You’re falling for performative shit that wouldn’t realistically save anyone, by a dude that never has his camera crew more than a few mins away.
Les Shroud is the real deal.
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unitedwithme@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Survivorman < Bear Grylls
DrunkenDuckling@lemmus.org 3 days ago
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Grylls is the guy in the group who breaks his leg on day 2 and has to get carried the rest of the way back to civilization. Don’t do crazy shit if you don’t a camera crew and assistants to bring you back to the nice hotel room in the evening.
PineRune@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I remember seeing a bunch of stuff years ago about people calling out a large part of Man vs Wild for being staged (YouTube link).
unitedwithme@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Doesn’t matter if it’s staged and he doesn’t also outside, Bear does show you how to do stuff. Les would never jump into quick sand nearly to his neck just to teach you how to get out. Bear would, and did.
Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Like how old are you seriously
mbp@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
I had to check and make sure the guy wasn’t a troll. Like, I remember refusing to watch him when I was 8 because it looked fake as fuck
Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 3 days ago
In what Loony Toons world does someone need to show you how to escape quicksand?
fiendishplan@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Loony Toons made me think this was going to be a big problem when I grew up.
saltesc@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Really?
I do a lot of outdoor adventuring and Grylls is a joke. Most of the stuff he does is the dumbest call, worst advice, or just outright unnecessarily stupid. When he does something that actually is valid, you can tell it’s his first time because it’s done so badly and he misses the obvious stuff.
DrunkenDuckling@lemmus.org 3 days ago
Survivorman is the man Bear Grylls wishes he were
Thorry@feddit.org 3 days ago
Survivorman is Les Shroud and he is the real deal. He was a survival expert long before he started to make TV. His whole deal is he just gets dumped somewhere, along with a shitload of camera gear. Then he has to walk out, often walking parts twice to go pick up his cameras.
It’s more about nature with Les and not so much about the surviving part. He does explain a lot about what to do and what not to do, but being in nature and being a part of nature is a large aspect of his show. It isn’t sensationalized, the dangers are never overstated. And he usually has a satphone on him and an agreed time and location for extraction. But he is actually out there for a week all on his own and not like most shows where the crew just drives to a location to shoot a scene and then go back to the hotel later.
saltesc@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Aye, that’s the mentality to have. You are under nature’s thumb so you work with her, not try survive or fight her.
I might check this guy out. Some of the most impactful “survival” methods are very simple things. It’s more about doing these things as you go so you aren’t ever in a survival situation and you can actually spend a long time out there by just being respectful and aware of your situation and environment.
lobut@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I saw an episode where he decided to climb up onto some train tracks when he was lost and like headed into a tunnel. They “assumed” there were no trains and then it came last second and they were running and barely made it.
I think it’s obvious bullshit.
Wait I found the clip: youtu.be/5jjpRIMn1mM
Why would you ever waste energy doing this in a real situation and it’s obviously staged or edited heavily to me.
chrisashtear@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Literally the only useful thing i learned from man vs wild was how to slide down a hill. Its fun as hell.