Man VS Wild – How listening to Bear Grylls will get you killed
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News February 3, 2010
Why Discovery tries to pass Man vs Wild off as a survival show I will never understand. The guy is a complete fraud and 90% of the information that he gives is either wrong or just plain dangerous.
It wasn’t bad enough that this fraud was presented to the public as a wilderness survival expert, but to pretend that he is now an urban survivalist (as shown on the newest episode of MAN VS WILD) is insane. This show is not about survival, it is nothing more than a stuntman preforming carefully choreographed stunts.
In the latest so called “urban survival” episode Bear Grylls advises:
- Crawling across power lines to explore old abandoned buildings
- Climbing down old rusty pipes and risking a fall that would kill you if the pipe broke.
- Crawling through Sewage (does this sound smart to you?)
- Blowing up doors to gain access to abandoned buildings
- and countless other stupid things that have nothing to do with urban survival.
HEY MORON…. STOP RUNNING AND JUMPING – It may not sound like a big deal but in a survival situation it can get you killed. Episode after episode shows Bear Grylls running down mountains, jumping across boulders, diving into freezing cold waters to save time, and countless other idiotic things that will help ensure your death.
Here, here, I agree 100%, the guy is an idiot. The things he eats are dangerous to your survival, better to be hungry than incapacitated because of scetchy food. Plus, I hate his accent.
yes i agree, your stuck 100s of miles away from nowhere,no shelter or any idea what to do or which direction to go.youve no water and your starving.night is coming and whats more you cant stand his english accent,.glad im english cos i listen. if you were in that situation and bear was there you be “help us bear, i love your accent”
Take what you need from the show and just just.
you are a big idiot….
im a idiot am i, what for talking sense.its a show with with advice.use it or dont simple.i cant be doing with morons slagging him out of context, they are the idiots.wake up!
didn’t elton sing about you?lol
let have a competition share we, u vs bear grylls in a survival challenge and see who will get out of there alive. Don’t just judge people when you don’t know what they are going through. i’m pretty sure u can survive with out food for 7 days when u have water but your body will be paralyzed and u can’t move. So good luck saying no to eating bugs but say yes to stay out in freezing cold night in the middle of NOWHERE waiting for rescuer(with out a signal to assist the rescuers)
Great post. It seems like TV and movie producers can’t do anything without trying to make a stunt out of it. I suppose they think their audience won’t watch unless there are hair-raising close calls and stupid risks.
One of the first rules of wilderness travel should be: Never Jump.
“Yeah, the scavenging part is good, but can you make it a little more ‘Jackie Chan’ looking?”
Much of it is in the spirit of “good entertainment” – people don’t want to tune in to see some old codger tell you how to play it safe and invoke the “spirit of the coyote” – they want to mix “Best Ranger Competition” with “Fear Factor” and throw a few parlor tricks in there.
Agreed – not much education in there, but some people learn all they think they need to know about sociology by watching “Jersey Shore,” too.
This guy served in the British SAS….He will end you both
exactly
Not the 22nd regiment, he served in the 21 sas for three years, which is TA. He would probably lose his life in 22nd selection. If he wasn’t right in the head to do it in the first place. water logging bear grylls would break him. he is good at what he does though.
I’ve never really watched it to learn anything – it’s always been really obvious that a lot of the things he advises and does are kind of stupid. That being said, I still watch it when I happen to find it on TV. Maybe it’s the “watching someone do something dumb” factor… Ha! I view it more as a comedy or a list of things not to do. That’s not to say EVERYTHING he advises is wrong, but a lot of it is… and if it’s not wrong, it’s not the BEST advice or technique.
Bear was a survival instructer for United Kingdom special forces. I’m gonna take a guess and say that he knows more about survival than you. And he is running and jumping because it is important to get from point a to point b as quickly as possible. Time is against you, you dont want to lose sunlight before youve set up camp and you want to get rescued as soon as possible. But, OF COURSE the show is ENTERTAINMENT…things are set up to show you what to do in worst case scenarios…
I agree with you these people on here are dumb as hell. he is NOT TELLING YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO JUMP INTO ICE COLD WATER BUT SIMPLE WHAT TO DO IF YOU FALL INTO IT. IF IT WASNT FOR HIM I WOULD OF LOST MY LIFE 2 WINTERS AGO BECAUSE I WAS PLAYING POND HOCKEY WHEN THE ICE BROKE I WENT COMPLETLY UNDER WATER. THE FIRST THING I DID WAS USE MY HOCKEY STICK AS LEVERAGE ON THE ICE. AS SOON AS I GOT OUT I STRIPPED DOWN TO MY BOXERS I WAS SUBMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR HYPOTHERMIA THEY SAID IF I WASNT AS CALM AS I WAS I COULD OF DIED. SO FUCK YOU GUYS HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT, UNTIL YOUR IN A SITUATION WHERE YOUR LIFE IS AT STEAK DONT THINK YOU KNOW IT ALL.
Seriously, because the writer of this article probably lives in his mom’s basement and stock piles MRE’s. Half of the people commenting saying that he’s right can’t even spell. Listen guys, I’ll take the word of an actual military survival instructor over you deep south in-breads any day. He PUTS HIMSELF into the situations to show how to get out of them, not because he is stupid or is trying to make something quicker. The stupid person is the person who thinks that he’s throwing himself into dangerous situations just because. Stop posting junk and shutdown your website.
here here all you idiots trashing him would not last two minutes in the places he goes, love to see you all try though…..just to watch you fail
you are right, these idiots will not be able to survive a day without food or water, and surely they will eat anything, they will get to survive…..
Exactly bear has survived many extreme senarios because he is educated …….. I never knew a certain grass was buoyant enough to make a raft…. Etc. Bear obviously knows what we are able to eat in the wild…… He doesnt share the mere details but his actions speak louder than words. Maybe coronation st or neighbours is what you critics enjoy or Kim kardashian porn on line with ray j. Please enjoy the ride and you may learn something from bear most of all live life to the full……if you are smart enough to survive xx
you are right this stuff is good advice and these are idiots that will never know till they die cause they didnt follow his advice
The show is stupid and dangerous. On the latest travesty, he would have done better to show the audience how to trap rats than climb along the steel girders to eat one unwashed pigeon egg in the shell. And as for exiting via the sewer…I hope his hepatitis shots are up to date. Survivor Man is way more realistic and valuable.
Another vote for Les!
do you mean when Les isn’t actually staying in a hotel while pretending to stay out all night? Seriously?
Are you guys really that dense? The urban survival episode is meant to be satire and poke fun at surviving. Some of you guys really need to get a brain. He’s not telling you to crawl though a sewer. Learn to think a bit, ya?
When Bear Grylls first hit the scene I thought it was awesome. I mean to see a guy bite directly into the back of a living salmon was pretty awesome. What gets me is that just about every episode the dude climbs into a cave and just so happens to find his way out. What idiot trying to survive would risk getting stuck in cave???
Urban survival, I do have to say that the guy was special forces so I’m sure he knows more than the average bear about making your way in a urban environment. Maybe more so than the outdoors.
Got to say though, his clothes are pretty bad ass!
Dave you are hot judging by your photo I like the passionate answer even I am convinced………..risa
Hey Jacob, before you go and attack people who come to the site maybe you should get your facts straight. The show on Discovery was not meant to be satire.
The spots that he did for the beer company on Youtube was satire but the actual Man vs Wild TV show that aired last night was presented as factual advice. That is what the article is about not the commercials.
Big frickin deal who cares if he was SAS it doesn’t all of a sudden make all his stupid advice right.
The guy’s advice is going to get someone hurt or killed, it’s one thing if the show is entertainment but when they pass this stuff off as actual advice it crosses the line.
And when they use the SAS stuff to sell him it is a slap in the Face to real special forces people. It also makes suckers who fall for marketing like the guy above believe that this stuff is somehow relevant.
Yea.. I agree, it’s going to get an idiot like yourself killed lol.
i cant wait intill you idiots get stranded and have no clue what the heck to do and by the if your not in kindergarten you should relize that this all works and it is set up for the worst case sonario and guess what is this guy dead NO cause he knows what the crap he is doin
no no no. he was in the 21 sas which is TA. not the 22nd regiment which is renound for being the worlds best.
There seems to be some confusion as to this blokes credentials.
He definitely does not come across as either Special Forces or SAS. The British Special Forces are sceptical of his claim to have broken his back parachuting while on a mission in Africa.
They claim to have not heard of him until he started popping up on TV and the SAS won’t confirm or deny. His only claim to fame is that he has been appointed chief world scout.
There were so many raised eyebrows that his production team had to come clean about many of his stunts being set up.
I agree with others who claim he takes unnecessary risks.
Some of his advice is plainly wrong. In Australia the rule of thumb is if you get lost, even in the desert, and someone knows you are out there, stay in one place eg. broken down veicle, because survival is always more likely if a search is started and you wait to be found.
When he goes into the Sahara and is losing a litre of fluid an hour he couldn’t survive without his film crew when he carries only a litre to begin with.
His emphasis on getting “protein” conflicts with the need for carbohydrates which restore sugars for energy.
I think the SAS guys would find him a bit of a “pussy” when he whines on about his fear of snakes and bats.Also his suggested treatment for snakebite is outdated. Living in a country with the worlds top ten venomous land snakes people are aware of snakes and snakebite treatment.Research (here) has shown that you should wash the bite(s) to rmove venom and then wrap the bite in a compression bandage and apply a splint to immobilize the site. Venom moves through the lymphatic system and the restriction of movement restricts the entry of venom into the blood stream.This system has been shown to add many hours to the survival time. I shudder when I see the old “cut and suck” methods still advocated and the use of tourniquets is also more likely to cause damage and can’t stop the flow of the venom.
My last word on Grylls is that he is a showman and I only watch the show if I need a laugh.
And I hate his accent too-and that’s coming from an Australian.
Maurice
Lol.. thanks for posting this. i do feel that the show is somewhat scripted.
Mind you, Discovery channel is still pushing global warming as an actual threat. Everything and everything on TV is a set up. Especially “reality shows.”
