taking bets... Man vs. Wild new season

[redwoodfox]

oh thats good...obviously from his post hes no ten yr. old boy.. Guess nobody can come up with a worthy argument.

[Camp10]

Most of you may not like Bear or his show but at least show the man the respect he has earned, and do not disregard the many useful tips he has provided for the general public. .

Yes...I respect the name of the show being "man VS wild" and not "man surviving the wild" or "man in harmony with the wild" ! I do like the show though..but I liked the re-runs of beverly hillbillies also!

[Winnie]

I agree with the anti-Bear comments and include more: Winnie, his show says he's British Special Forces. There is only one "Special Forces" and sometimes they were Green Berets (when they can't find another hat). Also, in one of his shows, he walked into a mangrove swamp. Yeh, it might have been a training point when he turned back, but a simple "That's a mangrove swamp don't go in there" would have sufficed. Oh yeah, personal experience and a very good life lesson!

Note: I may be a little over-sensitive about anything that smacks of SF wannabes.

Ah, thanks for the clear-up OGI. Redwoodfox said SAS, I took exception to that. And you're quite right British Special forces is a collective name for SAS, SBS, SRR and SFSG. He still wasn't a member of any of them.

[Rick]

He served with Special Forces Reserve.

[Beo]

Bear Gryllls is a frign joke, and I don't have to show him CRAP, I'm not gonna respect a man who has been proven to be a big azz fake, stays in hotels and lies to the people watching him because in doing so he had no respect for his viewers so he can sod off he's a wanker. So frig'n what if he was special forces of whatever country, he11 I was ranger trained, served in the 101st LRSD for 6 out of 81/2 years so what, WE was a Ranger, Crash was a Submariner, FVR was a Marine, we got S.E.R.E.trainers here, military personal from every branch and we even got tha famous Ranger Rick, so we got quite a few specially trained soldiers here, we got woodsmen who while never in the military are great in the woods, desert, and snow climates so I'd put them in with the SF guys for survival anyday, we even got females that can handle just about anything that the weather and good Lord throws at them, and Rick can f**k up a box of twinkies up in record time.
SO SCREW BEAR GRYLLS FAKE AZZ LYING BE-OTCH!!!!

Beo,

[Rick]

I can put the hurt on a box of twinkies. I'm pretty good at that.

[Beo]

Tween me and you, the twinkies and bacon are in a ton of trouble.

[crashdive123]

Beo - you had me untill you brought up Ranger Rick.

[Sarge47]

Ya gotta admit, bear DOES have a cute tush, right? I think that's what attracts all of his fans, it sure isn't his alledged survival skills.

[Sarge47]

Beo - you had me untill you brought up Ranger Rick.

Let's get it straight, it's "Army" Ranger Rick now, he was forced to change it in court! However I'd listen to him before Bear!

[Beo]

If there were no support crew whatsoever involved, does anyone here TRULY think they could go head to head with Bear and make it out of any 1 of the situations he has demonstrated alive? I bet there are very, VERY few if any at all here. The first time most of you faced dehydration and had to find water in a camel's stomach or were about to starve and faced with having to eat some giant spider or drink a yak's blood to keep energized I bet most would just give up and die... And that's IF you even knew how you could possibly survive in the given situation.

Yeah, I can. If a half azzed liar can do it I know I could, he aint all that special, so yeah I pretty much think I can take whatever Bear Grylls can, I'd go head to head with him anytime.
Beo,

[Camp10]

Yeah, I can. If a half azzed liar can do it I know I could, he aint all that special, so yeah I pretty much think I can take whatever Bear Grylls can, I'd go head to head with him anytime.
Beo,

I'll pass Beo! I aint ringing water out of my crap or stripping naked in the winter to swim a river that I dont need to cross! I wouldnt jump off a cliff and use a birch tree to slow my fall. I've never smashed the bones of a rotting deer carcass with a rock to "eat" the marrow..and the list goes on. I could start a fire and then let my crew put it out while I jump into the chopper and head to a hotel!

[smittysurvival]

you give him too much credit on how often he will stay in the wild. i say he does about 20 unecessary dives into a river. i also say that he will do a majority of those as a back flip or other stupid trick. he will also show things that will take forever to build and not profit that much. and p.s. has anyone noticed how he eats one good meal the entire show and never eats enough to have all his energy.

[Beo]

True but while he's sucking the moisture out of his crap, I hit the creek and get a drink, or find the water in the desert or make it like I was trained to do. I won't cross the river if I don't have to, and... well jumping off a cliff and using a tree to break your fall is so stupid rambo-ish bullcrap and used in what situation?
But yeah I can if Burp Grylls can.
Personally those that put to much stake in what he's trying to teach in the rather poor manner he's teaching in, are fools. Now if you watch for the entertainment of the spoof show it is, then that's different, even I like a good stupid comedy... sometimes.

Beo,

[Beo]

Hey Smitty, guess what? i like Jerimiah Johnson too, better to watch that great classic movie over and over than watch Burp Grylls. Just my opinion.
Beo,

[Rick]

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cec...-from-kenyccom

[Beo]

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cec...-from-kenyccom

AHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa That was GRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat! Fake Azz Burp Grylls.

[Sarge47]

The official "Survivorman/Man vs. Wild" thread: (http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...ht=Survivorman) has had only 26 members in favor of Bear with157 in favor of Les Stroud. The thread itself has had 761 replies with 86,656 views! It ranks #3 in the forum that I checked in popularity, the #2 being "Survival Kits Info" with 988 replies & 120,929 views. The Winnah & Still Champeen! "Knive/Survival Knife info" (why am I not surprised?) with 1,249 replies & 142,329 views. It is highly suspect that over half of Bears votes were members of his own family regerstering under assumed names.

Beware, my fellow wolves, disliking B.G. has been known to start bar fights, cause marriages to break up, and wars to start in 3rd world countries.

So let's get all of the Bear fans calmed down, pour them a glass of urine, give them a nice, big, elephant turd to squeeze to help relieve stress, and remember that we're a team...I think!

[smittysurvival]

great video. i would be too embaressaed to do that but thats his choice. just remember, disgrunteled bear grylls fans will oftengive you a camera and lure you towards a ratlesnake and let you almost get bitten. beware they also have vicious sit ins and protest

[canid]

...and have to say that my first thought is that a forum dedicated to survivalists would have at least some remote appreciation for many of the valuable skills that ARE offered on Man vs. Wild.

here's where i gotta slow you down champ.

first off: we're not survivalists. for the most part, we're well balanced, rational people with diverse interests, and brought together by a common thread of outdoors and emergency survival preparedness, and a clear trend of attraction to the outdoors in general.

second: many of us have spend a lot of time and hard work to develop the sound, responsible skill-set mr. 'Born Survivor' gets famous either pretending to have, or forgetting for the sake of ratings. we also strive to overcome clear and obvious misinformation which has been stratified and entrenched to the point of scripture because it'd been printed in one too many mediocre books.

third: my sense of responsibility to safety, as well as that of others, naturally conflicts with the mentality of a show which demonstrates, sensationalized and congratulates needless dangerous behvior which is almost always counter-productive to safety in even the best of circumstances.

i can only imagine how much doxycycline that man takes. i've had giardia and you don't want it.

i'm not being unreasonable, i've said it'd be fine entertainment television if they distinguished sensationalism from survival. the two motivations are not always compatible.