter for a chance to be one of four guys to take part in a wilderness boot camp led by Bear Grylls. If selected, your summer adventures — and inevitable mishaps — will be filmed from a remote location. Before your television debut, however, you’ll first have to prove yourself to a group of pro athlete mentors, as well as Grylls himself, as they assess your ability to cope with the challenges set before you.
In August, the world will watch you test your limits on a web series at www.FanVsWild.com. No sense in being bashful though — something tells us that the fear of public scrutiny will be the least of your worries once left to your own devices in the wild. This fall, one of the winning four will be featured in a special one-hour episode Fan vs. Wild on Discovery.
Visit www.FanVsWild.com to submit a photo and essay explaining why adventure is in your blood, and why you’re the best candidate for the show.

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Thu, Mar 18, 2010