Bear Grylls Bought a ‘Derelict’ Island With ‘No Power’ and ‘Rats’ at 25 Instead of a London Apartment—Here’s How It Looks Decades Later

Bear Grylls made an unusual decision decades ago, when he acquired a marital starter home with his wife, Shara Grylls.“At 25, just married, we bought a small, abandoned, off-grid island from an ad in the back of a magazine,” the British adventurer, 52, wrote in a Nov. 3 Instagram caption.Grylls revealed that the purchase of St. Tudwal’s Island West cost them around $120,000.“There were many who thought us crazy,” he continued. “The best adventures start with nay-sayers. Thank you Shara for being brave and saying yes!”While the comment section had users divided over the relatability of purchasing an entire island—with one commenter wondering how “celebrities get so far out of touch from reality and regular people”—there were also a handful of people who stepped in to point out that even when adjusted for inflation, the island was less costly than the average U.S. home.Loading...Bear Grylls and his wife, Shara, purchased an abandoned island at 25.Bear Grylls/InstagramLoading...Over the years, they've renovated it and made it more suitable for living, but it remains off-grid. Bear Grylls/InstagramThe “Running Wild With Bear Grylls” star explained the decision to the Sunday Times in 20...