Bear Grylls has described how the death of Spencer Matthews’ brother, Michael, on Everest “rocked” his confidence as an adventurer and showed him the “dark side” of mountaineering.
Appearing on Matthews’s podcast 6 Degrees from Jamie and Spencer, Grylls said: “He [Michael] was on the mountain the year after I was there and I always feel it’s his record.
And I always kind of felt, you know what, I’m gonna really have an eye for Spencer in his life.
Grylls said he ended up in a similar situation to Michael during his Everest climb.