Man vs Nature

[storch]

no doubt.  the other thing is that they don't mention that you need to consume the viscera of what ever animals you harvest.  the meat from wild game may fill you and satisfy your hunger but typically wild animals musculature is lean and void of essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals that the human body requires.  one could conceivably starve to death with a full stomach.

if you observe what predators eat first you will have some clue as to what you need to eat as well.

it's essential that you eat the liver, heart and kidneys of any small game you capture if you are in true survival mode.

if not run to the outback steakhouse.

[texasmom]

I didn't realize there were two of these shows. We watch one. I'll have to see which one it is and watch for the other one. thanks:)

[Jebus]

I saw him on Conan O'bien and Conan asked did he ever want to quit while being out filming.

He said the closest he came was the next episode where he is in Scotland (this coming friday).  He said he was really close to quitting and having to call for help on that one.

Now I never visited it up there but I cant see Scotland being as hard to survive as Iceland, or when he was in Australia.

[evenhaim]

sheep and cow eyeballs and brains are very commen dishes im many middle eastern countrys ive had brain on nuemerous occasions its good:aok

[texasmom]

We must watch the other one. A recent episode showed him as having been stuck in quicksand for quite some time. He films himself (doesn't have a cameraman w/him), and was rescued after a very long time in the quicksand I believe.

[Sandman]

Bear Grylls rules.

First time I caught his show... he was in Africa and saw some buzzards.

He says something like, "This is a good sign" and trots off towards them where he finds a dead zebra that has been consumed by lions except for a bit. He dove right in, said it smelled fine and there were no maggots and then he started eating.

[moot]

So much interest for one little guy splish-splashing in puddles and doing Tom Green adventurer/necrophiliac skits and so much in-feeding on trite stuff like American Idol or other boring Reality shows, when there's billions of Real new things to explore versus actual Peril rather than (e.g.) very absurd death to cow-dung poisoning, these things starting right above everyone's head a mere 62 miles away..  that Nature gets about 1% (compare with the hundred of billions (trillions?) welfare-ish stuff gets) of the budget, and even that 1% is screwed with.

Add to that the fact that Man has its pants down to Nature, e.g. not global warming but some big stupid rocks from space (hold that strayjacket for a second) capable of dwarfing the OMGXBOXHEUG effects of global warming and that almost no one is preparing anything for, or other minor details like the truly huge large scale commercial and personal scale growth that space development would mean...

And now, back to your regularly scheduled bufoon-of-the-Spaceship-Earth program.

[Maverick]

I think that because Bear has a camera crew he can call on in a real emergency he's willing to do some riskier things like jump into an ice covered pond or over a crevase to demonstrate things that wouldn't be smart for a person all by themselves like survivorman. On the other hand he isn't squeamish about actually living off of the land like survivorman seems to be. Bear actually spends time hunting and definitely eats more on his show than survivorman does.

I really enjoy the differences between them. I'm tempted to try some of the fire making methods that survivorman uses.

[SkyRock]

Originally posted by moot
Almost anytime I've held brains (especialy whole) in anatomy practicals, I've had a nearly mouth-watering impulse to take a bite.
Lightly fried and seasoned, I bet brains are a nice dish.

not bad if mixed with scrambled eggs and covered in Ketchup!:aok

[moot]

A very succesful professional matchmaker once told me not to do that:
"I don't care what you think you know about him - any man that puts ketchup on eggs cannot be trusted".

It was one of her golden dating rules, along with someone leaving skidmarks in their underwear being a closet booger collector, and men who apologize being bussies.

[cav58d]

Originally posted by Maverick
I really enjoy the differences between them. I'm tempted to try some of the fire making methods that survivorman uses.

Funny you say that.  This weekend im planning on trying a "friction" fire.

It's difficult to compare the two because they are both unique, but I think I have to go with Les Stroud.  If I were lost in the woods for a short period of time i'd like Bear Grylls by my side, but if it was any type of extended stay, i'd definately take Les Stroud.

[Ghosth]

I saw surviverman totally FREAK out while on a raft at sea with a storm coming on. He pulled the plug, his backup boat comes, picks him up and drops him in the next morning. Funny after that episode I haven't seen a new surviverman since. Could be wrong but I think he decided their had to be an easier way to make money. Also I've seen Les do some very very stupid things. Things that you would not want to do in that situation.

Bear does a much better job of explaining the dangers, showing you how to survive. He does cheat with his fire making, would love to see him get that right. Have him show different possible methods of building a fire from scratch.

As for the foods, well surviving is as much about attitude and whats going on in your head as anything. If you want to live, you have to accept that you will do whatever is required. Just put your mind to it and get it done.

The urine trick he did in the outback clearly showed he was choking that stuff down. He was NOT enjoying it. Also I'd only play that trick once, and early on at that. The longer your dehydrated, the more the urine concentrates the bad stuff you need to get rid of. Recycling it through more than once could seriously overload or damage your health.

Both guys move a lot more than the average person would in a survival situation. If your injured at all, disoriented,  lost, etc in most cases your better off moving as little as possible. Build a fire, find water and wait for rescue.

Only if I knew that no one would come looking for me would I attempt to walk out of some of the terrain that both guys have shown.