How Bear Grylls Overcame His Fear of Parachuting After Breaking his Back
When Bear Grylls was 21, he had a free-falling accident that lead to him breaking his back and needing rehab for three months.
Yvonne Gordon is an award-winning adventure travel writer whose work has appeared in The Guardian, BBC Travel, National Geographic, Lonely Planet, The Washington Post and Men's Journal. Her global adventures include drift-ice-walking in Japan, igloo-building in Slovakia, packrafting in Italy, snorkelling in Iceland's Silfra fissure, climbing to an ice cave in Alaska and sailing remote archipelagos. Her awards include Adventure Travel Journalist of the Year (2019).