A new group of celebrities put their survival skills to the test in a new season of Nat Geo’s “Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge.”
This image released by Nat Geo shows Troy Kotsur, left, signing to Bear Grylls in the Scottish Highlands, in a scene from “Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge," premiering on July 9. His reward wasn't an Oscar nomination or a big box office hit. It was a hug from adventurist Bear Grylls and some words of encouragement.
Kotsur, who won an Oscar for “CODA,” was tested in the Scottish Highlands, descending 2,500 feet across eight miles of harsh terrain and freezing rivers, including a 150-foot rappel down a waterfall. Because Kotsur is deaf, the two men used rope tugs to communicate. Kotsur's reward: haggis, a Scottish delicacy in which organ meat is put inside a sheep's stomach and cooked.“I don’t know how this is going to go and that’s why I’m doing it,” he says.
“It’s as much about the stars and their own personal journeys and struggles and battles as it is about the adventure and the places,” he says. “I think that combination works well because it doesn’t feel like a performance, like a chat show does, where you’re dressed up and made up and you get three minutes.”
Ora arrives at the Valley of Fire in Nevada following a 15,000-foot skydive, learns a chimney climb, butchers a dead pigeon, sacrifices her lip balm to make a fire and uses a sock to soak up water. She and Grylls even dance on a rock ledge, casting their shadows tall. “It’s a reminder just how important parenting is,” Grylls said. “Almost invariably when I ask stars, ‘Where does it come from?’ they go, ‘Oh, my dad was amazing when I was really struggling at school.’ Or, ‘My mum was just such inspiration holding down three jobs.’”
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