Bear Grylls is not quite a survivor

I don't know what you guys are talking about, I've started fires just like that plenty of times. A few times, I didn't even need the bow, the spindle and the fire board just burst into flames when they touched, spontaneous friction fire combustion I believe its called.

Seriously, I still like the show. Guilty pleasure now I guess.

Yea, it's kinda disapointing to know the extent to which it was being faked but frankly, it's tough to find anything on tv that touches on my intrests and I'll hang onto whatever I can find, fake or not.

I can see the dangerous angle, giving people piss poor advice.

I like to think Bear is doing us a favor, helping natural selection eliminate the weak minded amoung us.:D
 
Gunner,
Have you ever watched the Ray Mears series "Bushcraft". I have been down loading it on line and am really enjoying it. It is more documentary styled and has lots of goods tips and information. If you haven't watched it before give it a try, I am just into the first season now but so far :thumbup:. Chris
 
I saw a few tidbits of it on Youtube and it looks really good. He seems to be the real deal.

The one episode I saw was set in the jungles of Vietnam and he recounted the trials and tribulations of american soliders during the war, all the while, he and a few locals were building a long term campsite out of primarily Bamboo. Very cool.

That is the type of show I was talking about in an previous post. Like I said, that type of sophistocated tv just doesn't sell to a US market.

We unfortunately demand poop-water drinking and silly stunts with our edumacation tv, if you want to call it that.
 
runningboar said:
Gunner,
Have you ever watched the Ray Mears series "Bushcraft". I have been down loading it on line and am really enjoying it. It is more documentary styled and has lots of goods tips and information. If you haven't watched it before give it a try, I am just into the first season now but so far :thumbup:. Chris
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mind if I ask where you DLed from?
 
This was priceless:


mycroftt said:
I watched the newest episode of Man vs. Wild last night.

Grylls was desperate for some water but he refused to use the water glasses with the little paper covers because you never know what those things were used for, opting instead to wet a hand towel in the sink and actually wring the water out of it into his mouth drop by hard-earned drop. He had to return to the sink to replenish the water in the hand towel several times before his thirst was slaked and he was in no further danger of dehydration. Desperate times call for desperate measures indeed.

The thermostat in the room wasn't working properly so the air conditioner was blasting an arctic wind throughout the suite and the film crew was hogging the phone dialing up the local "Love Line" so Bear would have to bed down rough and cold that night. He grabbed the roll of toilet paper and wrapped it around his head mummy-style, explaining that 70% of ones body heat is lost through the head, and, wrapping his body in the Egyptian cotton bath mat for additional warmth, proceeded to bed down in the space between the king-sized vibrating bed and the flimsy gypsum-board wall. Realizing that I no longer have the full head of insulating hair I enjoyed as a lad, I will certainly keep this technique in the back of my mind for retrieval in the unlikely event I ever find myself in such a dire predicament.

Upon arising at first light Bear fell back on his SAS training, which he had received via email while scaling Mount Everest naked and without oxygen support as a British lad of 7 years old, and voided his bladder on his clothing while defecting in the pocket of his trousers for possible use later should some unforeseen eventuality arise - a true survivalist wastes, nothing - nothing at all. Then, finding that he had used all the available toilet paper insulating his head during the frigid night past, he stripped, did some pushups, wiped his a** on the pillow case, and proceeded to climb down the balcony to face the dangers and challenges of another day.

I can't wait for the next episode.
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Here here kycolonel.
To everyone else:
Feel free to continue putting people down whom you don't agree with.
With that said I'm out.
 
why cant everyone leave bear alone, he hasnt done anything wrong,
ok hes different to ray mears but then dont we need a change from time to time. Cant everyone find someone else to pick on.
 
xinel said:
Here here kycolonel.
To everyone else:
Feel free to continue putting people down whom you don't agree with.
With that said I'm out.
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Bye, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

night_hawk said:
why cant everyone leave bear alone, he hasnt done anything wrong,
ok hes different to ray mears but then dont we need a change from time to time. Cant everyone find someone else to pick on.
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He is a liar and a fraud, why should we not pick on him?
 
I doubt Bear Grylls feels pick on by us whatsoever. :confused:
 
Looks like Discovery changed their schedule for tonight. Man vs. Wild was originally scheduled to be on from 9-11. Survivorman is on instead.
 
This whole thing about Bear Grylls is overblown. The show is entertainment mixed in with a little survival tricks thrown in. Of course no one in a true survivor situation would take the risks he takes, but the point of the show is that he shows you that some things can be done. So, if you ever HAD to do it, at least you have a little bit of guidance of what is possible in a certain situation. You still would have to use your head and good judgment.

Bear Grylls show is not a survival show! This is TV! Who cares if when filming a show on an island he stayed in a hotel or if some shots are set up? Per this "expose" he stayed in a hotel twice. Big deal. Alot of the places he's been have no hotels around. Take the show as entertainment and learn from the show in little bits. It's still good TV. I guess the people that expect this show to be a guy actually surviving in the wild also think that WWF wrestling is real?

Surviving isn't his job. There are probably alot of people out there that can "survive" better than he in the wild but they don't have the following or credentials to make a show. Making an entertaining show that sells to the public is his job.
 
southbeachlaw said:
This whole thing about Bear Grylls is overblown. The show is entertainment mixed in with a little survival tricks thrown in.
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You are wrong.

The show and him tout themselves as survival gurus. This is fraud and is dangerous for the sheeple who dont know any better.

If its 100% entertainment they should say so and they dont. They are abusing the SAS name in what amounts to a higher budget "Jackass meets Super Dave Osborne" production.

I cant wait till some dummy tries this stuff and gets wacked or worse crippled and then watch the lawsuits fly.

They will then call Greg Davenport or Ron Hood to testify.

BTW Gylls has no credentials or training obviously besides a rich daddy, as time goes by we find more of this to be true. You dont need a title(s) to be of sound survival mind just experienced and full of common sense which he is not.

Skam
 
If Bear was in the British SAS, he has enough cred to be a survival expert, IMO. Don't forget the SAS sets the standard for today's spec ops forces, whether they are German commandos, or U.S. Navy SEALs or Army Green Berets. Aside from shooting or blowing things up, part of their job is to survive, if separated from friendly forces, regardless of the terrain and climate.

If his SAS title was "created" then that's a different story. However, no one has chimed in...yet saying that that part isn't true.

Everything else considered, I still find it an interesting show. The sheeple who want to drink water from elephant poop are more than welcome to do so.

I am waiting for SNL to come up with a spoof on his show dealing with how to survive in Beverly Hills 5 star hotel. Mycroftt, why not submit the script? Looks like you've got 90% done already!
 
m_calingo said:
Don't forget the SAS sets the standard for today's spec ops forces, whether they are German commandos, or U.S. Navy SEALs or Army Green Berets.
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Very interested in where you get your information, and how you know it to be fact.

Lot of people, including myself, down here at Ft Bragg that would heartily disagree. Chris
 
Hi, I'm new here and just want to toss in a couple of pennies about Bear Grylls. I've been re-recording his season 1 episodes on Discovery and was supposed to get one last night only to find out that not only had "Man vs. Wild" been replaced by "Survivorman", but Discovery has no information at all now about up-coming episodes. For any of you knife lovers check out the "Bear Grylls" knife at www.baileyknife.com/bear.htm. The price on this, since it's made & sold in England is 350 lbs. That's over $700 American. If you hurry you might get one on order since they are all handmade! ;>)
 
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