NorCalWitness Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 14 hours ago, norseman said: My kids loved Bear Grylls. Watched him each week. Lo and behold he did a Salmon River episode. And in one shot he is standing in the Stoddard creek trailhead explaining that he was in the middle of the wilderness. I paused the episode with my kids all complaining and ran up the stairs and got my photo album and held it up to the screen. Dead ringer. It’s a mountain that the pack trail goes up the face. They cut the pack bridge and Forest service road out of the shot. It was at that moment my children’s hero shattered. Sorry!😬 1
Backdoc Posted January 10 Posted January 10 (edited) ^^^ I always thought of Bears show as teaching survival principles. I never felt he was in actual danger but was out there looking to teach principles. Some of this was random and some was set-up by producers. Did bear really spend the entire night in that Igloo? Does it matter? It was teaching the principle of building a shelter when it is cold. I think of an episode where bear was messing with some honey in a beehive. the bees stung his face, and he swelled up. I never got the idea he was out there all by himself. The impression I always had with Survivorman is it was just him and his camera and very little equipment. If bears earlier episodes were not completely truthful is that because he said he was alone, or did we just assume he was? Clearly bear had a camera man or two following him around out there. it a safe assumption that camera man had all the supplies they needed and more. They might have even had a Survivorman approved harmonica. Here is one of Bears cameraman. After a few episodes or seasons I think bear was clearer about giving any impression about being in danger, alone, and so on. I don't know on running wild with Bear Grylls if actor Ed Helms or Will Farrell really spend the night under primitive conditions or if they had a trailer or hotel nearby. Maybe they just acted like they woke up the next day. Either way it was meant to be an entraining show to show the principles of survival and pushing your limits. I Edited January 10 by Backdoc
wiiawiwb Posted January 11 Posted January 11 (edited) Two different approaches to survival as far a I can see. I believe Stroud's approach is more conservative and deliberate while Bear's is more pedal-to-the-metal. Personally, were I to be in a survival situation, I'd choose Les Stroud or Matt Graham as a partner. Definitely not Bear. Glad that Stroud is back out doing sasquatch hunting. Edited January 11 by wiiawiwb
bipedalist Posted January 11 BFF Patron Posted January 11 (edited) Gotta say it, wonder if the shows where Bear is seen dissecting carrion for the good parts to eat were faithful to reality, lol! The bear-chewed salmon with Obama was memorable, with the US Secret Service chef grimacing in the background! Bear said the White House chef had cooked a legit salmon under glass just in case. Bear says the early filming guests like Will Ferrell got the superheavy experiences as they lightened up the experience for guests thereafter. I sort of thought the overnight experiences were hokey and Bear says five or six days of filming were required to get from point a to b in one of the Youtube interviews so you gotta wonder if they didn't have a strategic helipad hideaway camper somewhere. When push comes to shove I prefer the low key outings such as espoused here: (it worked for me) so would probably take on a Survivorman outing over the full Monty Grylls approach. Edited January 11 by bipedalist
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