Man vs. Wild: Bear is a total moron!

“So I was home all day yesterday sick watching a Man vs. Wild marathon on Discovery. There were no cool movies on and all infomercials (thanks housemates for getting rid of our extended cable. I could have been watching Law and Order or something groovy on Bravo.)

Anyhoo, Bear Grylls. He is way too extreme. The dumbass cooks up his food in the Rockies right in his camp, getting fish guts everywhere. Then in the middle of the night he "hears something outside. Shhh! It must be a grizzly! I have to get out of here!" So he totally takes off running into the night "getting away from the big bad grizzly who will likely attack him." WTF? It was probably a racoon ya moron!

Not to mention the first thing this guy ever does when he gets lost is climb the highest peak or a 60 foot tree to "figure out where he is." Everyone knows when you get lost you stay f$%&ing put! If you take off and travel 3 valleys away Search and Rescue will never find you. I can't believe that Discovery airs this stuff. It's just not safe advice.

The best was when he purposely fell through the ice on a frozen lake so he could talk about how fast hypothermia would set in.

He did show how some good tips on snow cave building....”

“He is a crazy muvva.

Isn't the point of the show that he is not waiting around for rescue?”

“I will have to check this guy's show, in a long line of tool-laden shows, out.”

“Yes sort of. But it is touted as "survival skills" Fine, but they need to stress what real people should be doing. Plus the bear drama. That was just totally lame.”

“My decision to avoid that thing has been reaffirmed --- Thanks!

Geeez, if it had been a griz he was running from.... headline in Variety.... "Show Cancelled By Hungry Guest Star"”

“the comerical for his show here says something like..."so you think bear has to do this? No! But you may have to"

I wouldn't even mind his dumb ass show if it really would be for entertainment, but the comerical for this show clearly says otherwise.”

“I haven't seen but 2 or 3 shows. It just so happens we were watching it last night. He demonstrated how to crawl out of an icy lake. This was supposedly totally impromptu. While exiting the water which he very badly faked strugle the first attempt, you can plainly see where the ice was carved away to make perfect handgrips to pull out with. It looked as if they were dug in with the front of a boot and left to freeze.”

“Yeah, that's the one I saw too. Except it wasn't supposed to be impromptu. He said he was going to demonstrate what happens and took his shirt off right before he walked in. He's still a jackass tho. I agree, I think he faked the fumbling to get out.

I loved when he's in the desert in Utah and wizzes on his head wrap to stay cool. Call me vindictive and bring me bad karma, but I relished in that he had to walk around with a piss soaked t-shirt on his head. he he he.”

“I saw one the other day where he was in the Everglades wading through knee-deep water and had to build a raised platform in a tree.
This was to avoid alligators, which feed at night, and to dry out his feet.

#&%!$ a buncha swamp hikin'!!!!”

“Pixie, you are vindictive..............hee hee hee!!”

“Bear Grylls is staged - he has a CAMERA CREW around him for cripes sakes!

His "survival" stuff is more stunt act than it is anything else.

My son and I have fun making fun of him before we 'click' change the channel.”

“A guy named Bear running from a bear ... LMFAO.

Okay, I get it.

He only has to outrun the cameraman.”

“Reminds me of the old Wild Kingdom and Marlon Perkins...


"Here we see Jim the cameraman running from the wild boar as it..."”

“Yeah some of it is kind of lame, but I watch it anyway...I'm bored I guess! :)”

“At least Marlin Perkins had a measure of respect for the animals and situations he was in. Unlike some of the yahoos that get media attention now days”

“Give the vicarious what they want.”

“HikinMike, I watched it all day. (If I only still had TNT.) *sigh*”

“What we really need now is a show that combines idotic levels of religious zelotry with NASCAR / drag racing and reincarnation reports of Elvis and John Wayne. -- all true”

“Thanks for starting this, Pixie - this idiotic show is almost a "pet peeve of mine! My kids will turn that program on & once in awhile I'll cruise through the living room & catch bits & pieces of it before I throw up! I keep thinking of all the idiots watching this guy that don't realize what a moron he is & believe that's what "wilderness experiences" are all about!”

“things one should not do if lost in the wilderness!”