In the same aspect that you cannot cook the same meal a TV chief cooks the same can be said for any reality show. It’s all edited, shot several times from different angles and then spliced together to make footage.
Ever watch dirty jobs? Ever see how many camera guys that guy has with him. Far more than one.
All TV shows are meant to be entertaining rather than educational. The scary part is how many people actually think they learn something from TV. The TV set has become our Achilles heel. It’s a box that will only tell you what it wants you to know not what you should know.
Anyone really interested in survival skills will find info on blogs and books. Not TV.
first of all your how old 9 right ok listen up people are not gunna sit down and read a book to learn how to survive STUPID and if you have seen the behind the seens one this is not animated they are just good camera men and they know a thing or two about surviving a lot more than a 3rd grader
Just an update… they were making fun of the Urban Survival episode of Man vs. Wild on “The Soup.” Normally, this time is reserved to mock the inane antics of the Kardashians, Paris Hilton, and Tyra Banks.
According to Joel McHale (Soup Host) [paraphrased] “… so if you’re found in an urban post-apocalyptic survival situation the best skill to have is: gymnastics” – they then proceeded to show about 5-6 clips of Bear performing parkour-like stunts, hops, and rolls around the rooftops and debris.
I used to like Man vs Wild… now it’s just a joke.
The only rational and logical debate about global warming is rather or not humans are the cause or have influence. The globe IS warming, and as plankton and algae die from exposure fish will die.
As survivalists, you should know that in order to continue surviving you must have a food source. If your only food source dies, you die.
As for Grylls, he has made some pretty substantial claims including climing Mt. Everest. If his resume is real, then he’s due some credit. It’s producers that want certain situations to be shown, even survivorman was set up. Even though he was alone, he constantly set up shots and retraced his steps for the sake of his film making.
ok ok calm down this guy isnt a fraud and you would now that if you simply didnt only watch the shows and go to his website you would learn that bear grylls is the youngest person toclimb mount everest. and if you took a minute to think the real verdict is that all tv is fake and its for entertainment purposes only
Doesn’t really matter what his accomplishments are if the advice he gives gets people killed.
The guys advice is Ridiculous & Dangerous.
You do grasp the point that what you see on tv is entertainment? Only a dolt would take what they see on a tv show as serious instructional material.
Sounds to me that people are jealous of Grylls’ success and need to whinge and whine. Lighten up. Bear Grylls’ show is great fun to watch.
It’s funny when his show’s tactics are attacked that people resort to “it’s only entertainment” That’s not what he says. He’s telling you how to survive. And we have people in this country that go to Yellowstone and try to put their kids on the backs of grizzlies to get a picture. With that in mind, he’d better start saying that it’s entertainment only, and these are not proper survival techniques, or this idiot will get other idiots killed. Oh, and don’t take my comments too seriously, they’re for entertainment purposes only. I’ll use the same out.
Do you get the point that the TV Show passes this garbage off as advice?
There are a lot of stupid people in the world that will take this guys advice if the end up in a survival situation. It’s one thing to have a show that entertains people it’s another thing when that show tells people how to survive in an emergency and the proceeds to give advice that will get those people killed.
Wake up, no one is jealous they just don’t want people to get hurt.
WOW… such experts…if you really listen to what the man has to say you would hear time and time again the advice he gives is always the same order ” Water..Shelter..Fire..Food. and …Rescue. its basic survival.. as far as how he does it , so its a little off the wall. but I have made shelters and fires using his teachings and they work…Would I grab a snake and bite its head off…not likely but I have eaten things from under logs and cooked some are not bad. and will save your life. and if I have a choice of walking around or walking over a frozen lake I would go around, But hey I’m not on TV. and besides most people are not capable physically of doing the stuff he does or would they have the guts.
I DVR and watch MvW and at this point I bet I have seen all of them. The show is entirely set up (running from a train? come on), but I think that is obvious to anyone who has seen the show. He calls them “challenges”. He’s not finding the best way to get from point A to point B, he’s looking for the nearest waterfall/cave/mountain/ledge/etc to entertain the viewer by tackling it and demonstrating thinking outside of the box and using what is available to your advantage.
Trashing all of his advise is wrong, it’s not entirely BS. He does do some really dangerous stuff that anyone with half a brain should know not to do to survive. As far as I’m concerned if someone attempts to do everything he does to survive out in the wild it’s just natural selection at work.
Also the urban survival episode was an absolute joke – although still entertaining. They are running out of ideas.
Running from a train? come on no one runs from trains anymore. All the cool kids are just standing in one spot and getting run over.
Chill guys… youloved her show, but would you take lucille ball’s advice if you were working in a chocolate factory?
I agree with this article. This show is very misleading. Sliding down a steep slope can result in strains,sprains and broken bones. Break a leg and you don’t get out of the wilderness. Jumping off a cliff into any body of water is not only dangerous, it’s ignorant. The primary word here is survival. One of the first rules in winter survival is, don’t get wet.Another is to never expose yourself to the possibility of injury. Watch what you drink or eat. Diarrhea=dehydration=death. There are so many things wrong with this show. If you want to venture into the wilderness, take a course in survival and hope this idiot isn’t your instructor.
Amen to that
you people are idiots this guy has a point when he says no risk no gain and have you seen the one were he takes two fans into the wild are they dead NO cause followed his advise and it work there just reaguler people if i get stranded watch for me on tv were il be sure to rub it in your face
If you want real expertise on Urban Survival, go talk to your local homeless. Spend a day with them. Learn how they find food and shelter, where they sleep, and how they avoid being victimized by criminals and cops alike.
I think it is just a show.
I do like his silly accent, and I certainly don’t take his advice on how to survive seriously.
Of course most of the situations are staged,
of course he gets logistic support from his crew,
A britton in Sahara would die even with a litre of fluid per hour – the european metabolism works unsavvy with water, he’s not a berber or a bedouin.
But the show displays nice places, beautiful views, and I do like this.
Kids, don’t try it at home, indeed it may get you killed.
his accent is british and im proud of it. if you dont like it watch dallas or crocodile dundee but stop moaning. i take it your all outdoor adventurers or are you scared of walking one mile away from your r v. its a show at the end of the day but there is alot to learn of bear, take ray mears who has the biggest gut on telly, has he really climbed that mountain i doubt it. his shows have subsided to firelighting demonstrtions, now hes the one that milking it.
bear shows you extreme situations and they tell you ,in writing, about the support they recieve during filming . what do you want..e.g bear walked ten miles then found a pub… most of you know how to do this anyway, think about it.
A true survival show with no risk = boring and no one would watch it. If his show wasn’t him doing crazy jackass-esque antics we would have never heard of Bear Grylls. There is a disclaimer shown a couple times during each show announcing that you should seek professional advice before attempting any wilderness survival.
Watching this show in order to be able to survive in the wilderness is as foolish as watching Burn Notice to become a spy. If that’s your MO you deserve to be drowning in a frozen lake.
Boring and informative like Survivorman, with Les Stroud? I watch Les. I don’t need someone running and screaming to keep me intrigued. But I am into learning skills more than needing constant entertainment. Of course needing entertainment is our downfall. When you have the Simpsons as a long running show, and more people know who won Dances with Stars then who the vice-president is, its’ no wonder.
Bear Grylls is a highly trained survivor! If you got stuck in the wild and followed his advice you would have a better chance of surviving than if never having seen the show. His being able to survive is not a matter of coincidence when he faces these horrific extremes… He uses a lot of common sense and the rest is knowledge and training executed by a highly trained man with extra large ca-hones! What he does is truly a fight all the way and you should be ashamed of being such a pussy for doubting yourself in a life or death scenario! I love this show!
bear grylls is a ninja.. that’s why he jumps everywhere he goes. he was in the sas for boot camp pretty much and is the chief scout of the world. broke his back because he failed to follow procedure and that pretty much sums it up. He is legit and if he were in a real life survival situation he wouldn’t necessarilly jump into a stream of freezing water. He does things like that to show you what to do afterward if you were to encounter such a problem.. and about him jumping and sliding down hills. He tells you that there is a safe way and the bear way. Anyway the thing about the ninja was a joke. cheers. the show is fun to watch and this is the truth about bear grylls.
He’s a bloody legend!
Did you guys miss the warning at the beginning? I think the only fool here is the guy who thinks he is advising you do anything he does. He specificay warns the viewer to NOT attempt it….sheesh…sounds like jealousy. The guy does crazy stuff. period. Its fun to watch a man drink water from elephant dung and eat a dead zebra’s neck off.
I bet you watch the “End Of The World-what if a comet/tsunami/hurricane/tornado hits NYC/Chicago/L.A./Antarctica” shows with all their CGI and dont blink an eye to complain about how they over dramatize this ridiculous notion of global warming…..
I feel sorry for the people who are defending this guy and buying into the marketing that made him…… the guys no legend and people who think that this guy has anything of value to say are the same idiots who end up having to get rescued of the side of a mountain for following this jerks advice.
And as for a disclaimer that’s only there because the lawyers at Discovery made them put it there, the fact is this guy through out the show passes this stuff of as advice, he constantly tells people “this is how it’s done” especially in the urban show.
Not jealousy, just don’t want to see people get hurt.
Well, I think the people on this site that are serious about survival and advice are correct, his show is a complete joke, for real and doable advice. I don’t recall who said it, but not jumping in a survival situation is wise. BUT, my bone to pick is that for people who watch and don’t know about survival, the question is will they try it? If your only frame of reference is TV, you very well, may try some of it, especially if your under pressure and not thinking straight. Beware – That drinking your pee thing, I honestly haven’t researched but I recall they taught us don’t under any circumstances drink urine, but then I saw that epsoide and couldn’t remember whether it was ok or not. I think that’s a lot of peoples point, it can confuse someone when it’s a serious situation. Now, I suppose have at it for entertainment if you don’t plan to actually survive. Just some thoughts.
I wonder how many Bear-bashers watch the show. I bet there are plenty of people who don’t watch and simply read articles like this to form their opinion of how dangerous the show is. As I said above the urban survival episode was a complete joke and I mean in every way. They really opened the door for some deserved criticism on that one. That show was 100% stunts that were unfortunately passed off in his usual advice format. Stunts are a huge part of his typical show, I would say a typical show is about a 50/50 mix of stunts and actual advice.
