Bear is back (Man vs. Wild marathon on now)

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A Man vs. Wild marathon just came on the Discovery Channel. I think they are airing episodes all night long. The one that is on now is one where he is in Scotland. No pee drinking or elephant turd squeezing yet. I haven't seen the show since the revelations about him came out, so this will be interesting (at least until the Saints and Titans come on). I am going to try my best to watch and give him the benefit of the doubt in some situations, but it will be hard. Already in this episode, when he was walking in the blizzard, I found myself wondering if he just walked in the blizzard long enough to get the 30 second clip and then went and drank some Glenlivet in the local pub to get out of the weather.
 
Brutal. But then, even Bear is better than Cash Cab :D

...joking. Bear is good entertainment.
 
AustinTXShooter said:
I was out of the room. How did he catch that rabbit? That size rabbit would have made a heck of a meal.
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Voice over said he did not catch a rabbit, but here is what to do if you catch one.

Waiting for the explaination of pee drinking - "I'm not really drinking pee but here is what to do you..."
 
I have only watched one and 1/2 episodes before I was completely turned off my the show. But I will give some of them a second shot. I'm DVR'ing (yes that is a new word for Webster to pick up;)) them now. Well see. Thanks for the info:thumbup:
 
baron_1999 said:
Voice over said he did not catch a rabbit, but here is what to do if you catch one.

Waiting for the explaination of pee drinking - "I'm not really drinking pee but here is what to do you..."
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I guess that is what Discovery meant when they said they would put disclaimers on the show. I guess we were supposed to believe that he caught it with a trap.
 
Saw it in the listing. Don't care. Won't watch.

As far as I am concerned, enough of the show is fake that nothing can be considered realistic or indicative of what a real survivor would face. What I'd hoped to see when I watched is what an uber-survivor would be able to accomplish with little sleep, little food, and minimal equipment in a harsh environment. I was willing to give the show leeway, because there is a sort of disclaimer in the beginning. What I got was a guy who is an "experienced climber", a darn fool, and little else.

As far as I'm concerned, basically everything on TV is fakeable and several things in the show have been proven fake (flaming fire board), misrepresented (tame "wild" horses), and/or just plain laughably ignorant (Bear's head magnetizing a wire), thus everything in MvW is, AFAIK, suspect, so the information value of the show to me is less than zero.

As far as survival issues are concerned, I think Cash Cab is a better wilderness survival show than anything with Bear's face in it.

Just give me a minute to tightened down my flame suit.
 
One thing I have noticed in these two episodes is that Bear makes a lot of "daring" descents. He went down the rocky mountain face last episode and then just climbed down the canyon in the second episode. If the descents are so dangerous, risky and require expert technique, how do all the camera men follow step-by-step with him? I guess they are hardcore former special forces agents just like Bear.
 
Good, at least it's better to watch this than cash cab or repeats of myth Busters. Purely entertainment value only. I still think he's an idiot, but entertaining. If that's really possible.
 
GEC said:
Good, at least it's better to watch this than cash cab or repeats of myth Busters. Purely entertainment value only. I still think he's an idiot, but entertaining. If that's really possible.
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Yep. I don't plan on getting any info out of the show, but it is funny to sit here and laugh at him. Although I did like how he showed how to skin a rabbit on the last episode. I don't remember if Les showed how to skin a rabbit on his show or not, but I don't remember him going into as much detail as Bear did. Of course most of us on here probably know how to skin animals, but it was at least informative and in a way that wouldn't get you killed.
 
Voice over - "some trout have been 'placed' just down stream"
Always found the show very funny but the humor quotient is way up.
 
My son and I were watching one of the episodes and I noticed the raft he was on was made from logs with very straight clean cuts, like a saw. That is when I started getting suspicious of the show. My son is a medical resident and said the bacteria in the elephant poop would make him so sick (fecal coliform) with vomiting and diarrhea that this would hasten the dehydration and kill him faster. Also drinking urine is a no no. But its still better than "Survivor".
 
zman308 said:
My son and I were watching one of the episodes and I noticed the raft he was on was made from logs with very straight clean cuts, like a saw. That is when I started getting suspicious of the show. My son is a medical resident and said the bacteria in the elephant poop would make him so sick (fecal coliform) with vomiting and diarrhea that this would hasten the dehydration and kill him faster. Also drinking urine is a no no. But its still better than "Survivor".
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FWIW, you can drink your urine for the first day or two while it is still dilute.
 
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