“well... a few comments

first, regarding staying put while lost... BORING. the show is supposed to be entertaining. he does lots of stuff (like intentionally throwing himself into quicksand or building a raft to get off an island he has only been on for two days) for illustrative purposes.

also, it IS entertainment and if you watch show after show you will realize this. the format of each show is basically the same... it's a series designed to be entertaining. i find these shows massively entertaining... i am both laughing my a** off and in awe of the extreme nature of some of his stunts (the downclimbs in particular are staggering and that bit in the glaciers ice tunnel made me wince!)

...and say what you will but that guy is a bada**. i don't know anyone that would parachute into the sierra nevadas and land in a lake with nothing but a flint, a cup, and a knife (and a camera crew, granted).

i only wish i could build using natural materials as well as he seems to do.

that scene were he killed a rabbit with a "throwing stick" was awe inspiring... the same where he tried to "tame" a horse which was both lame (in execution) and inspiring (that he even tried). oh, and he cooked a rabbit in front of his tent in the sierra nevadas... haha... and it looked DAMN good. oh, and that turtle he cooked in the everglades... now that falls into the "i did NOT know that" category.

now where is that rabbit meat thread?
last edited: 6/18/07 8:28:59 PM”

“he was on Opie and Anthony the other morning with Patrice Oneal. They ragged on him so bad, and punched holes all in his ego, they opening made fun of him and laughed at how fake his show was. It was funny as hell. He was ready to leave”

“I loved when he's in the desert in Utah and wizzes on his head wrap to stay cool. Call me vindictive and bring me bad karma, but I relished in that he had to walk around with a piss soaked t-shirt on his head. he he he.”
pixie
3:14:24 PM
6/18/07

Pix, that was BS. If you remember he was talking about how he was getting dehydrated and how his pee was so yellow...well when he put that STILL WHITE shirt on his head, no f'ing way!

Check out this thread:

http://www.thebackpacker.com/trailtalk/thread/45915,-1.php”

“hahahaha, body double! Rabbit double. I don't believe one word he's saying, I don't believe anything he's doing on camera.”

“That pissing on the t-shirt/hat ordeal is an A-number-One way to get a trailname you'll NEVER live down, LMAO!”

“2005
Bear's Channel Four Series 'Escape to the Legion' airs with winning reviews and ratings.

Bear, along with the Round the World Sailor Dame Ellen MacArthur, is awarded an Honorary Commission by the First Sea Lord and Admiralty Board of the Royal Navy, at the rank of Lieutenant-Commander. Approved by the Queen in recognition of services to Her Majesty's Royal Navy. Click here

Bear leads the first team ever to attempt to paramotor over the remote jungle plateaux of the Angel Falls, Venezuela, in aid of the charity 'Hope & Homes for Children'. The team were attempting to reach the highest, most remote high tepuis, made famous by Conan Doyle's 'Lost World'. Click here

Bear breaks the world record for the highest ever open air dinner party, slung under a hot air balloon at 25,000 ft. Details of this adventure, in celebration of 50 years of The Duke of Edinburgh Award, can be found on the official website

2003

Bear leads the first team to cross unassisted the frozen North Atlantic Ocean (view website) in an open Rigid Inflatable Boat. (In aid of the Prince's Trust.)



2000

Bear leads the first team to circumnavigate the UK on jetskis. (In aid of the RNLI Lifeboats.)

'Facing Up' the account of Bear's Everest ascent is published and reaches into the top 10 Best seller list.




1998
Youngest British climber to reach the summit of Mt. Everest . (In aid of SSAFA Forces Help, the Tri-Services Charity.)

1997
Youngest British climber to reach the summit of Mt. Ama Dablam, Himalaya, (once described by Sir Edmund Hillary as 'unclimbable'.)

1994-1997
Served with the British SAS (21 SAS). Passed UK Special Forces Selection, serving as a sabre soldier, highly trained in unarmed combat, desert and winter warfare, combat survival, medics, parachuting, signals, evasive driving, climbing and explosives. Served actively in North Africa twice. In late 1996 Bear broke his back in a free fall parachuting accident in southern Africa

http://www.beargrylls.com/biography.html
last edited: 6/18/07 10:32:38 PM”

“Poor Bear is just trying to turn a buck. Everything he does is crap though.

Get well Pix.”

