{"id":12101,"date":"2010-11-04T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T09:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/04\/12101-bear-grylls-in-patagonia\/"},"modified":"2020-03-20T16:20:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T16:20:14","slug":"12101-bear-grylls-in-patagonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/12101-bear-grylls-in-patagonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear Grylls in Patagonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Grylls parachutes into\u00a0Patagonia, the southernmost tip of South America, where he first encounters a vast ice field, then forages in a\u00a0beech forest, wades through a frozen\u00a0bog\u00a0and swims through icy water. Next\u00a0Grylls skins a hare, scales a cliff, tracks a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/kush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">puma<\/a><\/strong>, drinks dirty water, and crosses the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swooptravel.publisha.com\/articles\/7173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perito Moreno glacier<\/a><\/strong>, a vast frozen labyrinth of ice caves and crevasses that&#8217;s &#8220;advancing at a rate of 6ft a day. It&#8217;s one of the few glaciars in the world that is getting longer&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Part 1<\/strong>: Grylls parachutes into Patagonia where he first encounters the vast <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/regions\/ice-cap\/southern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patagonian ice field<\/a><\/strong> (870sq miles) with a frozen labyrinth of ice caves and crevasses:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em> <object data=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/K0zUdxZE0UU\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/K0zUdxZE0UU\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/K0zUdxZE0UU\" \/><\/object> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Part 2:<\/strong>\u00a0after surviving the vast Patagonian Ice Cap, Bear Grylls parachutes into the barren wilderness of the Patagonian steppe in the eastern <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/articles\/8677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rainshadow<\/a><\/strong> of of the Andes Mountain range. The steppe (slightly bigger than California) gets less rainfall than New Mexico and it has practically no protection from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/articles\/8891\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">relentless Patagonian winds.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em> <object data=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/AO9JUFWoYEU\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/AO9JUFWoYEU\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/AO9JUFWoYEU\" \/><\/object> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Part 3:<\/strong> Bear Grylls goes on the hunt for fresh water in the bone dry steppe. Next he goes tracking on a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/articles\/7638-what-are-the-criollo-horses-like-in-patagonia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criollo<\/a><\/strong> with a Patagonian gaucho (Argentinian cowboy) on the hunt for the most feared predator on the steppe, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/articles\/9946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">puma<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em> <object data=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/9VEkjR7ZQnQ\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/9VEkjR7ZQnQ\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/9VEkjR7ZQnQ\" \/><\/object> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Part 4:<\/strong> Bear finds shelter behind the biggest boulder he can find on the Patagonian steppe so that he&#8217;s protected from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/articles\/8891\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">relentless winds.<\/a><\/strong> The boulder is covered in &#8216;old man&#8217;s beard&#8217; (moss), perfect for making a fire. Next Bear makes snares to catch hares, rubbing his hands in cowpat to mask his human scent and increase his chance of catching some food.. to ensure his survival.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em> <object data=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cqUtUnVaD-c\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cqUtUnVaD-c\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cqUtUnVaD-c\" \/><\/object> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Part 5:<\/strong> Bear reveals how Patagonia has left a deep impression, due to the nature of this unchanged land.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em> <object data=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zpNtNUi6XfA\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zpNtNUi6XfA\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zpNtNUi6XfA\" \/><\/object> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow us on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swooptravel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/swooptravel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grylls parachutes into\u00a0Patagonia, the southernmost tip of South America, where he first encounters a vast ice field, then forages in a\u00a0beech forest, wades through a frozen\u00a0bog\u00a0and swims through icy water. 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