Les Stroud vs Bear Grylls: The Survive-Off

I like Les show better , I watch both but come on man vs. wild he does some extreme stuff that would not be very good advice for most people, good entertainment but I am not knocking the guy whether he stays in motels or whatever he is good at what he does and that is to appeal to outdoormen/women alike but survivorman seems to be more genuine in his approach and explains things unlike the energizer bunny vs wild...pure entertainment both shows but I prefer Les style...
 
I think a lot of you are not seeing that the challenge as presented on the site, is somewhat tailor made to a guy with bears background.

Lets assume that bear is capable of staying alive in the wild (Yes he stays in a hotel when doing the show, this does not mean he can't stay alive in the wild).

Bear has the training to cover a lot of ground FAST and seems to be in good shape. and the challenge is about being the first , not the best survivor.

If the challenge was to stay alive for a long time I'd would probably go for Less, but he is slower and safer then Bear.

But I think Bear would beat him in a race like this. (Yes I think he would be able to not kill himself, he is not stupid, and I assume he would not take as many chances as he does on the show).
 
ICEAGE said:
Bear is ex-British SAS.
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We've been over this. Bear was not SAS. He was a weekend warrior reservist who was hurt (SURPRISE) while trying while trying to earn an SAS rating. Mr Pissdrinker is a fraud in every way. His buffoonery/survival advice is good for one thing: documenting all the stupid things that no one should ever do in a survival situation.
 
LOL! I didn't know that. I definitely questioned the SAS credentials but to learn that for real is HILARIOUS! I got rolled out of BUD's with bad knees so I guess after all these years I can call myself a Navy SEAL. Goint to tweak resume now..... ;)
 
btuner said:
he's said it on a couple episodes ever seen the adrift one the crew is always within sight
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Yes, when he was in the lifeboat, he had a safety boat "around". Now, if you actually watch the episode, you'll note that he was not only out of sight but also out of communication (either range or electronic malfunction, not sure) quite a bit of the time. There were several reasons for the chase boat, not the least of which is that "life boats" have an iffy reputation (like the first one they looked at) and, in all honesty, the ocean is the only place he's been where if something did go wrong and the raft sank, they would never be able to find the tape to show how he died. Every other place he's been, if he dies suddenly, there is a chance (although slim in some of them) that the tapes and body would be recovered.

As for some of your other claims... Uhm... It is very hard for me to understand how one can confuse the Amazonian rainforest with Labrador in midspring. If for no other reason than the dominant color in one is white, the other is green.
 
I watch Les because it is entertaining, I watch Man vs Wild a couple of times and never watched it again.
The thing I like about Les is that he does try things he is not familiar with and he also shows you when he makes mistakes.
I haven't seen any of season 2 yet as my schedule has been sort of f*&^ed
 
If it was about to rain a cold rain...Les would shelter in the lowest hole he could find, Bear would be checkin' in to the nearest Motel 6. So I guess Bear would win....technically.
 
I think Les Stroud would probably win the day if he could just catch some fish one of these days. Both drink some crappy water from time to time which is reality in a survival situation. As was said, Bear would be no push over regardless of what you think of the show. Both are the real deal. Bear just treats the show as a "show".
 
If the survival contest were held in a cold-water welfare motel with no on-site pizza delivery I think that Bear would win hands down.
 
Loneleo, you are so right. Les sets the bad example on shelters on every show. Many bad choices of location, too close to water, too tall, tood wide, too thin, too cold, too combustible....

Cooking rotting/stinking salmon just outside your shelter in grizzly country is not recommended either.
 
Little off topic, but anyone notice when les is at sea, a fly lands on him and he talks about it? I've never even seen the ocean, but I'm not sure how a fly wound survive too far from land.
 
bigbcustom said:
Bear is more fun to watch than Les. Les does it the hard way, true, but man does he ever whine and gripe about things. I don't know who would actually be the better survivor....I tend to think that they would both do okay.
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I think the only reason Bear doesnt "whine and gripe" is because his belly is full and he sleeps in a nice bed every night of filming. When he makes his one man shelters where does the crew sleep? or what do they eat? I'm sure bear never slips into the tents and grabs some granola or something..
 
I like both shows, just to be honest, but i tip my hat toward les stroud. He is the real deal as for as im concerned. Bear is fun to watch and yes i have learned some stuff on there but to me Les Stroud is the real deal and I live to watch that show. I just wish there were more shows like both of them on t.v. I hope both shows stay on air and i hope nothing happens to either one of them like it did to the croc hunter. I miss that guy. He was crazy but he also was a good man and i enjoyed watching him. To me steve Irwin was a modern day Tarzan. Les is a modern day John Wayne, we need more men like that in the world.
 
They'd both die. Without the advisers, they don't have any material. They'd have to fight to the death, with the winner eating the other.
 
Siggyhk- They dont survive- flys can be blown out so sea or sat on someones boat and blown out from there.
 
btuner said:
he's said it on a couple episodes ever seen the adrift one the crew is always within sight and even comes to help him out a couple times. plus how in the world could your show be called survivorman when your carrying around a gun on every episode and have every tool at your disposal and know where shelters are that you can go to if its too rough

Honestly I'd put all my money on Bruce Perry from going tribal:
"Commissioned by the British Royal Marines in May 1988, Bruce Parry completed one year of management, leadership and commando training before spending several years as a troop commander.
In the Royal Marines, Parry specialized as a physical training instructor and became the youngest officer ever to be in charge of all physical aspects of Royal Marines commando training. He also served in Norway and Iraq before retiring as a lieutenant after six years of service.
As an expeditioner, the 35-year-old resident of England has personally organized and led more than 15 major expeditions to extreme parts of the world. Parry has extensive remote experience in the desert, arctic, jungle and mountains."
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Yeah Bruce Perry is awesome. I love that show!
 
we all should know the outcome by now. Les will starve to death and Bear will die jumping to his death to show you how to kill yourself in the wild if you had to.

I still watch both shows they are better than reruns of Sienfeld and Friends..........Ahhhhhh marriage:eek:
 
Bear falls off a cliff or dies while trying to rappel down a cliff with a vine. Les then sees the buzzards circling Bear's carcass and decides to eat bits of Bear. He fishes with the rest of the carcass. Les wins, technically, but sleeps so soundly after eating Bear that he fails to wake up after he sets his shelter on fire again. We never see another episode of either show.
 
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