Originally posted by: cruiser51
Lele Ji has a valid point!
In Discovery Channel's critically acclaimed Man vs Wild, Bear Grylls is left stranded in an extremely hostile terrain. It could be icy Siberia, or Sahara Desert or wilderness of deepest Amazon forests,where there is no amenity / no help.
He shows you what are the best techniques to survive in such a situation, (not that 99% of us stand a chance even after watching all his stuff). In one episode, I saw him striking fire after continuously striking two stones he found on an isolated beach...on another one, in icy snow, he finds a dead reindeer, scruffs out the meat to eat it raw and survive and carefully take out its skin, intact, so that he can use it to 'wear it' as a jacket! To cross icy river, he wears that peeled off reindeer skin, tightly fastens it on body, swims across the freezing river and takes it off to emerge almost dry on body!
That man is just unbelievable!
Obviously, this Survivor nautanki with ropes, sticks, match box and best part...COMPANY OF EACH OTHER...can be no match on Man vs Wild...but than, it never claimed to be so too, I am sure!😛
OMFG!! You like Bear????
You just fell a couple of notches off my ladder of esteem-ALAS!
You are dead right about the "critical"part-he is universally abhorred in the world of animal lovers & also dead wrong about the "acclaimed" part -environmentalist across the spectrum revile him.
This dude needs to take his circus to where ever they train Green Berets,Marines,SAS & other outfits that train (& pay highly) men to survive in the extreme out doors.
I've been an active participant in a campaign for the longest while to have his program REMOVED from a channel that professes to protect animals & the environment.
The pictures of him gleefully biting off the heads of a live frog & snake,allegedly for survival(WHERE THE EFF WAS HIS CREW?!) makes me wince in disgust every time I even think of it. It is utterly REVOLTING !
This is one Discovery program I could well do without,please! I hate this kind of mindless machismo that gives kids wrong ideas about what is acceptable behavior with wild life! To me,the idiocy of Bear's presenting on Discovery, its at par with the horrendous decision to invite a violent,convicted rapist like Tyson to air his views & teach us about pigeon care/training! Probably was the be-kind-to-rapist month in the US.
REALLY, how many of us are going to benefit in our lives from seeing this cruel moron's antics? I find presenters like Leonard, the late Steve Irwin,or Jeff Corwin much better & informative in a useful,practical way!
Sorry if I trod on the toes of fans of this show.
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