I’d like to see a list of his advice and how much of it stacks up as a half-way decent way of performing the task at hand. Like I said above I agree that his urban survival show was a joke, but his typical tips on jungle/cold/island survival seem relatively legit.
Basic stuff such as how he makes a fire, builds a shelter, gets food, gets clean water, finds his bearings, even burying the head of a poisonous snake seem like pretty good advice. Hell, I would use his advice to make snowshoes if I needed them. Ok so maybe you shouldn’t squeeze water out of fresh elephant dung to get a drink or eat raw goats testicles, if he didn’t do this stuff it wouldn’t be on TV.
His tackling of obstacles is the least safe but again he clearly does this for the sake of the show. Climbing straight up cliffs with no ropes, going through caves under mountains or through glaciers, climbing down a tree like it’s a firepole to get off of a cliff, etc. He even says many times the best way to be rescued is to stay where you are and wait for a rescue party, but what kind of show would that make? I for one wouldn’t watch it.
All I can say is thank God for Man vs Wild . IF the numbers in the comment section are reflective of how ignorant even supposedly semi-educated readers of survival blogs can be many MTV Reel World “survivalist” will get knocked out in the first two weeks .
Anyone “learning” anything from that clown show needs to seriously assess their knowledge base and their so called “skill sets” (if they actually took the hard earned time to have learned any past Power Ranger day dreaming about playing “survivalist” )
Just for good measure they should also seriously question their own intelligence and common sense . Then set to work doing everything they can to improve both .( You can’t fix a problem if you don’t even know you have it so you can’t say you haven’t been told )
Or don’t . It really works out either way .
If the worldwide (or even a regional) herd gets culled it is good to know those who are truly useful can save their limited energy and ammo keeping you away from that which they care about because you got killed early on playing “survivalist” ….
Well I did see a few of his shows and I have to say I never used any of what he showed on T.V. I mean I’ve been homeless for quite some time now and all I used is what I learned from the military and some good old common since really thats all a person really needs.
hoo RAh .
This is a website about survivalism, and yet this is the most discourse I’ve seen from ANY THREAD!! Wow, I couldn’t help it , I even got sucked in. Its a show. If some idiot steps outside of their skill set and tries what BG does and dies, it thins the herd for me and my family. Survival is for the fittest. Frankly, it wouldn’t hurt my feelings if some of these posters here tried what he does and don’t make it. Yes a lot-read all-of his stunts are set up….but I bet he’d outlast 90% of the people posting here (including myself). p.s. If you’ve read all the way down here….you’ve got too much time on your hands. Go for a run, work on your survival cardio. Via con Dios muchachos
this is a show for city idiots.
ya, i could survive without a camera, tech, and medical
crew feeding and catering to me off camera. if this idiot
is a uk expert survival guy then the uk is in deep shit!
writing this on a tech p.c that your using to pass time. … i know lets do a survival film-all we,ll use is one man on his own with no support, sod the insurance you need to start with, then what w,ell do is not film it at all. sounds like a good show. whats your favourite program..white noise!!
he climbed mt. everest he knows how 2 survie.if u listen to him u will not dye i bet he knows more than all of u
Uh, what? I’ll fix that for you. *He* *Mt.* *Everest* *to* *If* *you* *die* *I* *I* *you*.
I don’t watch the show, but there is another called survivor man, is that any better?
U r all thick the MAN is brilliant he teaches to be positive in adverse situations i know i would not like to be stuck in a jungle with any of you lot i would die from ur grouching now listen if a hard snake bites u then your going to die but eating shit that you find lying around wont pussy he teaches all the nessasary practices and lets face it he didnt have to he is developed enough to do running and jumping but thats part of being alive and he clearly makes more cheese than you his wife is hot and you are a bellend
Had to get my two scents in. It has to be about jealousy. Bear has accomplished so many things that most of you could only dream of. I bet most of you didn’t know he was an acclaimed motivational speaker who has written many survival books. These survival books have earned awards. I guess he must be some kind of survival expert. Relax, its just an entertaining survival show. If you don’t want to take the advice then don’t watch the show. I bet half you people don’t know the first thing about survival. Please tell me how many of you so called survivalist would pass up on your own show exactly like this? Bottom line is Bear Grylls is a bad ass and your upset because you don’t have you own cool show.
You guys are Retards sure maybe some of the things are unintelligent, but the guy was in the British SAS he’s been trained on how to survive in situations like this. If you don’t want to follow his advice thats fine go ahead and get your dumbass killed. And also he isn’t suggesting that you go swimming through a sewer and climp up 100′s of feet to eat eggs but if you had to choose between following his advice or starving to death i hope, for the sake of humanity, that you choose to starve to death.
What I don’t like is when they make a “behind the scenes” they try to fool us and make us think everything is real. Like when he was climbing down a tree he tells a crew member to put a foot on a branch and later on a “behind the scenes” we can clearly see the crew member was hanging on cables. Also when the train was following him someone was outside the tunnel taking pics so obviously it was all staged, but they try to make you think it wasn’t.
How come the man gets inside any hole inside any cave and finds an exit? If you ever get lost don’t do that.
But I wouldn’t say he’s a complete fake, he eats poop for us for christ sake!!!
i get what your trying to say but this is a program. the guy is trying make a good show and also teach you. there are millions of people that watch this so i think he obviously cant bullshit us, there would be to much complaining. a lot is staged but that isnt hidden from us is it? personally i respect bear and it does encourage people to get out more, it has for me anyway. il like hiking and camping to start with. my dad use to say “son youll get a lot of advice in life, its up to you what bits to use” .i say to others stop moaning and just use what you need.
Oh good grief … did someone post this link on a Bear Grylls fan club site for young and easily impressionable children ???
The comment section is an absolute knee slapper and gets even funnier as it continues to grow with tweeners running in trying to defend the stupidity that is Man Vs BS as “survival” advice .
Even pretending to take anything about that show seriously has a level of nativity that is breathtaking . To cap it off you have those who are not satisfied with merely ordinary levels of stupidity . They want to ice the cake and show they can outdo their fellow fans .
Saying stuff like “Bear climbed Mt Everest” , “Bear ate raw snakes in Vietnam ,” Bear is going to play Superman in Superman VS Shazam ” you really have to wonder why no one bothered trying to do a Bear Grylls vs Chuck Norris comparison and then use that as an example of what a great learning tool this show for idiots really is .
Let’s just put it this way . If you are running so low on the IQ / life experience scale that you actually THINK you can somehow learn to stay alive by watching an MTV style “survival” show … maybe it is actually helping you .
On the other hand you have obviously slipped way way way down on the IQ chart . I would argue watching Sesame Street or even just some random TV test patterns would be every bit as effective at maybe … just maybe … stimulating enough neurons to perhaps one day allow you to come out of your walking coma . Keep hope alive !!!!
i take it that your so high with your iq score and high with your life experience that you enjoy what youve written.
i think youve read to many books and actually believed every word youve read, i dont think you have your own opinion- i think youve read it. get out more and try to make some nice friends.there still might be time!
Suggested strategy from Bear Grylls on what to do when stuck at a dead end on a glacier:
“Climb INTO the glacier.”
Oh, and… “Glacier tunnels are *extremely* dangerous. First check that the ice is solid…”
Thats akin to saying, “ok, you have a gun, right? Now remember, they’re extremely dangerous. Now just put the gun in your mouth, and squeeze…”
He actually recommends the “descend into the ice” strategy on two different shows (Yukon & Alaska Mountains)…
While he’s sliding into a tunnel, he mentions, “this is actually not where you want to be. I was almost killed on a glacier..”
And “the further you go in, the harder it is to go back”…
There should be captions saying, “WARNING: Never do anything you SEE Bear Grylls doing; this is for amusement only”
His show is amusing, but 90% of what he demonstrates is totally useless as real-life wilderness skill.
Sure is alot of haters here.
I like the show man vs wild mostly cause 50% of it is staged but it can kill as hes just showing what and whatnot to do if you ever end up in a similare situation.
On the other hand there 50% of the show thats not staged like where he jump into the glacier and the near death in glacier that was at Everest and such as he swims over a cold river just to make a sample out of the situation.
I honestly dont think peoples gives a rats ass about the haters since they are the onse we hear about on the news a few months/years later “Couple rescued after 7 days, lost in the woods”
Or by gods hopefully the “Couple found starved to death in woods”
Also noticed some comments about how this would never be any use in real life about 90% of what he dose and says is a life saver in a harsh survival situation.
He does those “stupid” things to show you how to re-coop from them. Remember when he jumped into the freezing water? Yea? Well, do you remember right after that how he showed how to recover from it? He does that to show WORST CASE scenarios. Not semi bad situations. He shows his viewers how to handle the most extreme.
You guys can say what the f**k you want. The man peaked everest at 23, the youngest brit ever to do so. Thats allready enough to give him the respect he deserves. He broke his back on a jump for SAS somewhere in Africa, semi paralysed he got back on his feet and is still filming more than 6 seasons of man vs wild. I think you idiots forget that the point of the show is not for him to execute everything a 100%, the point is to show YOU, the viewer, what to do in a situation where your survival skills will depend if you live or die. Im not saying everything is real, offcourse its not. But the advice he gives you is for you to decide if you will listen to it when your life is at stake or dont listen to it, and die a stubborn foolish bastard. Maybe you ignorant delinquents didnt know that Bear is rated amongst the top 10 world wide motivational speakers for companies?? or that his 3 books are all 3rd year in a row nr 1 best sellers??? Or that he gives 75% of his man vs wild income to 3 different child care-charities?? I bet not one of you going against his motives have been in the wild, fucking computer geeks!!
most of you miss the point the real key here is to use your own brain to determine what is for entertainment and what is not .. some things he says is very good tips like using your fingers to determine the time left in left day or ways to make shelter or beading and if it gets too bad u just might need to eat something to keep up strength. these are the survival tips the rest is entertainment. and the things he does for entertainment is sweet i reckon he is a legend … get a life
WAHHHH BEAR GRYLLS IS FAKE WAHHHHHH I HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN COMPLAIN WHEN THE WORLD DOES NOT GIVE A CRAP WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH WHINE WHINE WAHHHHHHHHH BOOO HOOOOOO!!!!!
