Bear Grylls - love him or loathe him?

[classic33]

It's all pretty harmless fun really, even if some of it might be media fantasy. YouTube has loads of survival tips too. I learned how to friction saw my way out of zip-tie hand restraints using a shoe lace in the event of being kidnapped. I sleep easier in my bed with that knowledge.

Is that whilst you're tied down?

 

[slowmotion]

Is that whilst you're tied down?

I might need more than two shoe laces.

 

[swee'pea99]

Sorry, there's a chap whose name is 'Bear'? Seriously?

 

[classic33]

Ray Mears, Les Hiddens or Lofty Wiseman for me, When Bear Grylls was made Chief Scout, I thought it was a good choice for publicity, but Ray Mears embodied more of the ethos of the Scout Association, it was a bit of a worry that someone would get hurt trying to emulate B G, Ray, on the other hand learns from indigenous people, but also is prepared to pass on knowledge to them when it has been lost. Les Hiddens must have saved countless lives with his work with the Aussie Armed Forces, & Lofty Wiseman has definitely walked the walk for real.

Preferred Garth Morrison as Chief Scout, more down to earth.

 

[slowmotion]

Sorry, there's a chap whose name is 'Bear'? Seriously?

Why not? After all, there's another media tart called Dog.

 

[JoshM]

I enjoy watching the Bear Grylls stuff. Once you accept it's about as real as a WWF fight and just enjoy the spectacle then it's entertaining.

If I was really in a survival situation though I'd prefer to have Ray by my side. He always seems to navigate his environment with an ease Grylls lacks.

Im Bear must have done SAS selection and passed because I think there's enough detail in the book about his route in (the UOTC of a particular university) and the year he applied for someone with the ability to check it out to have checked it out. Surely if he was a Walt we would know by now? I know the SF community is secretive but I can't imagine they'd allow him to Walt.

 

[NorthernDave]

Preferred Garth Morrison as Chief Scout, more down to earth.

And to be fair, he's no Peter Duncan either.

 

[MontyVeda]

i'd like to see bear grylls and ray mears having a fight... two men, one wilderness, one survivor ...otherwise I'll not bother watching either of them.

 

[MontyVeda]

He's a bare faced liar, and when he's not out and out lying he's at the very least stretching the truth and embellishing. The amount of times he's been caught out... anyone with a remnant of pride would have slunk away in embarrassment. Not this brass necked get.

All is not what it seems on TV ...whooda thunk it!

 

[nickyboy]

Ta. Although I see ,after a spot of furious googling on my part, that his claim is the youngest Briton to have done so. Anyhow, I'll just repeat my story of how I met a bloke who had been on an escape and evasion course with him and claimed the Ursine one had a novel approach to hiding Mars bars about his person, such that they wouldn't be found in a search. I'm hoping he kept the wrappers on.

Who'd have thought that Marianne Faithful was an escape and evasion expert?

You live and learn

 

[jefmcg]

a novel approach to hiding Mars bars about his person, such that they wouldn't be found in a search

Can you add to that tantalising statement?

 

[Mugshot]

View: https://youtu.be/3UpSlpvb1is


I like him. I like the places he goes to, interesting and sometimes beautiful places that I'll almost certainly never get to see in person and he drinks his own piss too, what's not to like?

 

[tonyg52]

a more realistic view of survival.

 

[swee'pea99]

His names Edward.

I bet it's really Walter. He just pretends it's Edward 'but call me Bear'.

 

[Tim Hall]

His names Edward.

And he calls himself Lil
But everyone knew him as Nancy.