Bear's accomplishments are pretty amazing and inspirational. Whether someone likes his show or not, Climbing Everest, navigating the Arctic, being in the British SAS, breaking his back and recovering to do all the stuff he does, charity work, motivational speaking, etc.
Its more then most people could say...
As for his show the new episode "Bears Ultimate Survival Guide" is probably the best of all of the episodes IMO. He explains that the fundamental rule of survival is to stay put, but in his show he's trying to teach people what to do if they absolutely have to get themselves out of that situation.
While Les wins for realism and a lot of people hate on Bear because he really isn't lost in the wilderness, I've learned more from Man Vs Wild then from Survivorman. I've always been pretty knowledgeable about wilderness survival. But after watching Man Vs Wild I've learned tree and rock climbing techniques, interesting shelters, what to do you if fall through the ice, etc.
While realistically I wouldn't wanna do half of the stuff Bear does in a survival situation, it is interesting to watch, and it is interesting stuff to learn/know.
Man Vs Wild saved the lives of two kids who fell through the ice into a lake, according to them they remembered what Bear did and just did that and managed to survive.
