Haha, Bear Grylls is a Joke

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#1 Mumbles527
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I thought that it was bad enough that it turned out that he stays in hotels when he's supposed to be surviving in the wild and had his crew do work for him that he claimed to do himself on the show, then I just found this video somebody made. You really can't call the show Man Vs. Wild when you aren't near the Wild. They tried to make it look like he was in the middle of nowhere on the show, turns out he was right next to a busy highway.
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#2 Darth_Tyrev
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I don't know what that proves, exactly....
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#5 Dethshoot
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:lol: wow.
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#6 Self_indulgence
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i saw that on AOTS like 7 hours ago >_> :P
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#7 Headbanger88
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If you want the real deal it has to be Survivorman.
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#8 xtn702
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If you want the real deal it has to be Survivorman.Headbanger88
I agree
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#9 VinnoT
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Its just a big con. Blaaar. I hate people like him.
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#10 Darth_Tyrev
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Seriously, I'm not sure how this proves he's a fake. There's highways almost everywhere now, the point of the show is to give you helpful tips to survive.
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#13 andrewsonfire
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you try drinking water from elephant poop...
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#14 LostProphetFLCL
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You do realize that one of the best things you can do in a survival situation is find a road and walk down it.....

Not to mention you can't even prove that he had been by the highway the whole show. I saw that episode and that was the very end of it and he mentioned seeing civilization.....

Way to fail tc, way to fail....

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#15 purplemidgets
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Seriously, I'm not sure how this proves he's a fake. There's highways almost everywhere now, the point of the show is to give you helpful tips to survive.Darth_Tyrev

Like Climbing up and down a waterfall

Going into a dangerous ice cave for no reason?

Trying to ride feral horses?

Drinking urine?

Jumping into the ocean to cool off, even though it's going to cause you t get painful legions?

And a long list of other dumb and braindead things he does in his show. Man vs. Wild is NOT a reliable show for survival advice.

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#16 purplemidgets
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You do realize that one of the best things you can do in a survival situation is find a road and walk down it.....

Not to mention you can't even prove that he had been by the highway the whole show. I saw that episode and that was the very end of it and he mentioned seeing civilization.....

Way to fail tc, way to fail....

LostProphetFLCL

Please read this website

http://www.daughtersoftiresias.org/bearwiki/Evidence

Man vs. Wild is a con. It's a faked survival show with terrible survival advice.

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#17 Morphic
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You go jump in a frozen over lake. That takes balls.
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#18 Recycleation
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:lol:
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#19 cool_baller
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BUT HE BROKE HIS BACK AND CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST!
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#20 SaintLeonidas
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BUT HE BROKE HIS BACK AND CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST!cool_baller

Thats the thing the show is misleading but Bear Grylls isnt a joke. He was in the special forces, climbed mount everest, hes a rock climber, ate diner hanging from one of those huge air balloons, he does do alot of the survivalist stuff, he jumps into icy water and quick sand to show people how to get out, hes still awesome, its just the show that has the problem.

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#21 CottonTheMoth
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Well....I didn't know any of this. Rather disappointing really.
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#22 8IbodI8
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Bear Grylls is a bada$$, just not as much as he's made out to be on Man Vs. Wild. In reality, a lot of the things he does are completely unecessary and deadly and he has help from the camera crew. The only reason he does a lot of the stuff he does is so that his show will be more dramatic.
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#23 DisturbedChild7
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its setup because theres no garuntee anything would happen. hes not gonna do a show walking around, he needs to show possibilties. he doesnt tell people to jump in ice cold water, he does it to show people how to get out
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#24 SaintLeonidas
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Lol whos the joke now

"Bear breaks the world record for the highest ever open air dinner party, slung under a hot air balloon at 25,000 ft. Details of this adventure, in celebration of 50 years of The Duke of Edinburgh Award, can be found on the official website. Click here for more info."

1994-1997
Served with the British SAS (21 SAS). Passed UK Special Forces Selection, serving as a sabre soldier, trained in unarmed combat, desert and winter warfare, combat survival, medics, parachuting, signals, evasive driving, climbing and explosives. Served in North Africa twice. In late 1996 Bear broke his back in a free fall parachuting accident in southern Africa.

1998
Youngest British climber to reach the summit of Mt. Everest . (In aid of SSAFA Forces Help, the Tri-Services Charity.)

2003: Bear leads thefirst team to cross unassisted the frozen North Atlantic Ocean (view website) in an open Rigid Inflatable Boat. (In aid of the Prince's Trust.)