“2007
Bear breaks new world record by becoming the first man to fly a powered paraglider above the summit of Mt Everest. Sponsored by GKN, the expedition raised over $1 million for Global Angels Charity, looking after some of the world's poorest children.”

“A lot of people seem to expect this to be exactly the same as Survivorman (which I prefer btw).

It's not - it's a crazy guy doing some messed-up things - that you 'might' have to do. I'm sure the producers sit there and come up with some stunted up thing he can do next.

Of course he has to have a crew there - and they almost certainly manipulate a few situations for tv - just enjoy seeing someone doing stuff in some great locations.

It's better than another repeat of Deadliest Catch or Mythbusters.


I think Bear's latest trick was paragliding over Everest.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/15/wgrylls15.xml”

“you weekend warrior picnic-in-the-woods party-on backpackers are just jealous and intimidated by a REAL outdoorsman.”

“You know, I really don't think his programs are all that good as far as practical application of survival skills apply. If you did the stuff he did, in a survival situation, plain and simple, you would die.
However, after seeing his interview on Oprah last week, I really think he is a really good person. Dumb as dirt, but a good person.”

“The content of the show has more to do with the producer and director than with Bear. If they didn't have him there to do these things it would be someone else and everybody would be calling that guy a moron.”

“you watch ophrah?”

“A person can only sell what people will buy.”

““you watch ophrah?”
Gem
8:27:30 AM
6/19/07

Doesn't everybody?”

“Yea, Gem,
I only get 300+ channels on cable and the only thing I could find to watch was an interview with Bear on Oprah (9 pm).”

“Gem loves Oprah............reads all the books...........right?”

“You know, I gotta tell you people -- I've never seen this show, but to me, it sounds more like a stunt show merely themed to wilderness survival. It's classic TV, where the actual survival concerns are secondary to undergoing breath-taking stunts.

It's almost like watching WWE wrestling and then trying to call it a sports event.”

“last night i watched him drink water squoze from elephant dung last night. oh lordy lord!”

“PS - it's a show about some guy doing some slighly crazy stuff to find his way back to civilization. It's not really a serious survival guide - though there are some good survival tips in there. Following rivers, boiling water, making shelter, finding food, that sort of thing.

The parachuting in to dangerous places is what gets me considering the reason he couldn't persue his militart career because he broke his back in a parachute accident.”

“I know a lot of this is staged, but I find it really entertaining. Bear does some really stupid things sometimes. I also like "Survivorman" and "I Shouldn't Be Alive".”

““last night i watched him drink water squoze from elephant dung last night. oh lordy lord!”
Jimmy san
10:13:10 AM
6/19/07

There never seems to be an elephant around when you need one.”

“a lot of it staged but you can pickup some tips from him...now squeezing liguid out of elephant dung isn't high on my list but if you had to would you?”

“I've always been annoyed by all the elephant dung I encounter on the AT, but I guess now I need to change my perspective on it a little...”

“One man's elephant dung is another man's refreshing drink.”

“lol Fritz...exactally what I thought.

I have to admit I watch it...we all watch it or we wouldn't know each and every show in detail. For me it's entertainment, and me and Cameron sit and laugh about it.

I still feel that someone thats uhmm...well not so bright could take this show the wrong way. And that's what worries me.”

“... ok

one more.

for those that say all this stuff is staged, i watched bear rap off of a 60 foot cliff using nothing but doubled-over para-line.

dudes and dudettes, that takes balls as big as church bells.

now i'll admit that looking at the approach i am thinking he could have walked around the obstacle but that wouldn't have made for such an awesome ending.


that's entertainment... a HELL of a lot better than "deal or no deal" you have to admit”

“"dudes and dudettes, that takes balls as big as church bells."

Balls or stupidity?”

“Watching people risk death and dismemberment is hardly a new form of entertainment. It seems to me it may have sunk to a new low however. Houdini wowed them with water escapes, Evel Knievel jumped all over the place, Carl Wellenda tightrope walked across Niagra Falls. Let's face it, they outlawed going over the falls in a barrel because too many people were too willing to give it the old college try. But with the Jackass movies and some of the other wonderful role models, I think an attitude of "If it's extreme, lets give it a try" has become more predominant

I guess that's what concerns me although I have never seen the show. Seems there has been an increase in the number of people who head into the woods with no clue what awaits them.”

“balls... and a heck of a lot of skill”