I didn't survive Bear Grylls

[GetAwesome]

Wait, peeps be out here all these years watching Bear Grylls shows thinking that they are *real* survival and feeling slighted now? C’mon. Any show with a camera crew is not roughing it.

I love Bear, have watched almost every series of his, my kids love watching them too, and his content is meant to be educational and pique the interest of the viewers to get interested in the great outdoors.

 

[arobb]

Dual Survival with Dave and Cody was the best survival show.

 

[Cyismymonkey]

Dual Survival with Dave and Cody was the best survival show.

Cody was the dumbass who didn’t wear any shoes?

 

[CyclonesRock]

Les Stroud. Survivorman. That was some decent TV for a while.

This...His show was real. He was just like you would be complaining all the time when it wasn't going well and he didn't have a camera crew following him. He filmed it all himself. Bear Grylles was always a pretty boy and ever so optimistic even in the most dire circumstances, you knew it was fake.

 

[cydsho]

I loved Les Stroud, but let's face it. He was TERRIBLE at surviving. That's why he had to quit doing the shows. He could never find anything to eat and it was messing with his health to go 7-8 days at a stretch with no food.

I disagree. Some places like the artic and kalahari desert were struggles because there just isn't much there. You just aren't going to eat much of anything in a true survival situation.
Main reason he quit was he was nearly 50 or older when he stopped filming those and it was the overall toll and recovery that made him say it wasn't worth it.

 

[SouthJerseyCy]

Wait, peeps be out here all these years watching Bear Grylls shows thinking that they are *real* survival and feeling slighted now? C’mon. Any show with a camera crew is not roughing it.

I love Bear, have watched almost every series of his, my kids love watching them too, and his content is meant to be educational and pique the interest of the viewers to get interested in the great outdoors.

I haven't watched any of these shows for years, but one of the main knocks on Bear back in the day is that he took way too many risks and did stupid **** that you should never do in an actual survival situation. IE - NOT educational at all.

 

[Bipolarcy]

I disagree. Some places like the artic and kalahari desert were struggles because there just isn't much there. You just aren't going to eat much of anything in a true survival situation.
Main reason he quit was he was nearly 50 or older when he stopped filming those and it was the overall toll and recovery that made him say it wasn't worth it.

But he couldn't find food in any environment beyond grubs and worms and grasshoppers. He couldn't catch fish, he couldn't snare rabbits, he had no knowledge on mushrooms, so he couldn't even eat those if he found them.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

If you like survival videos YouTube is full of different guys that show you how to build shelters, survive different scenarios in all different ecosystems and climates. Less entertainment production (though some are very entertaining) and more about learning.

Here's one I enjoy and he even brings his kids out with him sometimes.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

I haven't watched any of these shows for years, but one of the main knocks on Bear back in the day is that he took way too many risks and did stupid **** that you should never do in an actual survival situation. IE - NOT educational at all.

That was what made him fun to watch though. I never thought it was a true survival situation with Bear but I did learn from him. Everyone has their own knowledge to share in one way or another.

 

[cydsho]

But he couldn't find food in any environment beyond grubs and worms and grasshoppers. He couldn't catch fish, he couldn't snare rabbits, he had no knowledge on mushrooms, so he couldn't even eat those if he found them.

I don't think you've ever watched the show but a few episodes. He's used snares before and caught rabbits and other rodents. And you never eat any mushroom unless you are absolutely 100% sure. He specifically said he never eats mushrooms because of that.
Plus the whole premise was he went into a situation carrying only a few items. He rarely even had a hook to fish with. And when he did have a hook he usually caught fish. I think there was more than one episode where he smoked fish he caught to help preserve it.

 

[Bipolarcy]

I don't think you've ever watched the show but a few episodes. He's used snares before and caught rabbits and other rodents. And you never eat any mushroom unless you are absolutely 100% sure. He specifically said he never eats mushrooms because of that.
Plus the whole premise was he went into a situation carrying only a few items. He rarely even had a hook to fish with. And when he did have a hook he usually caught fish. I think there was more than one episode where he smoked fish he caught to help preserve it.

That's exactly what I said (the bolded part). I watched every episode of his show, so I don't know what show you were watching, He caught, what? One rabbit in 51 episodes? And maybe a rat in a second show. That's not exactly a stellar record of finding food in the wild. More shows than not, he found nothing to eat, or very little, like grasshoppers and worms and grubs and plants and berries. I even saw a show where he ate a leftover fish after a bear got done with it. The one constant theme of those shows is that he was hungry! because he couldn't find food! Because all his attempts at finding, trapping, snaring food failed!