{"id":3785,"date":"2008-12-07T13:11:57","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T13:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3785"},"modified":"2025-09-28T00:57:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T00:57:54","slug":"wild-scores-one-in-man-vs-wild-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3785","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Wild&#8221; scores one in Man vs. Wild situation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bear Grylls, star of&nbsp;<strong>Man vs. Wild<\/strong>,&nbsp;injured in the Antarctic. It was while doing a documentary and fundraiser separate from his Discovery Channel television show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e20105364b66b4970c-320wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e20105364b66b4970c-320wi.jpg 320w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e20105364b66b4970c-320wi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e20105364b66b4970c-320wi-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20105364b650d970c-pi\" style=\"DISPLAY: inline\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e2010536434ad4970b-pi\" style=\"DISPLAY: inline\"><\/a> &nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1092537\/Airlift-rescue-injured-explorer-Bear-Grylls-Antarctic-fall.html\"><font color=\"#800080\">Airlift rescue for injured explorer Bear Grylls after Antarctic fall | Mail Online<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Daredevil SAS man-turned-explorer Bear Grylls was being airlifted to the UK after being badly injured while on an independent expedition in Antarctica.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 34-year-old adventurer broke his shoulder in a life-threatening fall and was said to be in \u2018shock and agony\u2019 from a serious fracture which left the bone protruding from his body. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accident happened at 11pm British time on Friday, and Bear\u2019s insurance company arranged for his evacuation by air ambulance for urgent medical treatment, at an estimated cost of \u00a360,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim of the expedition, which was not part of filming for the Discovery Channel, was to promote alternative energy and bioethanol as a source of power, as well as raising funds for the children\u2019s charity Global Angels.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I confess that we do watch &#8220;Man vs. Wild&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bear Grylls, star of&nbsp;Man vs. Wild,&nbsp;injured in the Antarctic. It was while doing a documentary and fundraiser separate from his Discovery Channel television show. &nbsp;&nbsp; Airlift rescue for injured explorer Bear Grylls after Antarctic fall | Mail Online Daredevil SAS man-turned-explorer Bear Grylls was being airlifted to the UK after being badly injured while on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3785"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11193,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3785\/revisions\/11193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}