Seriously thats all i understand from the comments.
Having read this thread I detect a massive degree of jealousy on the part of these ‘Armchair Experts’..the sort of backwater American Fat-Ass Lumberjack shirt wearing beardie-weirdies who sit in their Uncle Jessie dungarees, piling on the pounds scoffing beef jerky & nachos whilst guzzling fridge-loads of beer. Real men (so they think) as they scoff & scorn at Bear Grylls latest TV episode.
“That’s not how you shoould do it boyy” I can see them now, telling their wives, and the dog and anyone else who’ll listen the ‘correct survival procedure’ as if they’d ever done anything remotely as dangerous as Bear’s on screen frolics.
Then when the show’s over and wifey switches over to a re-run of The Waltons, they shuffle to their feet, and stagger, part drunk to the computer, where they put their greivances out there on their grubby grease-riddled keyboards.
Why? Because deep down they envy Bear Grylls, his resume reads like an action heros. They hate him for his slim physique, his lack of baldness or greying, his positivity & good humour.
He is everything they are not, and everything that a gun cabinet packed with guns, and a house full of hunting knives, and a wardrobe full of ‘Realtree’ camo cannot, and will not make them.
These people are so chronically housebound they see Steven Seagal movies as training videos for imaginary fight situations they ‘may’ get into, and vent their spleen on crappo websites inhabited by like-minded tossers, all of whom will prattle on relentlessly about their questionable ‘time in the military’ which is at all true in any cases is most likely some paint-balling with the National Guard.
My advice to these turd-valves. Get a life, Lose some weight, accept you’re never going to be Bear Grylls OR Survivor Man, or Steve Irwin or Steven Seagal.
Get off your fat arse, apply for a passport and broaden your horizons a little.
Take care out in the wilds of your backyards when you’re pissing out the back door, cause you’re too lazy or drunk to make it to the bathroom.
Bye y’all!
To put it bluntly, Bear Grylls – Style, Ray Mears – Substance. Both are entertaining and experienced, both deserve respect.
I think it’s quite obvious to anyone with half a brain that a lot of what bear does is staged in a way to show viewers what to do in EXTREME situations. The reason he climbs into caves and finds his way out isnt ‘coincidence’ its obviously staged, why? because he wants to show you how to climb your way out should you fall down a cave. A lot of his advice is good, A lot of situations are presented to him, as the disclaimer states in the beginning of the show, in order to demonstrate survival skills. He’s not saying ‘go into the bog and get sucked down’ he’s saying ‘im gonna go into the bog and get sucked down, now if you ever happen to get sucked down into a bog, do this’ etc etc.
What’s funny is that the ‘experts’ on here are grouching about people being stupid enough to follow bear’s advice, but arent smart enough to realize that he doesnt show the normal survival scenario and rather the extreme danger that u can encounter, and then shows u how to handle that. Of course there are many stunts that are pointless other then for viewer thrills, and he pretty damn well says NOT to climb down or up a cliff WITHOUT equipment unless you absolutely CANNOT avoid it in order to survive, at which point he DEMONSTRATES what you should do. and having topped Everest at 23, im pretty sure he knows more about climbing then u twats.
Not to mention, having met someone who went on a joint survival training between his RAF unit and the SAS, his training is pretty damn good, considering that they drop you in the middle of nowhere with a knife, a bottle and a flint for something like 2 weeks.
if you dont like it dont watch it, its been openly mentioned that all this stuff is set up for Bear to offer advice , its doesnt mean you need to bolt out and do it all, if your an outdoors sort of person, you may grab one or two things from the show that you could use if in trouble, things that have been mentioned about going into caves etc, it called edting dude, its a tv program, needs to interesting and show what we want to see.. as i said if it bothers people that much, dont watch
I know nothing about survival. Even I know the stuff Bear does is for entertainment. I wouldn’t be foolish enough to try it myself. Most people aren’t that stupid.
Well, “just a show” could get you killed if you take a bad decision influenced by the man. But what I wanted to say is that they could be more honest and I’d still admire Bear and his team. Don’t feel ashamed to say the truth and instead try to fool us because we’ll notice. About the cave thing I said – I was trying to point out how he/you must know there’s an exit or have a map before doing that, obviously he woudn’t do it withot that knowledge, but he won’t tell you “I had a map” or “a local told me there was an exit, that’s why I did it.”, about the skills to get out of a cave he’s great, you can learn a lot from him, I’m not putting his skills in doubt.
And yes… they in fact risk their lives for us.
Keep on the good poop eating!!!
Why do they/does BG do what he does? Not for you, not for me, but for their own survival, their bread on their table, it’s their job! And if you’re doing a TV show, it’s gotta rock in some way, else no one will watch, so no one would even produce it. I can’t wait what stupidity and craziness has to be put on 10 years from now, ’cause it’s gotta top today’s stuff.
Having been out there a lot, in the wild and in the world: enjoy the show, read up if you want knowledge, and don’t be so judgemental all the time. I have done some crazies myself, sometimes even aware of it. And I can only say as BG states many times: I did that for the fun, excitement, and adrenalin, and it would definately not have helped me survive in any way, if anything had gone wrong…
actually for you all you that thinks the food bear eats will kill you, he served 3 Damn years in the SAS so i think he knows about survival. and his whole running and jumping into things is what you should be doing! you need to not think about the things that will stop you, amd go further than your body limits you! its mind over matter! and as bear has said half the stuff he eats isnt for the flavour its for the nutrients and energy and vitamins. and alot of the survival techniques bear shows you actually work and would help you under the right conditions. anyway i dont think half of you here would survive in the wild. survival isnt about planning what gadgets to bring along its about living off the land! making do when you have nothing.
JimBob .. your own explanation explains perfectly the EXACT problem with an MTV style “survival” show. You have a flood of dimwits who think they actually “know” what it takes to survive in life threatening situations . You know … the kind where one doesn’t have standby paramedics and helicopters for immediate evacuation once you inevitably f*** yourself up . That and absolutely NO “magic” editors to “fix” your “boo boos” in post production while you spend a half year recouping in a hospital.
You combine that silly show (which speaks for itself for anyone that has lived enough to know better ) with the flood of dumb ass “you said Santa wasn’t real” kiddie comments on this one blog post alone . It is OBVIOUS that the “being a sideshow dips**t is cool” mentality is ALL many of the shows viewers are equipped to take away from it . The only true service the show could be said to provide is to help cull the herd of mental defectives even quicker if the SHTF .
i bet you prefer that show called”im a above most,like it or lump it” you know the one – your the star, sorry to say.
you sound like a know it all with a problem, probably not even strayed far from you pc and thesaurus.
thank god for normal people!!
calm down it’s a tv show so some aspects of it is gonna be soley for entertainment.
are you all just couch potatoes? have you any idea what he goes through to make these shows? no wonder you americans keep fighting losing wars you dont know reality from the fiction you create. bear was trained by the best of the british forces and knows exactly what he’s doing. he trys to pass on the information to help in situations that you could get in to, you’re just too dense to understand.
Lets take a look at this realistically …. This was not put forward as a “what to do if your bored on a saturday afternoon” type of thing .. he did say on numerous occasions that it was after an urban desaster (ok 9/11, which was also refered to, was localised to south Manhatten so not really relevant to that) but think Threads (if your in the UK) or after a nuclear attack then all these skills may be a tab more relevant (ok I know that some are really stupid like the whole jumping stuff) .. As for the sewers thing ? hell I know Urbexers who do that for a laugh so don’t be dissing the guy stupid, YEAH but does it not go on under your feet You would be suprised. Deffo a pinch of salf program but get into Urbexing and you will see this program in a different ight .. if your high light in your life is getting in the car to travel to work then this will be lost on you ….
IT’s a TV show! It’s supposed to look cool and be exciting. If you want real survival watch survivorman. Gosh!
I don’t see what the hating going on is. Forst(slight tangent here) to mark. Not all Americans are as you depict them. Personally I support BG, and his career. That being said not everything he does is real. For those of you who don;t know a massive scandal occured during the first season in which he was investigated, and monitored by some third parties during several of the shows. The third parties claimed that he was a fraud. They lost their case. Second some of the situations are purposely sought out to demonstrate i.g. climbing shafts, exploring caves, freezing in water. Third the man got a full damn background check by Oprah. Who let’s be honest would discover a fraud long before any of you. Not to mention the stack of experience the guy has under his wing. Haters back off, he may not be right a hundred percent of the time, but then again you don’t have the balls to prove him wrong.
HOLY WOW, how dumb can people be. I read comment after comment dissing this dude who has done nothing more than set world records, receive some of the highest honors. But these folks have no idea what they are talking about.
This can all be cleared up by watching the first 30 sec’s of the show. you know the part where they tell your dumb ace not to do this at home. People come on of course there is a little fantasy. It is TV ya that thing we use for ENTERTAINMENT not survival. I am willing to wager 97% of the people dissing him here, could NEVER come close to what he does, but it sound good to sit your fat lazy ace behind that computer desk and trash this man.
And some of these people’s comments are just plain retarded, Truly spoken by little cowards in the comfort of their home, clearly you have never been in a survival situation, for your life. how Sad. just watch it and laugh or better yet don’t watch it at all, and this page can free up web space
So, everybody is a coward because they make comments about how his advice isn’t good? Also, you’re calling everybody cowards sitting behind their computer. What about you? Are you physic? It’s cowardly calling someone a coward for doing the same thing you’re doing.
As always, americans always take advice literally. No wonder they have to put well documented instructions on food labels (add boiling water->drink may be hot from boiling hot water that you added) WTF???
Bear grylls is indeed a performer that sometimes takes stupid risks. But (and I know what I’m talkin about) 7 out of 10 advices given by BG are valid.
a couple of examples:
-Boil water, when taken from a river, even if it looks clean
-always cook your meat well done
-how to start fires
-how and where to make camps
-uses for lost debris.. parachute cords, tires, animal hydes…
-how to find bearings
-how to cross various types os terrains
I know it seems confusing for a couple of couch potatoes and weekend warriors how anything he says could possibly be of use.
