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It is on tonight at 1030 EST on discovery channel. This will be my first time seeing it so we will see how it is.:cool:
 
I think the show flippin rocks. Now the thing that will get to you is that on the discovery channel, its only a chopped up half hour but the full episode is on discovery science. Thats an hour. Not sure of the time, next time I see it, I'll post.
 
I've only seen it once, an Arizona desert survival situation. Miraculously he was walking distance from a running stream... A bit much for coincidence.

Still, a pretty good show. Wish I could see the entire hour-long epsisode.

-Bob
 
If you have cable it is a hour long (science channel) I watch all of his episodes and if you go to google and search science channel there's a site with a lot of information about the show (I like the q&a) also they have "post your own stories".
 
Only watched a portion of one episode, but it was enough to get me to set the timer for the show tonight.

Very cool -
 
Another channel that Survivorman is on is Outdoor Learning NetWork. It has a lot of shows that might interest you if you are into survival training and that kind of stuff. If you have Shaw digital cable it is 37. Survivorman is on tonight at 8 central.
 
roloss_valdes said:
Some one can record it and convert it to mpeg or something like that ?
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I'm quite new here, and i don't know what policy here is towards this, but here it goes: do a google search on "mvgroup" and you might find what you are looking for...
Sorry if posting stuff like that is not allowed here..

As for survivorman, i've seen so far 5 episodes. Mountain, Forest, Jungle, Airplane and Alaska. And i really enjoy it, it's very realistic and he even has some humor left after 5 days in cold and without eating.
Also he does'nt know everything and that makes show even more enjoyable IMO.

He also seems to have time to tell how to do those things he do (fire w/ bowdrill etc) and why he does it. :thumbup:
That's quite rare in survival programs, not even Ray Mears tell how to do fire with bowdrill in same detail as survivorman..
 
roloss_valdes said:
Some one can record it and convert it to mpeg or something like that ?
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if i knew how 2 do that i would...

or you can buy the DVD for 35 cnd it has all espoides of season one.
 
I just watched my tivo'ed one about him being lost at sea.. I am an absolute novice at survival stuff, but this show was pretty lame on several levels.

It also brought up a question.. If you heat up saltwater isn't the evaporate fresh water? So if you have a fire on a deserted island and a pot and something to collect the condensing steam couldn't you make plenty of drinking water?

He does this with evaporation in some thing he rigs up on the beach and sets in the sun and complains about how long it takes to get just a little water.
My first thought was, duh, add heat and the process is suddenly rapid..

He also complains about hunger while filming some kind of giant hermit crab looking thing... er crab legs anyone?
 
He eats a conch and a snail later. Also, a hermit crab was probably an easy meal, if you are in a survival situation shouldn't you try for harder meals when you still have strength? I think so. Also the solar still is a useful skill and he was trying to show YOU how to make one. To do water distillation you need to have 2 containers, cover them and have a tube to transfer the steam between them.

If you want to know why Solar still is a key survival skill, read "Adrift" by Steven Callahan. He stayed alive for 76 days in one of those rafts that Les (suvivorman) was in because of the solar still.
 
I guess I'm a skeptic. I like the show, but have my reservations as to how "real" his dire situations are. And although he does put out a good program, and show some neat info, I suspect that he has energy bars, beef jerky, ramin noodles, etc. stored away for snacks in between filming. Setting up camera shots from various locations, getting the right light, etc., is almost as much work as building shelters, fires, snares, etc., IMHO. I do enjoy the show, and think it has good educational value, I just have a hard time buying into these 7-day outings with no food, given the work load he has. I mean lets face it, this IS a show, and he IS an actor. His objective is/was to sell the programs and make money ($$$), not to "test" himself with a life or death situation.
 
Well hes usually in a lush enviroment like when he was in canada in the what ever forest he seen a moose within like 5 mins of landing. not saying he had to eat the moose but it would have been a tasty meal for somone lost hunting and they had a gun or the trap know how. most of what he dose is common sense, hicomp 2 could be right though. Timmy Treadwell had like 5000 pounds of gear and you didnt ever see much in his filming:eek: !
 
Space Pirate said:
To do water distillation you need to have 2 containers, cover them and have a tube to transfer the steam between them.
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Ah yes, solar still is undoubtly a nifty trick. I am a novice as I said, but I still recall that one from the Hardy Boys Survival Manual I had as a kid:)

My point was he had 2 containers, and a tube (from rain water collection deal on raft) So it seems a much more efficient process to get fresh water via distillation? Right?
 
Bob W said:
I've only seen it once, an Arizona desert survival situation. Miraculously he was walking distance from a running stream... A bit much for coincidence.

Still, a pretty good show. Wish I could see the entire hour-long epsisode.

-Bob
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Howdy,
You know, one funny thing is that, during the winter thats really true about streams in the desert. I was born and raise in Arizona. From the show he looks like he was in the northern or center of the state. But in the southern part there are streams like that too,during some parts of the year.

I dig the show but I have to wonder, why he camps so close to water, and then is surprised when it gets cold. I guess his Scoutmaster never told him not to camp so close to water.:eek:
 
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