{"id":632485,"date":"2026-06-11T05:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/632485\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T05:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:23:13","slug":"bear-grylls-spotted-on-pen-y-fan-as-he-celebrates-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/632485\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear Grylls spotted on Pen y Fan as he celebrates birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The TV survival expert climbed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwalesargus.co.uk\/news\/26169425.man-carries-wheelchair-pen-y-fan-disability-charity\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pen y Fan<\/a> in the Brecon Beacons, sharing a photo from the summit alongside his son, Huckleberry, during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZU6VWBF6H-\/?img_index=1&amp;ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recent trip to Wales.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He also stopped in Hay-on-Wye for the Hay Festival.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Grylls, known for his hit show Man vs. Wild, celebrated his 52nd birthday on June 7.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Celebrity survival expert Bear Grylls has visited Pen y Fan. (Bear and his son Huckleberry at the trig point.) (Image: Bear Grylls)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Fan comments on social media included \u201cOur Hero getting old,\u201d while another joked: \u201cmore adventure in a week than me in my life \ud83d\ude02\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Born Edward Michael Grylls, he served with the 21 SAS and survived a near-fatal parachuting accident before rising to international fame.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The stunning landscape around Pen y Fan. (Celebrity survival expert Bear Grylls visited Pen y Fan.) (Image: NQ)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He remains one of the youngest people to have climbed Mount Everest and later became the youngest-ever Chief Scout.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  His visit to Pen y Fan\u2014one of Wales\u2019 most famous mountains\u2014delighted fans and outdoor enthusiasts.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The stunning landscape around Pen y Fan. (Celebrity survival expert Bear Grylls visited Pen y Fan.) (Image: NQ)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The mountain attracts thousands of walkers and runners each year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He remains one of the world\u2019s best-known outdoor adventurers.\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The TV survival expert climbed Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons, sharing a photo from the summit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-632485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}