Weekly MvW thread - 7/6/07

[ilbruche]

I'm sure if I was REALLY in dire straights I would do anything, including drinking my own pee, to survive, but I know from having grown up in south Texas (I'll bet money that the heat and humidity are in the ballpark of north-central Australia) that you simply don't have to urinate as much when you're getting dehydrated (a whole other problem).

Not a good idea unless you want to dehydrate yourself more. A better idea would be to put it in the bottom of a solar still and see what you can get out of it. Recycled urine, YUM !

 

[LittleHairyApe]

Jealous? Not quite.

My biggest problem with eddie grylls is him, or anyone else, using their "military" service to promote their TV show, especially not reserve service. As a soldier for the last 17 years working very closely with special ops, eddie grylls is not the image we want portrayed. I work hand in hand with the real deal and he ain't it.

He is a fraud, plain and simple, he is no survival expert, he goes into his "survival" situations with an entire crew, camera and support, tents, food, fresh water and instant evac, including a true survival expert, "Bear" is a fraud. Playing himself up to be something he is not means he is a liar.

You can think what ever you wish of me and I do watch MvW, it is like a train wreck I can't help myself, but in my feeble opinion Eddie "Bear" Grylls is a liar, a con man, and a disgrace to the SAS. Chris

EDIT: This is the last post I will make concerning this subject.

It's just as well. Your own post tears your position down more than I ever could.

 

[pitdog]

I don't think he is a real Bear !!!

He was an SAS man though.....that is a "Socks And Sandals" man as Many of us brits were it was just a british Thing the same as wearing a knotted hanky on our heads and eating fish and chips wrapped in newspaper !!!!

 

[LittleHairyApe]

I don't think he is a real Bear !!!

He was an SAS man though.....that is a "Socks And Sandals" man as Many of us brits were it was just a british Thing the same as wearing a knotted hanky on our heads and eating fish and chips wrapped in newspaper !!!!

Well no, I don't suppose he is a real Bear, but who among us is? Opposable thumbs do have their advantages, for example in getting those knotted hankies on straight.

 

[tkbill]

I know what you guys mean. I just hate it when wildly succesful physically young man actually goes out into the woods and does stuff. It is much better to sit in front of the TV and judge him and then sit in front of the computer and critcise him. While we're at it lets attack his charities, his climbing Everest and also crossing the Arctic Ocean. Bear's time in the SAS means nothing and recovering from a parachute accident is easy.

Pass the cheetoes and beer mates. Oh, and lets all find some more faults.

Right on bro! Its about time another of us BG fans speak up. If I had to pick someone to help me in a survival situation, id pick him over some of the chairborn commandos that are found on some of these forums! *cough, cough*

 

[xinel]

Just a little something to add into the mix
"he who dares wins"
and Bear has never called himself a survival expert, he has always said that there are more qualified people out there than him.

 

[DaleW]

One thing that I always wanted to know about is what he tells the people who rescues hime e.g. When he saw a boat and signalled it to turn around or when he just walks into someones cabin.

That part I have always accepted as pure fiction. He has a whole crew standing on the other side of the camera and I'm sure they are festooned with radios and satellite phones. Keep in mind they have to get insurance for these shows. Les Stroud mentioned insurance issues on his shows. He was required to take a firearm for the Arctic show so he wouldn't end up as a polar bear snack. Anyway, once they show the end of the line, it's the end of the survival story.

I fell asleep before the urine cocktail. I did catch him shinnying down the tree in Austalia and mentioning "family jewels" between grunts and gasps going down the tree. A tree with more branches wouldn't have bothered me in the least, but one slip on that straight trunk and it would have been Dale brain omelet a la Oz.