Just saw Bear use his knife on tv....

The Logical One said:
I'm the complete opposite of some of you guys.... I can't stand the two dudes in "Dual Survival", especially the hippy guy who won't shut up about converting his friend to being a long haired no shoe wearing hippy.
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dear lord I hate them. The one where he lit his arm on fire to stop the bleeding = worst idea ever! These people are going to get idiots killed. Granted, I am all for idiots dying because they are stupid but I just don't want them dying in the woods where I hike and bike and hunt. Let them die on escalators at the mall where we can clean it up easily with bleach.
 
So you wouldn't put black powder on an open wound and then set it off like a Fourth of July salute? Why the heck not?
 
Stelth said:
So you wouldn't put black powder on an open wound and then set it off like a Fourth of July salute? Why the heck not?
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I would for $ near civilization or maybe if I was really drunk, but not in a survival situation. Unless I hit a major artery or vein there is no reason to attempt to light a wound on fire. Even then you are asking for more trouble. Now, if I was in the woods with those two idiots, I'd encourage them to do it in a heartbeat :)
 
That's my beef with the Bear Grylls show...sensationalism instead of information. I want to learn something useful; not see some outback version of Fear Factor.
 
Stelth said:
So you wouldn't put black powder on an open wound and then set it off like a Fourth of July salute? Why the heck not?
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If I was without a firstaid kit and had a bleeding wound that needs closing, that seems as good as any other method of cauterizing the wound. The more usual method of using a hot piece of metal doesn't sound fun either. Just my opinion and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
 
If they were pure straight info, you would stop watching in a week, because we don't want to watch a classroom. The sensationlism is there to bring us back. read these guys' books and you get info like you want. Sells in a book, not on tv.
 
jimh0220 said:
If they were pure straight info, you would stop watching in a week, because we don't want to watch a classroom. The sensationlism is there to bring us back. read these guys' books and you get info like you want. Sells in a book, not on tv.
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I know you "killed kenny" and all, but speak for yourself about what "we" would watch.
 
jimh0220 said:
If they were pure straight info, you would stop watching in a week, because we don't want to watch a classroom. The sensationlism is there to bring us back. read these guys' books and you get info like you want. Sells in a book, not on tv.
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les stroud's survivor man is as close to a "classroom" you'll find on TV. i will agree with you on the fact that sensationalism sells more than classroom. many people who tune it to watch bear do so because they want to see him jump off a cliff, drink pee, eat raw meat, etc. i just hope that the majority of people who watch guy's/shows like bear's realize that most of what they are seeing isn't proper survival technique.
 
GallantEdge said:
If I was without a firstaid kit and had a bleeding wound that needs closing, that seems as good as any other method of cauterizing the wound. The more usual method of using a hot piece of metal doesn't sound fun either. Just my opinion and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
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One great thing about that episode...I'm pretty sure that throughout it, both of them said "carterize."
 
marcinek said:
One great thing about that episode...I'm pretty sure that throughout it, both of them said "carterize."
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...ok, lets have a look at that wound.
 
I don't think anyone mentioned this yet...but I almost lost it when Bear drank the water out of the elephant turd.
 
My biggest concerns with the show are: running around on rough ground and scrambling down steep inclines in the middle of nowhere would be really stupid (without a support crew), and eating / drinking questionable food / water when you still might be 2 months from leaving the wilderness will likely leave you with a gut full of parasites most of the time you're there. If you thought you were weak, disoriented and crapping all the time before that...welcome to phase 2.
 
I like the guy even though he does some goofy stuff,but in an emergency some of it would probably work!his shows are about doing everything with a little drama to keep it alive and I'm sure he probably is a $$$$.His knives the Bayley one , I liked I bought one very early on ,while I had a red g10 w damasteel one on order( figured I had a couple yrs to save the cash)recently I sold the first one, got enough to pay for both
 
I love Bear Grylls. I would make pygmy man babies with him and live off the land in the jungles of Borneo.

My wife is jealous I watch the show so much. Its a regular bro-mance.
 
He climbed Everest at age 23 (the youngest Brit to do so). That alone makes him pretty bada$$ IMO.
 
redbeardrob said:
He climbed Everest at age 23 (the youngest Brit to do so). That alone makes him pretty bada$$ IMO.
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bear is probably an excellent survivalist and if he was really lost in the wilderness i doubt he would be squeezing elephant crap and running around like a chimp on meth. most people tune in to see his antics and that's what pays his bills (there's nothing wrong with that BTW).
 
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