I know you hate his british accent.
I know how deep down you wish it was an american that showed how it was done in the marines…
And I know every american thinks that marines are the best. Well. That isn’t true.
Tactically there is no better force. They are just differently trained for the job at hand.
So throw your sticks and stones and hope your never in a situation that requires you to eat some shit like he does, cause if you are… your plain old screwed…
There is a disclaimer dummies! Of course this stuff is planned. The show is ENTERTAINMENT. They even had a whole show dedicated to how they filmed the show. And there are countless behind the scenes on youtube.
if don’t like his accent thats not his fault and he is safe he is smart and strong so if you want to survive go your own way and die
They’re American. What do you expect?
He served in 21 SAS for three years so for some of you clowns to suggest that he knows nothing about survival is a joke. Anyone know what it takes just to get in to the SAS? It takes extreme fitness but most importantly it takes will power which is also the most important survival tool you can have. There’s no point having all the gear if you pussy out at the first step which i imagine the ones who are ripping the piss on here would probably do. Yes he does entertaining and extreme things in his shows but the main substance is true – making fire, getting food and water and then he makes it more entertaining by doing some jumps and climbing etc. It’s not his fault you are too stupid you take everything literally. Anyone who has served in the armed forces, let alone the special forces, let alone as a survival instructor is going to know a lot more than some clown who just reads books and sometimes goes camping with mates. What credentials do you have to attack him and be taken seriously? Anyone here ex special forces or run a reputable survival school or are you all armchair experts who have picked up a couple of books and probably never go hiking/camping unless the sun is shining. I know who i would want on my plane if it crash lands in the middle of nowhere, it won’t be you clowns taking the piss, it would be Bear.
Does it really matter? I mean seriously, if idiots do something stupid and get themselves killed, their just giving us competent survivalists more breathing room. Who cares where they got their faulty information from, as long as it doesn’t affect the rest of us personally?
Natural selection, the stupid will die first and therefore make it easier for the rest of us. Good point.
It seems pretty obvious to me that, here at least, nobody is going to change anyone else’s opinions. I personally believe that he is still alive for a reason. If some of the show is scripted, well, that’s tv for you. The people who are defending him seem to be taking the subject as a joke, while the people who are against him seem to come off as kind of childish by being so offended.
This is beyond ridiculous. So here’s the deal. I don’t doubt the man’s own credentials: SAS are badasses. Climbing Mt. Everest is a phenomenal achievement. He is in excellent shape obviously. That alone gives him an edge in survival over us tv-watchers. I think I can even see what some are saying about the stages being the more extreme conditions. I have no doubt that Bear Grylls would help you ACTUALLY SURVIVE if HE WAS WITH YOU, but HE ISN’T! Here is my point: the TV SHOW is ENTERTAINMENT ONLY. It showcases Bear’s talents. Yes he builds fires. Yes he shows you certain tricks which might actually help you. However, he also does some crazy ass shit for the show that would ACTUALLY GET YOUR DUMB ASS KILLED. He is an expert, you are not. That is WHY THERE IS A DISCLAIMER. The show’s producer does not want to be sued for WRONGFUL DEATH! And if you don’t believe me, then go for it.
Prevyet,
Ok, let me just start off by saying im sorry you dont like the show just because you cant do any of those things that he shows you to do in case you find yourself in a scenario like that. Seeing as how you dont know much about the outdoors, it pretty certain you will never step a foot into a forest/desert/go boating/island, and that you will never be in these situations yourself. Secondly, he says multiple times throughout a program that you should only do these things if you are physically fit/mentally capable of doing them. Besides, i doubt someone with zero tensile strength is going to try and climb a side of a mountain unaided. Finally, this show is not meant to give expert advice for the already seasoned scouit chief that knows it all. The show is designed to give average joes( such as yourself) basic knowledge on different survival scenarios in different locations throughout the world. So, lets recap. 1) you ought to experience, say, your backyard befoire you begin to dis an experts advice. 2) as the show states, you should be physically fit to do the things he does. One with no upper, middle, or lower body strength has no buissines in the outdoors doing what he does. 3) this show is not designed to make you a master outdoorsman with all the knowledge of God himself, it is meant to give the average, normal person the basic knowledge to be an able, prepared civilian. THATS ALL.
Dasvidanya
You gotta love all these morons who are on here defending some moron from a T.V. Show…. Who cares if the guy is SAS.
The guy in dangerous! Just cause he’s SAS doesn’t make him the king of survival, there are a lot of SAS who don’t know what the heck they are talking about. To blindly follow someone because of so called credentials is just stupid.
P.S. If you do about 2 seconds of research on him you will see that a majority of his exploits have been called out as totally false. You gotta love all these morons who are on here defending some moron from a T.V. Show…. Who cares if the guy is SAS.
The guy in dangerous! Just cause he’s SAS doesn’t make him the king of survival, there are a lot of SAS who don’t know what the heck they are talking about. To blindly follow someone because of so called credentials is just stupid.
P.S. If you do about 2 seconds of research on him you will see that a majority of his exploits have been called out as totally false. And by the way I have talked to the owner of this site and a lot of the regulars on here so you better know what you are talking about before you try to pretend you know something.
Go back grab the remote and feel all warm and cuddly inside until the SHTF and you realize your idol got you killed
Just watch a “making of” episode and you will see there’s an entire Hollywood arsenal behind every single scene…. it’s entertaining …at least for me, I enjoy the show.. even if it’s 100% “fraud” … I wouldn’t go so far… it’s a funny show, that’s all
hmm, well that episode was a joke anyway so ease up on your comments. He gave many good advices in “wild” episodes, urban survival sucks. It’s easy to search bad things in his actions, but i bet you dont know 2% of what he knows. He is still the best man to be with in zombie apocalypse
People should really learn correct grammer and spelling before they post a comment on such a ridiculous topic.
And, don’t take it so seriously; it’s on television because it is entertainment.
Well, Matt… that’s ironic.
It’s grammar, not grammer. Also you began your sentence with ‘And’.
Thanks for writing this post! I’ve contended Bear Grylls gives out TONS of bs advice for years. It’s amazing how many people will let the SAS stamp override their common sense and mute their ability to perform cause and effect analysis. Then again there’s nothing so rare or uncommon as common sense. To a certain degree I feel Bear is exculpated from any harm that may come from attempting his stunts because it’s just a TV show and people should know it’s just entertainment. On the other hand I cannot be certain the onus of removing sharp objects from the reach of idiots should not be borne by we few barons of independent thought.
It always irked me to see him diving into a freezing body of water in near winter conditions later emerging to warming himself by a fire on the other side. Staying warm and dry is the best thing you can do in a winter scenario. Most people can’t start a fire on a sunny, dry, warm day with a half gallon of lighter fluid, a small mountain of coal, two copies of the Sunday paper and a hand-held mini blow torch on the Fourth of July. XD
Perhaps I misunderstand you Dodger but it sounds as if you believe his advice is to jump in a freezing body of water. If this is true you either A) have never watched the show or B) are a complete fool. In either case you shouldn’t be commenting on here until you’re informed on the show.
“Staying warm and dry is the best thing you can do in a winter scenario.” Bear Grylls has never said or demonstrated anything that disagrees with this statement. He merely demonstrates your best chance of survival if you happened to fall into said freezing body of water. You are correct in that most people wouldn’t be able to build the fire afterwards and would most likely perish.
well… im gonna have to agree with just about EVERYTHING that rich said. Have ANY of you actually gotten yourselves lost in the sahara? or the andes mountains? Anywhere? no your backyard doesnt count, even though it prbly took you a week to make it back to your front door, being MAYBE 3 feet away…
Well i don’t know ’bout you guys but if i ever get stuck in some shitty place very hungry, days away from other ppl: i’m gonna eat me some nice beatles, cook my water clear the ground underneat me if i can’t sleep above ground, try to catch fish by building dams to close em in an hit em with a big stick(cause tbh let’s face it i aint gonna be able to build myself a good fishingrod) and stuff like that, why ? cause i saw this on ultimate survival (man vs wild) and i know that it’s prolly the best advice for survival i got, not cause i searched for survival tips but cause i wanted to see a man eat a ball of crunched bug’s as breakfast. I will not however jump in freezing pools of water and climb down slippery canyons cause fuck that shizzle sounds dangerous
shame on u matt!
I guess the reason why I watch his show, is not for the survival advice but for the way I get to see our world that we all share and live in. They film MvW in this majestic way to where you want to be right next to bear, but still be in the comfort of your home.
I think anyone with half a brain knows that basic survival skills are stated in the first 5 minutes of his show. Water, shelter, fire and food and the order depending on what is needed most. Usually water. The methods on how he retrieves these necessities is debatable. But as someone else stated on this website, there is a way down the mountain or the bear way.
And I think you need to realize bear grylls hypes up the show for 19 year old kids like me to feel excited and entertained. Im not looking for any value whatsoever, but with that said I do take away bits of information that may be helpful one day. For example, digging a snow cave into the Patagonia mountain range to stay warm is something I now would do if i was in that situation. Part of it is common sense, part of it is just bear being bear, and the other part is discovery. Figuring out what to do when you face real life survival situations depends on the individual, knowledge and the will to live. I know I wont be walking over ice lakes, or rolling down steep mountain sides, or eating raw animals. I know I won’t be putting myself in life threatening wilderness areas anytime soon. It’s all for our entertainment and that’s it.
And on another note, why was this article even written? To bash Bear Grylls? It would appear to seem so.
Wow.
You’re not very intelligent are you??
Put yourself in a survival situation. (Which I guarantee you’ve NEVER experienced).
You’re limited on available options. If you’re on the top of a mountain, the only way being down. What are you going to do? Ensure your survival by sitting at the top? Hoping that a 1 in a million chance that someone comes to find you?
No.
You will do everything you can to find some form of civilization.
You also say that what he eats is dangerous? Right, so I presume that before the industrial revolution, no one ate food, right? Since ALL the glowing packaged food that we have nowadays existed during the era of surviving without any form of modern housing facilities, right?
