Survivorman

“She thinks it's fake because he seems to keep leaving cameras behind-He did leave a camera by the side of the road when he hitched a ride but the crew prolly picked it up when they came to get him in the helicopter.

I think the root that he ate was from pond lillies but Im not 100 percent sure on that. Whatever it was didnt seem to agree with him!!”

“I was thinking that maybe if he had soaked it overnight, it might have been better. There are a lot of starchy roots that are like that.”

“FAKE?

Are you for real ITS TV Not a home movie like that guy on that PBS alone in the wilderness in Alaska Now thats real”

“I was thinking that maybe if he had soaked it overnight, it might have been better.

I think your right-even if it didnt taste any better he would have been hungry enough to eat it anyway!!LOL

I looked up one plant called pond weed on a canadian survival site and it could have been what he was eating.It said prolly all species of that plant have edible roots.”

“Are you for real ITS TV Not a home movie like that guy on that PBS alone in the wilderness in Alaska Now thats real

That guy was one of the best carpenters Ive ever seen!! You can actually go and rent that cabin he built,I forget which park it is part of these days.”

“I saw a package from PBS adressed to my wife, I can only hope its the DVD and Ill get it for Valentine Day”

“Geo it Canyonlands, not the Grand Canyon. I saw it, it was the first one I saw.”

“As long as she didn't mess up and get you cooking with Julia instead nimrod.”

“Canyonlands yes. He couldn't trap squirrels in a national park. Or leave a junked bike behind, for that matter.”

““He waded out into a pond to pull up some kind of root to eat, does anyone remember what that was?”

cattails maybe? "

supposedly, the only show that survivorguy had someone along with him was the arctic one, because of the polarbears.”

“Geo his support team goes back in and cleans up all the stuff. They practice a bit of LNT.”

“If you go to his website http://www.lesstroudonline.com/
you can read some interesting stuff about this guy. He and his wife lived for a year in the Canadian backcountry with no technologies that didn't exist 500 years ago. He's also a touring/recording musician.”

“Also when he was in Canada, he ate pond lilly tubers. That what he called them in the show. The show was called Boreal Forest
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“That show repeated last night. He dug out pond lily tubers and first roasted them. That tasted bitter, so he boiled them. He ate some, then barfed it back up. Later he found some cattails and tried to pull out the tubers, but it was too late in the season for them. They were woody.

So the message I got was don't eat pond lily tubers.
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“The key to things like pond lily tubers is multiple changes of water to remove the bitter/ vomit causing compounds. The way I've read about preparing the tubers is boil twice, then dry and grind into meal. I suppose the multiple boilings might do it if you're desparate.”

“Thanks Geo, since I'd already seen the episode I turned it off when he pulled them up.

And Treebait, sounds feasible, if you're desperate.

He ended up roasting snails.

There is a new episode on next week. They are advertising it heavily on Discovery channel.”

“Discovery is running half-hour abridged versions. When they say new episode, they mean new to Discovery. It will be the jungle episode according to their schedule.

http://dsc.discovery.com/tvlistings/weekly.jsp?yyyy=2006&mm=2&dd=15&channel=DSC&hhmm=2000”

“Damn, I've already seen them all! Thanks Geo!”

“He's supposed to start work on a second season sometime this year. Last I saw on his website the negotiations were supposed to be getting underway.”

“How many are there? I think I've seen:
1. Canyonlands?-Mountain bike wreak
2. Boreal Forest-canoe wreak
3. Mountaintop-
4. Artic -snowmobile breakdown
5. Jungle-kayak floats away
6. Sonoran desert-dirtbike wreak
7. somewhere in Ontario in winter-plane wreak

OK, answered my own question by going to the website:
http://www.survivorman.ca/episodes.html
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“Les is producing two one-hour specials for Canada’s OLN (Outdoor Life Network) called “Stroud... Off The Grid”. This new and captivating show will highlight Les’ family's move to their 150 acre bush lot with solar power, rain harvesting systems, and many new technologies for living an energy-conscious and self sustaining life.“Stroud…Off the Grid” episode 1 will premiere in the beginning of Spring 2006”

“Last night's episode was in the Georgia swamp.

He was wearing cotton socks, and recommended that everyone do so, so you can get lint off of them to start a fire.

I predict an increase in the number of foot blisters amongst dumbasses.”

“Sick, well at least I can be grateful that I'm not in a swamp somewhere with only sock lint to save my life. LOL!

And what, you can't start a fire with wool lint? Hasn't he ever done that thing where you set your foot on fire while wearing wool socks? (Well it looks like it's on fire, but the flame just eats the loose wool hanging around on your sock and then goes out.)”

