Anyone here a fan of "Man Vs. Wild " on the Discovery Channel? I'm a big fan and I especially like when "Bear" bites the fish while its still alive.
He gets dropped in the most remote places on earth and shows us what to do to survive "incase" WE get lost there. Ya.. ok. I love when he says that.

I've watched a few episodes of this and have come to the conclusion that he's clearly insane.
Especially after watching the Amazon episode where he explains he's reasonably sure that the stream water is ok to drink. Then he spends the entire night violently suffering all manner of digestive ailments.
I read an interview where he said his film crew gets choppered out to someplace cozy each night and leaves him with a small video camera to film himself. They probably wonder if they'll find him alive the next morning.

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Especially after watching the Amazon episode where he explains he's reasonably sure that the stream water is ok to drink. Then he spends the entire night violently suffering all manner of digestive ailments.

The man drank his own urine last episode. Difficult not to be entertained by that.

My favorite line from that show is from the episode where he's dropped into the a north American forest and is strolling along a rather gentle slope.

All he can come up with is: "Even though the terrain appears very gentle, I could slip and break an ankle at any moment."

I'm still waiting for the episode where he's dropped into Burgundy and makes wine using only local yeast.

Other episodes I'd like:

1) Drop him into Central Park or Golden Gate Park with no I.D. and no cash and he has to survive a week in an "urban wilderness" or has to make his way to a certain ATM two counties/states over.

2) Give him a 24 hour head start as he tries to escape New York City and make his way to Washington D.C. - and then the cops start trying to hunt him down.

This show is awesome and I have seen every epidose multiple times.

My favorite two lines are

1. From the latest (Australia) episode, under the waterfall filling his canteen, "All I have had to drink today is piss."

2. After fleeing his 'bed' in the middle of the night to avoid a bear, he sees a pile of dropping from the bear the next day, sticks his face up to it, and says, "This is bear crap."

Brilliant.

I do watch from time to time but, while it's quite entertaining, he has a penchant for the dramatic. I know, I know, it makes for good TV, but I think he tries a little bit too hard sometimes to make a situation seem more "dangerous" or "hazardous" than they need to be.

One great scene, though, was when he was in the Gobi Desert and cooled himself off by pissing on his shirt and wrapping it around his face and head. "This really smells quite bad, but *ah* it's so nice and cool."

I actually really enjoy the show, "Survivorman." It's some Canadian guy (Les Stroud) and he, IMO, really battles it out. IIRC, it's just him and no camera crew, too.

Have to agree - a great show. The ultimate moment for me thus far is when, stuck out in Africa, he actually squeezes Elephant droppings into his mouth to get the moisture out of them. Yikes! Actually, reminds me of a 2BC momemt

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I actually really enjoy the show, "Survivorman." It's some Canadian guy (Les Stroud) and he, IMO, really battles it out. IIRC, it's just him and no camera crew, too.

C'mon, you can't pick Survivorman over Man v. Wild. It's a no-brainer!

Survivorman can NEVER find food, he cries like a little weenie when it rains, and he never makes any progress. He just camps out for 5 days then gets picked up. He also is pretty awful at making fire.

Bear Grylls finds food, makes fire ten different ways, finds water in remote places, covers miles and miles and miles, hunts wild animals successfully with sticks, and pretty much is THE man.

It's on tonight right now. 3 or shows in a row. First time watching. Just saw him eat a scorpion. I'm a fan already.

mmm he's butt naked cuz he jumped into a semi frozen lake in the alps.

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Originally posted by Hunter:
It's on tonight right now. 3 or shows in a row. First time watching. Just saw him eat a scorpion. I'm a fan already.

Haha..."It tastes like cheese that's been sitting out for 3 weeks....................except worse"

From a pure survival standpoint, I agree that Survivorman is a better show. Les has no one with him and does all his own work. I think he gives solid advice and you don't have to dig through bad advice to get to the good.

Bear shows what you really shouldn't do in a survival situation. He takes too many unnecessary risks, has a camera crew with him at all times, was caught wearing a life jacket under his clothing in one episode, etc. My wife does enjoy the show though: He seems to regularly find a reason to take off his shirt (or more) and do pushups.

Put me in a survival situation with my choice and I would still follow Bear. Put the cameras away, and the guy's background is incredibly impressive and I doubt he'd take the chances without needing to entertain viewers. He climbed Everest and Ama Dablam at a very young age after breaking his back in the military. (Also broke a bone on the way up Everest but kept climbing).

Let's not forget that Les Stroud doesn't really go anywhere. He hikes around for half a day, spends the other half trying to make fire, then complains for four days while sitting in the rain in his 'tent.' Then he gets picked up via helicopter.

Bear's camera crew in no way interacts with him. The only time they even speak is if they are in danger. They actually leave every night and come back to film him the next day. Then he travels for miles and miles until he finds random people.

Bear is a stud, who shows how to do anything to survive.

Les Stroud is a total candyass.

No contest IMO.

Don't know how I have missed this. The DVR will be set tonight....

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Originally posted by Dom'n'Vin'sDad:
Don't know how I have missed this. The DVR will be set tonight....

Wow are you in for a treat!!

Les will get you killed if you follow his advice. He spends most of his time trying to make a fire when fire making is way down the list of "things to do" when in a survival situation.

Shelter first, my man. (Survival 101.)

Yet, there he is trying to make a fire and then as it is getting dark, he's trying to come up with his shelter plan. Dumb.

Where is "Jump in Any Available Water" on this list of things to do? LOL

This picture still cracks me up:

http://www.beargrylls.com/images/bear_on_raft.jpg

Bear's done some crazy things, but the one place that I've seen him go that I really wouldn't want to be in is the Everglades. Probably not the most physically demanding, but that had to suck.

Love both shows, but I do agree Bear is more entertaining, but you have to like the fact that Lee doesn't have any assistance and there's a possiblity that he could get into serious trouble, which provides some entertainment on its own. There have been episodes where his GPS phone hasn't worked, and he was in some serious crap. But other than that I'll watch Man vs Wild over survivorman anytime.

I love the episode where Bear showed the audience how to get out of a freezing lake in case you walk over thin ice and fall in. Could be very useful to some people, I think he's crazy as hell for doing it. I don't think you can prevent cardiac arrest, and I'm sure he was seriously risking his life by doing that.

Man -Vs- Wild is indeed one of my favorite shows on TV....just a cork behind Deadliest Catch!

Now who has watched that Ice Road Truckers or whatever it is called?

-mJ

Loved the one where Bear jumped from the plane in the Rockies or Sierra Nevada's, and the next thing you see is him hanging from a tree! LOL!

Dude's crazy.

Runner up: The 50 foot jump from the cliff into the river to escape the bear that was tracking him. His advice for making the leap -- keep you legs together...and clench your butt cheeks. Yep...

dannyk-

You sound like a kid saying, "My daddy could beat up your daddy!"

Does anyone know what this guys' real name is? He just seems like a "Nigel" to me.

How about Edward?

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Originally posted by BRR:
dannyk-

You sound like a kid saying, "My daddy could beat up your daddy!"

Haha I am extremely protective over Bear Grylls.