Wrong.
What he eats is 100% safe, as it were 100′s of years ago, when man ALSO would eat similar foods to maintain survival.
I’m sure that you’ve never does a climbing course in your life or have had any form of special forces training. Thus, would instantly make you see what he does seem impossible?, so it’s instantly risky and would kill everyone?
Wrong, again.
What he does, is purely intended for YOUR safety if you ever find yourself in such a situation. He shows you HOW he does things and at the end of an episode, he gets out safely.
Experience the WILD for yourself, to understand that what he does is to the best interest of survival.
When he ate clams on the 2009 Alaska episode my skin crawled. He incorrectly said that cooking them will remove the paralytic shellfish poisoning. The fact that he didn’t die from eating clams up here in the summer is just dumb luck. It really is a lottery of when, where, and how strong the poisonous algae occur. I hope that not too many people try to copy him, because if they do, some of them are going to die. I’m not sure what kind of legal action, if any, can be taken against him of the Discovery Channel. But something should be done. Telling people this stuff is irresponsible, dangerous, and just plain wrong.
He is just showing how to survive dangerous situations, he never tells you
to jump in a freezing lake or jump off cliffs into lakes. He simply shows you major survival tips on how to survive in that area
Ohh idk why would a former British SAS guy know anything about surival… i guess u better not drink ur own piss
You’re wasting your time writing down ALL those big paragraphs. If it’s on there once, people don’t need to see it 10 times more. Yes, Some things are staged and dangerous, but for f*ck sakes, it’s TELEVISION! Entertainment. False Information(With exeptions of true things as well) The only person to get themselves killed are the ones who acually believe it and try it!
all i know is that he has a medical team with him and a camera crew so that takes the survival out of it he has no reason to panic i mean he has a crew to helicopter him out and it is television so if he has to run down a hill for views aka money he will it is more of entertainment reasons to watch it i would not suggesting doing some of this but then again i am just a normal person with no training but common since
so i guess your an experienced british special forces soldier too. you think you could do better… he’s trying to teach people how to survive IF they get into those situations, smart one. not to put themselves in there and try to survive. the more extreme things he’s doing is just because he has the experience (like in repelling and those crazy jumps).
get over yourselves
he knows what he eats is bad, but hes just showing people wad you can and cannot eat in the wild, or would u rather starve in the jungle?
Bear Grylls advises nothing, it is simply a demonstration of his way of doing things and not a go and try this show. I think his talents along with the expert who also advise demonstrate techniques that COULD be used in hostile environments should you be desperate enough. You are either mocking the show through jealousy or stupidity.
I really think you should get over yourself and enjoy it for what it is an informative entertainment show.
This blog couldnt be more wrong, he’s ex-special forces which means he’s going to know a hell of alot about survival, as seen as though they have to go to pretty much survive all round the world.
Also do you not think in this day and age, with the suing culture, discovery would show this if it was wrong. Climbing across power cables is ok aslong as you dont touch the floor or other cables so it wont get you killed.
This blog is stupid and even if he does have crews theres he does all of this stupid stuff, yet you never hear about him having to be taken to hospital because he knows what hes talking about.
you brits ar morons! First off the Guys not SAS he’s a liar! He was part of the Territorial Army (21) SAS TA. Only a moron like GRrylls would claim that to be SAS. The guy was a reserve who never saw active duty who uses a fake title to fool morons into believeing that he knows what he’s talking about.
He’s not SAS he is ex TA and by claiming he is SAS you are giveing real SAS a bad name. Even Ray Mears who trained the SAS thinks this guys a fraud. His training is not much different than what our regular Military goes through.
REAL SAS heros like Chris Ryan also think the guy is a fraud and have spoke out against him saying that he is a fraud and a disgrace to real military people serving in harms way.
Only the 22 can Claim to be SAS and you won’t find any of them making up stories and bragging about it.
Yea I seen an interview with Ryan who says that Bears Claims of breaking his back in a SAS mission were bogus.
Do any of you guys actually listen to one of the opening lines of the show? It says something like, “Im not just going to show you how to stay alive but HOW TO BE ALIVE!”
Please dont think that Im trying to defend him. Most of the stuff he does is extremely reckless…IF YOU WHERE IN A REAL SURVIVAL SITUATION! However, like the opening line says “Im going to show you how to BE alive”, (while at the same time giving you some basic survival skills).
I think he is more going for a worst case scenario type of thing. Like, incase you where stuck on a building and the only way across was over these power lines this is how you would do it.
Anybody can easily spot where things are set up, but that just makes things a tad more entertaining. Who really wants to see the guy climb all the way back down the netting instead of swinging across to the crane? (urban survival episode). Yeah the rope was definitely placed there, but he still did swing across a gap pretty high off the ground.
my 02cents.
Um, yeah… Chris Ryan is every bit the opportunist Grylls is… First winning the Medal of Honor, then consulting on the video game of the same name.. Then writing books about it. Cashing in. I respect the man, but flinging slander and insults at a guy who never hurt anybody is poor taste. Grylls is entertaining. He’s a skilled hunter, will eat anything, can forage and fashion survival equipment, and has a keen knowledge of plantlife. Fun to watch. Some of you dudes are clearly jealous. Like another commenter put it- get over yourselves.
after reading some of the input from you i would say you are arm chair suvival experts get a life and stop complaining i would rather be with him in that situation than some of the numptys readind this and for the guy who said i hate his accent are you some stupid american that thinks they can do it better and thats impossible by the way so any way get a life and try being in that possition for real befor saying anything
you brits ar morons! First off the Guys not SAS he’s a liar! He was part of the Territorial Army (21) SAS TA. Only a moron like GRrylls would claim that to be SAS. The guy was a reserve who never saw active duty who uses a fake title to fool morons into believeing that he knows what he’s talking about.
joe you are a cock yes he was in the sas and mr ryan is the biggest fake in the world you are the idiot american we brits hate,to much internet for you so stop with the shit and wake up
I watch the show for the entertainment, and anyone with half-a-brain should understand that the main purpose to watch it is for this. I’ve tried the other so called more realistic shows and they’re just plain boring.
I think that about 40% or more of those who complain are just plain jealous, and would wish to be Bear Grylls too.
That said, I agree that someone might use some of his advice and get himself killed if he doesn’t use his brain.
Any of you haters ever thought that in an urban survival situation that keeping cover is of the utmost importance? Hence the running. Think about all the aholes you see roaming the streets every night. What do you think said scum would act like in such a situation. destroying and stealing everything they could. I for one would be moving from building to building as fast as safley could.
I like his show. He makes me laugh–”You don’t want to be here!” Some things that he does are useful. His shelter ideas are interesting, but not new. Read a survival book and you will see. I watch the show because it beats the hell out of many things on T.V. It is very entertaining to watch a guy jump out of helicopter or air plane and end up trekking his way out of a jungle or forrest. He bites into wild animals and finds creative ways to survive. It is a fun show!
However, if you are one to go try what Bear Grylls is doing out there, you are a bigger fool than what people claim he is. He at least has a crew to back him up and experience. I hope that your common sense will dictate wise actions if God forbid you are lost while hiking. I hope people will make wise preparations before they do enter any wilderness environment and be smart enough to pack a fully charged cell phone–perhaps the best survival tool in the modern age for the average suburban dweller and novice. Cell phone? Yes! If you get lost, walk until you get a signal and dial 911. I can assure you after living in the Rocky Mountain region, you won’t walk long. Phones have GPS in them now. What if the phones dies? Be sure to have a solar charger in your pack.
As for Bear, he is a survivor. Think about it. He has a great and fun show, he loves what he does, travels around the world, makes a ton of money doing it, and has a clothing and gear line to boot. I’d say he has survived the most difficult challenge of all, surviving this bad global economy. I would love to meet him and maybe have a few beers too.
I watch the show because its fun and funny, he sometimes does give some good advice, but he also does alot of stupid stuff when im watching him do some stuff im sure we are going to hear how he died shooting an episode, I always am reminded of steve irwin because even though he was awesome he did some really stupid shit, ever see the komodo dragon episode anyone?
Any of you haters ever climbed Mt. Everest? Any of you ever made it into the Genesis World Book of Records? No?…. Didn’t think so. Stop posting things you know nothing about.
Have you ever climbed Mt. Everest? Have you made it into the Genesis World Book of Records? No?….Didn’t think so. You’re basically a hypocrite, unless you have done both of these.
The advice shown on Bear’s show is ridicuous. Most of what he does is insane.
Is Bear a baddass..sure..maybe. He seems super fit, I’m sure that in a “real” survival situation he would do well. BUT, I sure bet he wouldn’t do what he does on his show. He routinley does things that are life threatening. Its cool stuff, but it is useless.
I watch the show because it is entertainment. It is too bad that some people might use his advice because LOTS of it will get you hurt.
99% ofthe time there is NO need to hurry if you are lost or in a survival situation. You can live for two or three weeks without food. Anyways, like it for what it is, but good luck with your deer antler grappling hook and home-made zip line if you ever get lost and try that set up.
I an certainly no expert, and I doubt anyone is going to read so far down on such an outdated page, but I would just like to point out that many of the stunts done demonstrate how to survive in extreme situations. Let’s say you do happen to fall into a cave or crevasse, a lot of what Bear does would probably help. Obviously no one is going to jump into a hole in the ground, the show just shows what to do if you do.
For entertainment purposes I don’t see how the use of extreme measures as a last resort is a problem. I doubt anyone is stupid enough to drink elephant crap juice unless they can no longer walk from dehydration.
Go ahead and speak your mind. I’ll admit I wouldn’t last a day in your cubicle jungle. Punks…
I personally would like to see any of you do what he does. I bet none of you have even attempted anything like him.
You guys do realise it is amped up for entertainment purposes.
The key to survival is play it safe, swimming across a lake because you can’t be stuffed walking around it, as simple as it is will lead to illness and death in a real situation.
ALL cliffs have a low point somewhere, so walk around them cliff to find it, don’t risk ur life and go down the hard part.