2005:

Bear, along with the Round the World Sailor Dame Ellen MacArthur, is awarded an Honorary Commission by the First Sea Lord and Admiralty Board of the Royal Navy, at the rank of Lieutenant-Commander. Approved by the Queen in recognition of services to Her Majesty's Royal Navy. Click here

Bear leads the first team ever to attempt to paramotor over the remote jungle plateaux of the Angel Falls, Venezuela, in aid of the charity 'Hope & Homes for Children'. The team were attempting to reach the highest, most remote high tepuis, made famous by Conan Doyle's 'Lost World'.Click here

2007
Bear breaks new world record (click here for verification data) by becoming the first man to fly a powered paraglider above the summit of Mt Everest. Sponsored by GKN, the expedition raised over $1 million for Global Angels Charity, looking after some of the world's poorest children. (http://www.gknmissioneverest.com/)

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#25 purplemidgets
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its setup because theres no garuntee anything would happen. hes not gonna do a show walking around, he needs to show possibilties. he doesnt tell people to jump in ice cold water, he does it to show people how to get outDisturbedChild7

Here's the problem. By staging situations, he's doing the exact opposite. A lot of what he does is not what would happen to you if got lost. He does crazy and dangerous stunts to make the show entertaining, but he never tells the audience that they shouldn't do it. Remember the time he travelled into the ice cave? That's incredibly stupid. What about when he used his t-shirt as a gas mask when going into the dangerous gas on Kilauea? Never bothers to tell us that a t-shirt would do absolutely nothing to stop the gas from getting into your lungs and that the best advice is to not go into the gas.

Even the frozen lake scenario was falsified. There were two very clear hand grips on ice next to the water. If he hadn't made them, it would have been very likely he wouldn't have gotten out.

Remember when he climbed down a waterfall? Never once mentions that it's a stupid idea, and he doesn't say that he was connected to a safety line through a harness. Even then he struggled to climb down. Don't even want to imagine how it would have been without it.

I could go on. Man vs. Wild is not a show to watch for valid survival techniques, it's a storybook show about the myth that is Bear. I have no doubt he's a badass in real life, but on this show he's just a Hollywood Action Hero. Watch Survivorman for the real deal.

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#26 CottonTheMoth
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Oh.
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#27 zoe256
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bear grylls is nothing but a posh toff who has never ever been camping before!
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#28 SaintLeonidas
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bear grylls is nothing but a posh toff who has never ever been camping before!zoe256

lol how about scrolling up to my last post.

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#29 xboxdudeman800
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I love that show. I don't care if half the stuff he does if fake. he still squeezed water out of elephant dung and he drank his own pee a few times.
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#30 therazn
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Whatever. Bear Grylls is still incredibly badass. That, you cannot deny. Just look at all the stuff he did.
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#31 DeeJayInphinity
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I love that show. I don't care if half the stuff he does if fake. he still squeezed water out of elephant dung and he drank his own pee a few times.xboxdudeman800

I like the show but I wouldn't trust anything that dude says if all he wants is ratings.

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#32 cool_baller
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The show equals=fake

Bear Grylls=win (except for the lying on the show)

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#33 zoe256
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[QUOTE="zoe256"]bear grylls is nothing but a posh toff who has never ever been camping before!SaintLeonidas

lol how about scrolling up to my last post.

nahhh, my mouse wheel is broken sorry mate!

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#34 SaintLeonidas
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[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]

[QUOTE="zoe256"]bear grylls is nothing but a posh toff who has never ever been camping before!zoe256

lol how about scrolling up to my last post.

nahhh, my mouse wheel is broken sorry mate!

its called page up, or how about just clicking the up arrow...or is the truth to much for yeah....

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#35 zoe256
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[QUOTE="zoe256"][QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]

[QUOTE="zoe256"]bear grylls is nothing but a posh toff who has never ever been camping before!SaintLeonidas

lol how about scrolling up to my last post.

nahhh, my mouse wheel is broken sorry mate!

its called page up, or how about just clicking the up arrow...or is the truth to much for yeah....

no, just too much work for something i obviously don't care about as much as you...

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#36 Dethshoot
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[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"][QUOTE="zoe256"][QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]

[QUOTE="zoe256"]bear grylls is nothing but a posh toff who has never ever been camping before!zoe256

lol how about scrolling up to my last post.

nahhh, my mouse wheel is broken sorry mate!

its called page up, or how about just clicking the up arrow...or is the truth to much for yeah....

no, just too much work for something i obviously don't care about as much as you...

more like fear of getting owned :|

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#37 Galzakian
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Bear Grylls. The namesays it all!