Bear Grylls

it's tv.

I saw some of his show last nite, he was in China, and wadding through a knee-deep puddle of Bat pooh in the dark.

I hate how he carried around an obviously empty backpack.
 
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He's done a few things to catch my interest:

The Urban Survivor episode he did was good. I liked it...but I kept wondering: "Why didn't he just take the stairs?"

The other was watching the episode about his crew. God bless those guys, Lord knows I'd have pushed Bear off a cliff by now out of frustration. I bet their insurance is A-1.

The other was when he used his backpack and a tree as a "zipline" to get down a sheer cliff.

Remember, I said it was "interesting", I didn't say it was "smart".

If he did more of Urban Survivor stuff, I'd definitely watch a few more episodes. Just because there isn't a lot of that type of stuff around. Besides, even a bad episode of "Goober vs Everything blocking his path" is better than a GREAT episode of "Deal or No Deal" or "Lifetime Bitchfest of the week" any day, sez I.
 
KEmSAT-Survival said:
I liked it...but I kept wondering: "Why didn't he just take the stairs?"
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I remember watching one where he gets to a canal with alligators in it and decides to climb up a tree and shimmy out on a limb to cross the water (and point out the gators below). I was thinking, why don't you just walk along it til you get to a road, you lunatic? It's clearly a man-made watercourse!

He always does this kind of thing, but that's what makes it entertaining. Ridiculous, but entertaining.

It's his enthusiasm that makes him a success... much like Steve Irwin was. You can't watch the guy without thinking "wow he's really having a blast doing this stuff!" And that makes him more than just an expert.

People love him because he's a wild man. It should be wild man vs wild! lol
 
high desert said:
I really haven't seen to many episodes of this idiots show. I lost interest when he tried to catch a wild horse to ride which had shoes. Now last night he was in Montana a took a leaky boat out into the middle of a large lake with his parachute to use as a kite to pull the boat across the lake and he didn't take a paddle or oar for backup. If you have seen the show you know the boat sank and he had to swim to shore leaving him soaking wet just before dark. Isn't management of risks part of a survival/wilderness strategy? He needs to do himself a favor and watch how Les Shroud does it.
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I totally agree with you that his show is great entertainment :) and Im his fan too...
 
I think Grylls is in the same catagory as Macgyver.... Fun to watch, but not to be taken too seriously :)

-Jontok
 
jontok said:
I think Grylls is in the same catagory as Macgyver.... Fun to watch, but not to be taken too seriously :)

-Jontok
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So...you CAN'T burn a lock off a door with a magnesium bicycle frame, a road flare and paint can lid scrapings??

:: puts down hacksaw and sister's 10-speed ::

What an effing gyp... :mad:





:D
 
smorgan345 said:
I saw that show last night. I watched as he climbed that train bridge and threw a rusty old chain up onto the track to climb over the threshold. He had no idea how it was fastened up top, just that when he pulled on it, it seemed secure. Then up he went. If that had come loose he would be dead. As a kid, I saw plenty of rope swings, purposely fastened, break loose. I cant fathom betting my life the way he did on a rusty chain wedged into God knows what. Sometimes I think the camera makes people act crazy. Same theory as a large crowd watching and pushing for you to do something, odds are you'll do it. I'm just wondering why his wife doesn't say enough is enough. I'm afraid he is going to end up like the crocadile guy. Not to mention the deer horn grappling hook incident!
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When Bear climbs stuff like that he wears a hidden safety line and is in no danger what so ever.
That pretty much goes for all the things he does that seems stupid or reckless. There is no real danger as he is not doing it like its presented in the show. Its done in a safe and well planned manner.

Its a TV show centered around a survival theme with lots of action, its not "how to Manuel", just presented as such.

I firmly be live Less Stroud to be in more danger then Grylls (Remember the episode where he is being stalked by a jaguar, I don't thing that was a TV trick.)
 
LOL, his backpack is like rescue pack on Diego (for those that have kids) whatever he needs is magically in there and has been in there the whole time even though it was obviously just empty.
 
KEmSAT-Survival said:
So...you CAN'T burn a lock off a door with a magnesium bicycle frame, a road flare and paint can lid scrapings??