Quite frankly the word says it all, YOU NEED TO SURVIVE!
f what people say its a good show
I agree with the people who’s opinion is that they enjoy the show so why not.They wont venture further than the Snowdon railway anyhow.
I agree with the guy’s that worry that people will actually act on much of his advice , but I’d suggest that those that reference a TV show deserve whatever they get.
All that aside ..
If I was ex was ex SAS and this guy represented the skills that I’d spent a lot of effort attaining , I’d be far from amused. I know one and only after reading all this banter do I get why he is so anti the guy , that I’d previously just taken for a harmless opportunist..
Bear is one of the best survival experts on the planet. Stop hating people. Like to see you out there doing that. Ha
bear grylls is amazing its says he spend three years in the british special forces. I think he would know better than most people what is bad for him and what is good for him in the wild. This show is to entertain people why watch its and keep looking for stuff to camplain about dont watch it if u dont like it idiots man.
Are you guys serious bear risk his life to help you and you call him fake. Then you go saying his advice will kill you if so name 5 things of advice that would kill you that he said and which episode it was from.You also act like you know more about survival than he does WHERE did you get your facts , the internet because im sure that your just looking things up and trying to make yourself look smart.You could call him fake but if you even pay attention to the show it says they tell him which direction to go so he can show you survival techniques.I got on the computer to see if he had ever helped anyone or found anyone in the wild but all I found was alot of people who think they know everything and call everyone on tv fake .By the all those people, YOU SUCK
I’m a huge Bear Grylls fan, and the amount of ignorance in some of these posts is pretty unbelievable… It almost looks like some people just like to start fights and stir the pot! Like seriously, unless you go hiking and camping a lot, then why are you even arguing? Watching Discovery from your couch isn’t exactly the same as practicing the things shown in the wild! How do you know you’ll die from doing this and that, when you haven’t tried it? Wikipedia?
Alot of things he does is in the show WOULD get you killed in a real survive situation. That being said, its a television show. People don’t want to spend an hour watching some plonker sitting beside a campfire eating berries and fruit.
He does the stupid shit to make it more interesting, and also to help show people what they could do to get out of such a situation.
He was in the SAS, TA SAS, but still SAS and is the real deal. Means he’s hard as fuck and know what to do when he isn’t playing up to the cameras.
Watching Bear Grylls right now – “Worst Case Scenarios.” FIrst scenario; being trapped in a car accident, escaping and then saving the man in the truck about to blow up next to you.
Any semblance of sanity, self-preservation, careful analysis of the scene before jumping in, contacting emergency services with correct equipment, was either null and void or made too late.
Did he check to see what the truck was carrying? Was there any Hazmat material involved that could potentially infect him, then many others down the line?
The man is encouraging cowboy behaviour that’s dangerous and may create more casualties than need be. He’s only half informed.
All I can say is what a tool.
Bear Grylls has never instructed people to eat a poisonous plant or insect. 95% of the things he does in the show is directly instructed in the SAS survival guide.
It’s really up to a person whether he wants to climb up a steep slippery moss rock, or just spend the time and find another route. That decision is up to the survivalist, and if he is a hotdog and gets killed that was his decision. You would have to be a simpleton to not add your own modifications depending on the situation you are in.
Everything BG says is valid, and yeah you don’t call the British Grand Scout or whatever a fraud.
True post, I said this after seeing the second episode, and it was hilarious when they caught him filming 50 yards from a highway and sleeping in hotels during his “expeditions” lol. I’m sure everyone watched survivorman too right? boring, yes, accurate, yes. I loved that show for what it was, it was exactly what surviving mean, it wasn’t exactly tv friendly but i gave you correct answers, I was an adventure scout and did loads of stuff like this so i understood both of the aspects of these shows. Go back and watch them both drink their urine, 1 is slow but works, the other could kill you, its the equivalents of drinking ocean water depending on your hydration level. I understand what bear grylls is trying to do but i just recommend that before each show the producers put up a sign saying “umm, don’t every do any of this…ever…ever” it is a interesting show to watch, but alot of college kids could die cause they think their survivor experts now because they watched 2 seasons of man vs wild
It really is laughable some of the comments on here, if Bear Grylls was American we wouldn’t see half as many yanky couch potatos all of a sudden become survival experts. There is a reason the Special Air Service is the best special forces regiment in the world, to be selected you have to be the best of the best and for those saying just because he was in the SAS don’t mean shit, then perhaps you should look into the physical and mental expectations. Yes of course some of his stunts are dramatised, of course he has support & GPS. It is not a reality show it is a documentary series giving tips on how to survive in the wild. If I’m
ever stuck in the wild (touch wood I’m not) then I have learnt alot from Bear. Perhaps if the USA took some nutritional tips from Beat it wouldn’t be the obesity capital of the world.
As an X Special forces member, I can speak with conviction.
Most of what Bear does is for TV !!!
But some of the simple advice he gives is good survival advice……..you all have to know the difference between common sense from fiction or make beleive for TV production………..Its that easy………….
All you really need for personal survival is a good knife & if you have it, a flint………….end of story
it sounds like the guy who wrot it is over reactin bear gryills is fun to watch and his stuff makes sense ( not all of it ) so if u dont like it, dont watch it is that simple
It’s not Survivorman It’s Man “VS” Wild. He is demonstrating last resort type situations. It’s him (Bear) VS the Wild. The Wild is his opponent and he is out to defeat it, in style.Bear has mad survival skills. He’s not the youngest ever Chief Scout for no reason. Everone needs to stop bashing Bear and get a life. Obviously Bear is doing something right. He is about to start Season 8 of Man vs Wild. No other survival show has come even close to that.
(MvW4E)
I have no problem with Bear or his credentials, but the show has definately changed over time from a very legitimate survival show to something now focused on stunts and overly-dramatic music. I watched an episode recently from season 1,…and it was like I was watching a totally different show (simple, to the point, informative,..and kind of quiet actually, no ridiculous, dramatic music “build-ups”). Also no obvious “close-calls” that now are a staple in more recent seasons. Check out a season 1 episode and you’ll see exactly what I mean. They have drifted from the real survival audience and added so much action and drama to draw in a different audience. The pure survivalist were left behind a long time ago (people like many of us here), and THAT’S what bothers me.
Still an awesome show though!!!!!
The icing on the cake for me was when he threw his orange and black “BG” knife into the dirt as the camera followed it. I could just hear Dave and Cody from Dual Survival…”What a friggin’ idiot!” My thought wasn’t that he was showing how to survive in the wilderness, but trying to show off and promote sales of his cool signature knife.
His tactics saved the lives of 3 teenage boys in Ky 2 winters ago. Because they had seen his show, they survived falling into a frozen lake. I’m sorry, but although sometimes he does stupid things, some of those stupid things risks his life in order to save others. I know he has absolutely no experience with caves, and he was an idiot when he went spelunking, but that was because he had had no experience with caves. Honestly, Bear Grylls is a hero, and that much should be said. 3 young kdis owe their lives to this man, and I say you should do a little more research before declaring everything he says invalid.
I’m posting just to simply say that this is the longest comment battle on a blog I have ever seen, so far. It’s insane there’s no way I’m gonna read all of this. So here is what I have to say, if anyone actually reads this. Bear Grylls is a crazy and extraordinary man. Just Google him and find out all he’s done and is doing. In my opinion his show is a mix of education and entertainment, and is fun to watch. Only people with at least a little common sense will know the difference between the entertainment and educational parts of the show. People with no common sense can’t distinguish the difference and are probably not really listening to what he’s saying anyways. So they’ll just piss away about him, say he’s an idiot and call the show fake. So let them be the idiots, get caught in a survival situation, and get killed for unfortunately being dim witted, stupid, and stubborn. Then all the people with common sense and the smarts will survive! Thanking Bear for risking his life for us resulting in more viewers and getting them the education needed to survive. BAM! Well that’s my opinion anyways.
Bear Grylls would be dead in an hour if he didn’t have his crew with him. The show just keeps getting more and more ridiculous. This is not a survival show, it’s a stunt show. He does do a serious number of really cool stunts, and it does show what can happen to you if you’re an idiot, but no one in their right mind would even follow this guy through the woods in any sort of survival situation. Oh, and he sure isn’t a military grunt, he may have been in some faction of the British military, a lot of guys do their tour without any more action than backing up a manual transmission truck whilst toting a rifle. He doesn’t move like someone with real training. He also doesn’t have any military tattoos.
I’ve spent my life learning how to get around in the woods, how to hunt to survive, and how to stay warm in the cold and wet. I’m from the far northern regions of Canada, this guy is a fake, and would die most probably from eating a rotten bug, if not that then a slow cold death from a stupid fall and broken leg. But I like watching him be stupid. He’s good at that.
Also, Mr. Grylls, why is it that if you don’t eat something raw, and decide that it must be cooked due to tuberculosis or some other non-food born illness, must you burn it to a charred piece of crap before eating it?
I go hunting and camping and I have all ways fallow his advice and it has all ways worked for me and im not dead am I its october 18 2011
No it’s not smart but if you’re in a situation like bear grylls you have to take risks so if anyone says that he is a fake you’re wrong bear grylls puts his life at a risk to entertain people.
I think it’s common knowledge that what he does is dangerous, and you are only allowed to do it, if and only if, you are as well trained as him and are as physically fit as him. however, if some fatass nerd computer guy gets thrown into the sahara, or in siberia, it is also common sense that he shouldn’t be jumping around rivers and stuff, and drinking his own nutella pee. bear underwent training to be able to survive and do the things he does. training and conditioning yourself to be prepared at all times is what’s important for survival, it does not show it in the show because it is common sense. once you are conditioned, you only need to know how to improvise then you’ll survive.
Grylls says in a few interviews that he would never suggest anyone do the things he does on the show. The show is meant to show what HE would do in those situations. He doesn’t suggest getting in cold. Often times on the show, when he finds something like quicksand or a frozen over lake, he’ll demonstrate what to do IF you were to find yourself in that situation. Use your common sense. The man has done his most of his life and he’s probably in better shape than the the average bloke. Obviously he has some idea of what he is doing seeing as what he has accomplished. His skill and daring is not at question. But then again this is my opinion and how I see it. I’ve learned some cool things like how to get out of quicksand and a couple of other little tidbits.
