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Jan 06, 2024

What to Put in Your Survival Kit, According to Bear Grylls

Adventurer and TV host Bear Grylls has made a career out of traveling the world, getting into dangerous predicaments in the wilderness with limited supplies, and not dying. So what, exactly, does he

Adventurer and TV host Bear Grylls has made a career out of traveling the world, getting into dangerous predicaments in the wilderness with limited supplies, and not dying. So what, exactly, does he take with him on his trips?

An article on Outdoors.com—a site Grylls helped relaunch in 2022—provides a glimpse inside his survival kit. Here’s what to know.

Unlike a “go bag” for sudden evacuations, or home emergency kits, Grylls’ survival kit is pared down to the barest of essentials. Here’s what it contains, and why he chose each item:

And that’s it. It’s not much, but that’s by design.

“Prioritize portability,” Grylls wrote in his book How to Stay Alive. “There’s no room for any luxuries.”