“i keep wanting to watch this show but it's on past my bed time :(”

“If he's relying on sock lint to start a fire in southern Georgia then he is a total dumba$$.”

“I've gotta catch this show sometime. He gets left with nothing right? Just the clothes on his back or does he have a swiss army knife, etc?”

“If he keeps trying he'll be sockless too.”

“Actually, I was watching Mythbusters earlier last night, and they said something about wool being very resistant to catching fire.”

“And those socks are going to stay dry exactly how???

There are far more reasonable fire building materials in the swamps than sock lint.

Ever hear of trenchfoot?
It's pretty damn easy to get down here.
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“Last night he actually had one of those pocket saws. I think he gets dropped off with no food, water, or shelter.”

“He was using dry spanish moss as tinder, too. He also built a turtle trap, and actually caught a turtle.

Then the dumbass found a rattlesnake, beat it to death, and ate that.”

“He is on the Science Channel at 10 p.m. Friday and again at 7 p.m. Sunday.

He often has a multi-tool and perhaps some other things that somebody who gets lost in the wilderness might have. Think mountain biker, motorbike rider, snowmobile (in the Arctic).

I did not catch the program in the Georgia Swamp yet. I think it will air Friday night.

Most of the scenarios are based on something that might happen to somebody to get lost. Not everybody hikes into the wilderness. Cotton socks is not good advice though, regardless of how you get into a survival situation. There are alternatives to sock lint.

He often does other things that I would not do - drink directly from questionable water sources, eat mushroom (in one case), and build small fires very close to his shelter (the grasses he used for bedding caught fire).

I still like the show. Some of the advice and tips are worth knowing. Like anything, you pick and choose what you want.

He took that pocket saw to test it out. It broke. He swears by an axe. Apparently he never met a Sven saw.”

“Sure, he does a lot of stuff we would never do, like cut standing trees to build his shelter, definitely a no-no anyplace I've ever hiked. But it is supposed to be a survival situation. Still, I think the cotton socks are a stretch, and him saying "always wear cotton socks" is just plain bad advice.”

“The full one-hour version of that show airs Friday night. I will watch it. I think it's the only one I've missed.”

“Don't have cable.
I just have what's posted here to go on.”

“it was originally on the science channel (which i dont get) but i was recently informed it is now on the discovery channel (i get that). will have to start watching it”

“I caught the last 2 episodes. He's an interesting dude. I think he likes to mix it up a bit as far as fire building methods. I've seen him use a bow, and now an empty BIC lighter with the sock lint and tissue trick. Hey, in the absence of socks, why not navel lint?”

“survivorguy is the on the cover of Explore mag this month”

“The guy is a complete moron... 1st episode I ever caught was the georgia swamp. I would love to challenge that guy to a survival-off: Dropped off in the middle of nowhere with nothing (not even clothes on your back).”

“Camelfluffer, I'd pay to see that competition played out on video. Just leave your camel at home.”

“I can buy the cotton socks thing. Having seen the plane crash/Ontario winter episode where he sung the praises of a wool sweater, I think he knows wool socks are better for hiking. But, how many of us wear wool socks 24/7? I don't, but I do when I'm hiking. And who's to say exactly when a person is going to be faced with survival scenario? If you knew in advance, you'd take gear. If you're just thrown into it, you may indeed be wearing cotton socks. The show isn't about survival situations that arise while hiking, specifically. And in the swamp, wool isn't going to keep his feet any drier. You're going to have wet feet regardless.

That being said, he shouldn't have said to always wear wool socks. But I do like the show.”

“On Discovery channel tonight at 9PM (it's only the 1/2 hour version).

I'M THERE!!!”

“That was followed by the half hour version of the Canadian Arctic episode. Tonight on Science Channel is the full hour desert show.”

“I saw part of the show last evening in the Utah canyons

he went 4 days without a drink of water, finally found a stagnant puddle in a rock depression surrounded by mouse droppings, sucked about a pint out the center with a straw.
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“Thank god for Inuit fishermen.”

“Really. He'd have been in a pickle if he hadn't run into that guy with a dog sled. He was still several days from town by dog sled, much less pulling his gear sled on foot.”

“That guy should go check on that other bone heads bears.”

“Just a quick note: Watch Les on Discovery Channel US at 9 p.m. Friday April 7th on Science Of Survival - Lost In The Snow......”

“They recycled the old Costa Rican episode. SUCKS!!

I thought there was a new episode but NO!!!
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