I think he usually say “If you have to”, he’ll demonstrate it for you. Well,at least he can survive compared to most of the talkers here. And just saying he’s probably richer than we are.
The guys an ass. In one episode he drinks his own pee… apparently. Then in another episode he uses his own piss to treat a jellyfish sting then says ‘ remind me never to drink from this again ‘ (the coconut he pissed into).
I, like a few others, thought that his show would be like Ray Mears. Wrong. It’s sensationalism at its finest. At least Ray Mears actually taught you a few good tips – without going over the top.
I’m at a loss as to how anyone could like the fag. The mind boggles.
bear grylls is a real man.he is very good at the back also but man vs wild is very good show they try to save our lives so,i love man vs wild. I want more episode to see man vs wild
let me hit you with some cold hard facts. First Bear Grylls was in the SAS. That is equivalent to America’s Navy Seals. So already he is a bad ass. Second these are things that Grylls would do in a situation not “you” your not suppose to focus on the running and the jumping its the little things like shelter building, finding water in bamboo and in the desert if you where ever in that situation. Third most of the places he goes you shouldn’t go just cause you have watched every Man Vs Wild you need years experience just to go camping in some places. So yes in a way you would be an idot if you think you could survive in patagonia from just watching Bear Grylls. The point of his show is not to watch it then think you can survive. Bottom line he isn’t a fraud cause i know you couldn’t spend a day where he goes.
I do not agree that his show is a fraud, I can’t tell that Bear is a moron…but I do know the writer’s comment seems is. Whether there are survival techniques being demonstrated, misleading, or plots that complete with manipulation by a group of TV stuntmen specialist are none of my business. I do like the guts Bear possesses, the near insane tv crewmen that following Bear into performing various high risk task. If it happens that you see an Englishman climbing up over 100ft height of abandoned factory just to be able to look out for bird’s egg for the dinner then the show is entertaining enough to an urban worker like myself to forget about the daily work stress.
It is true that Bear Grylls did serve in the SAS, but not 22sqn which is the actual SAS. He served with 23sqn which is a part time reserve out of the territorital army(who are part time school teachers, accountanst, plumbers, etc etc). Still pretty good, but it annoys me that they say he served with the SAS. Its kinda of a lie.
I agree,. Don´t listen to Bear Grylls when it comes to survival. He will get you killed.
I´m sorry it was 21 sqn.
And for what its worth it is good TV, well the first few seasons were. Its boring now.
And bythe way, even if you have been in 21sqn you can not say you have been in the SAS, only 22sqn can say that. The best you can ever say is you were an army reserve. Baer grylls is not hard a F%&k as some of you make out. He is a fake.
well the reserves still have to work i beleave they still do selection and thats hard.so bear grylls yea ill trust SOME of the stuff me says and its a cool show to
What happened when Bear Grylls filmed a show in Texas?
He found Chuck Norris under the bark of a log and ate him.
Hahaha Bear serving in the SAS… yeah, serving them food.
Pick up some water, filter it, then put the filtered in the same cup you used to pick the water. YES THAT IS TRULY SMART.
He was with the SAS(special air service). During the selection course they’re starved deprived of sleep and had to survive off absolutely nothing but the clothes off their back. I think he knows what he’s talking about. So unless you actually do what he’s done shut the fuck up and GTFO.
I want to share my experience… We 11 friend were gone for traking on most dengeous places of india. where lions and lepards exists… we were lost in footpath which was going we dont know where. There are no network for mobile. And everyone of us were feared. It was smalll time for sunset… so its very dengerous… Now for us we dont have compass. And GPS system instrument have not enough battery. So i think it was the dengerous scene for ue.
Now i was always seeing Man vs Wild. Here comes the Bear Grylls in picture. Once he have given tha advice how to find direction by your watch and the position of Sun. We use that advice. And we got the direction. one friend was knowing the map of that place. We found whee we were using one more advice. We dont have more knowledge about wild. When we were coming back we found limit of Jungle with covered stones on eachother. It was the turing point. If bear was wrong then we were going in jungle very deep. So we pray to GOd and keep walking in that direction. Finally after climbing big mountains we found one farm house.
And we asked him the path too uour destiny. So we succeed because of Bear Grylls. Isn’t it? So i don’t think all the advices are stupid…
he is not an idiot hes the best man on the earth
Wow, are all American people as dumb as you lot on here? I hope not, because with obesity reaching epidemic proportions in your country as well, you don’t have much else going for you.
Well all I have to say is I served with bear (edward lol) in the royal navy he was promoted to the hounery rank of luttenant commander by the gueen her self which is extreamly rare he then served three years in the s.a.s he climed everest and he is the world scout leader teaching thousands of kids all over the world how to servive in the wild. I would personally class bear as a friend and would trust him with my life Agen and agen. And did I forget to mention that he has gone on publish three number one books on serviving in the wild. His dad has receved a knighthood and I am sure he will get one himself I could go on and on but there rely is no point he has provern himself as a sevival lgend agen and agen. If any of you can match one of then acheivments then you know yourself he knows what he is talking about
look guys, think about it, he has done things you wouldent do if your life depended on it, but thats because hes got balls. he may have put his life in danger but hes alive still, isnt he. he was in the SAS ,and recived the top survival training.
put it this way, if he was in a real survival situation, he could stay alive. most of you couldent.
get a life cmon he rules
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Everyone likes to try and take down a celebrity. Bear Grylls is an amazing human being that has accomplished more in his life than most will in ten.
You guys are a bunch of tards, his show is not showing you how to survive its showing you what you need to do to survive its up to you how you use the knowledge.
This Guy is in this show for the entertainment value only. I don’t hate him or anything. He’s just plain wrong 78 percent of the time. I don’t give a rats ass what his accent is.
What I do care about is his careless attitude towards his audience in showing them the wrong way to live offa the land.
I’m a good ol’ country boy who has spent years hunting and sleeping in the woods. Most of the things Bear shows you will just get the average person killed in less than three days.
You Brits and Aussies wanna worship this guy, have at it!. Me, I dont follow people like I’m a freakin lemming offa the nearest cliff.
I learned to survive so I’ll see tomorrow should the need ever arise. Anyone that thinks this show is for anything more than shock value or over the top Gymnastics is a fool.
Oh and to the guy that almost froze to death falling thru ice, if your momma didnt tell you wet clothing will kill you in the winter, then you missed her talk on frozen peni and why you should strip naked after a dunk and create a fire to dry off next too, jk.
But seriously, there is very little knowledge taught in his show, it is just entertainment. You wanna learn how to survive, Google it or take a good survival course. Cause Bear without his camera crew would be dead also, they bailed his ass out a few times. ’nuff’ said as Marvel would say.
Not that Survivor Man is much better, (yea lets all play a harmonica and chase away all the animals we may wanna hunt later), no wonder this guy cant catch food and is always bitchin about bein hungry.
Now I’m off to create a fire by rubbing two squirrels together, wish me luck.
This guy is awesome! I have no idea what you guys are all talking about. Yes, some of his stunts & “survival examples” must be set up in advance, but nonetheless the information he provides (i.e. using fungus that grows on the side of a tree to carry an ember for portable fire) is useful and can indeed save your life.
Some cool shows if you are looking for some authentic survival information would be to watch “Survivorman” or “Dual Survivor” with the AWESOME Dave and Cody.
Bear Grylls purposely throws himself into stupidly dangerous situations to show people how to get themselves out of it while giving the camera crew some good TV material at the same time. He’s not saying, “here, go jump into this 100 feet crevice just so for the sake of doing it.” He’s saying “this is how you get on of the crevice in case you find yourself stuck in here.”
a rock can do more impressive stunts than that asshole.
I am a survival instructor, served as an intelligence officer until 2009, and was appalled by this “urban” episode. Engaging in backflips off of building structures, barging through doors, using a torch inside an enclosed air vent, and climbing up 90 foot walls to reach pigeon eggs is absolutely moronic. These techniques are indeed staged and NOT what anyone concerned with his/her safety or survival should engage in! What the hell is anyone concerned with survival, and safety, doing without a flashlight in the first place??? Remember your essentials, do everything you can to avoid cold water, falling, or encountering aspects of the environment that can cause injury or disease, and focus on signalling and rescue. ALL these elements were missing in this episode. SHAMEFUL!
Bear clearly instructs that you do these things as a last resort. Obviously u dont want to crawl through sewage BUT if its your only option then you do it. This guy is SAS trained. Climbed Everest when he was 23 and did foreign legion training for fun to name a few of his achievements. I think he is a bit more qualified than a few fools on a internet forum. How many of you have achieved even half of what he has? None, thats what I thought
OH HE’S SAUCE TRAINED? WELL EXCUSE ME!
THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING. NEXT TIME I NEED TO SURVIVE IN THE WILDERNESS I THINK I’LL TAKE A DO A BUNCH OF UNNECESSARY STUNTS AND EAT FECES INSTEAD OF FORAGING FOR SOMETHING NUTRITIOUS THAT WON’T MAKE ME DEATHLY ILL.
Honestly, Bear Grylls could have traveled back in time and prevented WWII for all I care, that doesn’t make his stupid advice any less moronic.
Guys he’s not saying “if youre in the wildreness, do what i’m doing” hes saying that if youre in a worst case scenario, do as he does, so IF you find yourself in a sewage systen out of wichever f***ed up reason USE HIS ADVICE! IF you breal through ice on a lake USE HIS ADVICE, IF you get trapped in uicksand, i think you get it now. He clearly isn’t saying: “Jump into quicksand for the hell of it!” It says at the beginning of the episode something like “situations are presented to bear so he can show you what to do” or something like that.
It’s a mix. There actually has been some good advice on the show, like how to find water in the desert, how to get out of quicksand and what’s edible and what’s not. Of course he does do stupid stuff but it’s not like he is saying ALWAYS DO THIS IN SURVIVAL SITUATIONS. Most of the crazy stunts he does COULD work in life or death situations. When stuck in the wilderness with no easy way out, you have to be willing to do ANYTHING to survive.