Man vs. Wild begins its fifth season tonight on Discovery Channel, and as usual for British survivalist Bear Grylls, he’s visiting places much more dangerous than the local ice cream shop. In the six episodes this season, Grylls travels to a desert island off of Papua New Guinea and visits a “shark city”; hangs out in a swampy area in the north of Australia that has more saltwater man-eating crocodiles than it has people (“I had some quite close encounters with crocs out there that may be a little bit edgy,” Grylls says); traversing high mountains along the Russian border in the high mountains; HALO jumps from 33,000 feet and -55 degrees straight into 120-degree heat in Death Valley; has a close call in the Canadian Rockies, where he had to be evacuated after getting hit hard in the leg by a falling camera (“It was the first time we’ve ever had to call in assistance,” Grylls says. “It missed my head by a matter of inches and would have killed me outright. That was a sobering reminder of the show for us”); and hosts a special “Fan vs. Wild” episode. That one Grylls is the most proud of, he says. “We had 20,000 people write in to be on the show, we picked two and I took them up to the high Canadian mountains and took them on the adventure of a lifetime. It was a really eye-opening journey for these guys. They arrived, they were fit, they were strong, but they had never done anything like this before. I gave them Man vs. Wild with the cherry on top, the whole nine yards.” Grylls also stars in the new Man vs. Wild video game coming out Nov. 16 for Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Check out a clip below for a preview of some of the gameplay.
Photo courtesy of Discovery Channel
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you can’t drink your on urine because it is full of tonxis- Bunk!! Only if you are sick, on drugs, etc. Do a little basic research. Many a man has survived from drinking his urine. Read Sufferings in Africa for one good example.I frankly do not understand how sleeping in a Hotel makes someone fake? And yes there are plenty of things that Bear does that would get the average Joe in deep trouble if they tried the same. However he has climbed Everest and sailed the South Seas. And if he was SAS TA and not regular SAS that is by no means a cub scout organization. Why he always seems to want to eat stuff alive and kicking vs building a fire and cooking it is beyond me. Les on the other hand sometimes gives the impression that he could go hungry in a supermarket. Oh yeah and lets not forgot the African plains one where he thinks it is a good idea to poke a stick in a hole it was full of some pretty nasty wasps! Les has studied under some great survivalists including John McPherson (Prairie Wolf).As another article pointed out here there are two different philosphies in the two shows. Les is more about surviving where you are whereas Bear is all about getting back to civilization.I have attended some survival schools included Air Force SERE & Tom Brown’s and I can see useful information in both shows. I enjoy watching both though I do get more chuckles from Bear. I particularly laughed hard when he drank the liquid from the camels stomach and then regurgitated all of it almost immediately.If you are into survival then watch both. There is something to be learned. Bear’s technique for determining N,S,E,W will work whether he stayed in the Hilton or on a rock outcropping the night before. And Les’ techniques for building a fire from a variety of sources work even if he can’t figure out that you should not sleep on the ground in the jungle or freezes his butt off because he can’t remember that thing called a debris hut .I like em both, and would love to go on an outing with Les don’t think I could keep up with Bear- and I sure as hell am not crawling into some dank small cave thank you very much!
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Bear should visit the Sri Lankan forests, mountains too. Will be pretty challenging for sure.
Bear hasn’t been in indian forest….they’re
also challenging
can i talk to bear?????
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