How Bear Grylls spends his 5 to 9 — from walking barefoot outdoors to cold plunges

Dave Benett; BI

I'm used to interviewees logging onto Zoom everywhere from gyms to cars. But it was a first when Bear Grylls joined our call while hiking in rugged, rural north Wales where he lives. I shouldn't have been surprised. Only seeing him abseil down a mountain with his phone in one hand would have made the set-up any more classic "Bear Grylls."

It's been almost two decades since Grylls, 50, became synonymous with such white-knuckle adventure. The son of a politician who attended Eton College...