:: puts down hacksaw and sister's 10-speed ::

What an effing gyp... :mad:
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Yeah, and it seemed like such a good idea... My brother still dosen't know where his bike went :D:D:D


-Jontok
 
And you're telling me that I can't plug a hole that is leaking acid with a Hershey's bar?

What about the stacked coins + jumper cables + battery= arc welder? Tell me that's not fake. Surely tv wouldn't lie to me like this!
 
KEmSAT-Survival said:
And you're telling me that I can't plug a hole that is leaking acid with a Hershey's bar?

What about the stacked coins + jumper cables + battery= arc welder? Tell me that's not fake. Surely tv wouldn't lie to me like this!
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We must get to the bottom of this!:eek:
We must test all the things Macgyver has shown us!:cool:

You bring the duckttape and I'll bring the SAK!



:D:D:D

-Jontok
 
To be honest there are times bear is hard to watch when you yourself know the proper way/safer way to accomplish tasks he is performing. My outlook on his show is "it is entertainment" although most of the time I learn one thing that may be helpful or new way of doing something that is not over the top.

it you look at the show that way it may be more tolerable for you ;)

J
 
Blais said:
He never bothered me too much until the swamp episode where he needlessly bites the head off a snake, kills a huge catfish, and stabs a young alligator.
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Aw' c'mon, which of us here don't do that virtually every trip!

Why use the bridges, I regularly swim across the River Thames, unfortunately, if the current doesn't get me the Thames River Police do.

But do I accept obstacles and defeat, HELL NO! I persevere, though being as we don't have swamps and snakes in London, I tried to kill a huge cat, and a fish (got no catfish!), but Officer's from The Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals stopped me!

Defeated... DAMN NO! I drew my knife and looked for a young alligator, (but we ain't got them either!) so I jumped on some kids shoe and killed it for food!

His mother was really annoyed, and the plastic Croc melted before I got to eat it!

But I'll go on...
 
I know I really liked his first season or two before the hotel scandal occurred. Back then he would actually show useful tips and tricks to get out and his theme was making it back within 3 days I think :confused: That seemed neat to me because without water you would hope to make it back to "civilization" within 3 days before passing out of dehydration. His episodes after that were more geared towards racing back and doing stuff that didn't make the least bit of sense. So from a "hey that was neat" type of show it turned into "WTF was he thinking?"

I will say that I think it sparked a bit of outdoor interest amongst people who took the show with a grain of salt (okay a pound of salt :D).
 
Total farking buffoon and fraud.

His show is a fraud and his resume is a fraud. At least now he says "served with SAS" instead of claiming he was a real SAS trooper. He should admit he was a weekend warrior wannabe who knew some real SAS troopers.

Buffoon and fraud.
 
I think that both Bear and Les Stroud's shows are a wast of time. Bear, because all he does is run around eating disgusting stuff for the shock value of it. Most people know that you can eat that stuff, and demonstrating it on television has no educational value.

As for Stroud, I watched an episode where he was simulating being stranded on a small uninhabited island on which he and his small rowboat had washed up. The very first thing he did, was smash his boat into crude lumber to use in the shelter he was constructing. My God! Sure, maybe it was implied that he would not be able to set out in search of an occupied land in such a rudimentary craft whithout navigational aids, but, even so, what piece of technology could be more useful and harder to procure on a deserted island than a boat for Christ's sake? That blew my mind, and I watched the rest of the show for comedic value.
 
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As for Stroud, I watched an episode where he was simulating being stranded on a small uninhabited island on which he and his small rowboat had washed up. The very first thing he did, was smash his boat into crude lumber to use in the shelter he was constructing. My God! Sure, maybe it was implied that he would not be able to set out in search of an occupied land in such a rudimentary craft whithout navigational aids, but, even so, what piece of technology could be more useful and harder to procure on a deserted island than a boat for Christ's sake? That blew my mind, and I watched the rest of the show for comedic value.
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I would have thought it would have taken less effort to use the upturned boat as shelter. After all, the upturned hull should be waterproof :eek:

Or maybe he was planning on using his leatherman to fell a tree and craft a dug out canoe :D :D




Kind regards
Mick
 
In that particular episode he didn't wash up on a rowboat, the boat was already there to simulate a shipwreck.
It was a nice sized boat so I'm not sure how he would have been able to turn the boat over by himself.

Not to mention that the island was literally crawling with rats and sand fleas in which case you would want to be off the ground.
 
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