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Jake Gyllenhaal gets the Bear Grylls treatment, Man vs. Wild July 11

By April MacIntyre Jun 20, 2011, 16:36 GMT

04/05/2011 - Jake Gyllenhaal - "Source Code" ("Codigo Fuente") Madrid Photocall - Santo Mauro Hotel - Madrid, Spain © Solarpix / PR Photos

Bear Grylls is back Monday, July 11 from 9-10PM ET/PT – for more survival tips and tricks.

Grylls has survived in some of the most dangerous places on Earth. From jungles to deserts and from Everest to Antarctica, he travels to places where you couldn't last a day without the right survival skills.

To kick off a run of all-new episodes of Man VS Wild on Monday, July 11 from 9-10PM ET/PT, Bear brings along actor Jake Gyllenhaal.

The series will test how Gyllenhaal measures up to unpredictable and unforgiving Mother Nature. For two days, Bear and Jake embark on a survival experience neither will forget, to an Icelandic landscape dominated by mountains, huge glaciers and some of Europe's most active volcanoes.

Jake will have to go where Bear goes, eat whatever Bear eats, and on occasion even take the lead, if he's going to cope with some of the worst conditions known to man. "For me, it’s all about discovery," said Gyllenhaal. At least he doesn't have to have a 'lie back and think of England' enema.

Said Bear about the experience, "The wild is always very revealing -– not only physically but mentally. You’ve got to smile when it’s driving horizontal hail and be able to face your fears and just get on and do it -- and on both of those accounts, Jake came up strong."

Six new episodes continue Mondays at 9PM ET/PT beginning July 11, with Bear's adventures taking him to other remote parts of Iceland in blizzard conditions, New Zealand's South and North Islands, and the Utah badlands. A special compilation episode will mix never-before-seen challenges and behind the scenes from the season.