Les Stroud vs Bear Grylls
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Bear is an extreme fella, has some interesting but not always intelligent ways of doing things.
Les is the man, to the ignorant adventurer in me he sounds like he knows what he's doing.
Yea, TV kinda sucks but I am laid up w/ a broken leg so it is now my new best friend.
Les is the man, to the ignorant adventurer in me he sounds like he knows what he's doing.
Yea, TV kinda sucks but I am laid up w/ a broken leg so it is now my new best friend.
stroud is survivorman, right?
he'd get out alive...bear wouldn't...but he'd probably have a lot more fun doing it!
he'd get out alive...bear wouldn't...but he'd probably have a lot more fun doing it!
Les Stroud would eat Bear Grylls.
Les Stroud.
JBP would win.
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+1 I saw an episode with Bear where he made a raft and they ends were cut off smooth like they had used a chain saw or something.
One episode had a metal fire ring and stacks of split firewood in the background. Life can be tough at the KOA.+1
+1 I saw an episode with Bear where he made a raft and they ends were cut off smooth like they had used a chain saw or something.
One of my favourite Stroud moments is in the Temagami episode with the simulated plane crash in the winter, and he decides to attempt it with a "broken arm". Halfway through: "F*ck it, this is too friggin hard with one arm."
Stroud knows his chit.
I also really like the time in Alaska when he catches wayyyy too many salmon.
If you people like Stroud check out Ray Mears....he's got a few shows: "Extreme Survival", "World of Survival", "Bushcraft"....
Stroud knows his chit.
I also really like the time in Alaska when he catches wayyyy too many salmon.
If you people like Stroud check out Ray Mears....he's got a few shows: "Extreme Survival", "World of Survival", "Bushcraft"....
They are vastly different people.
Bear is a spec ops guy who went through stuff like SERE, while Stroud is a traditional survivalist. When they did the background on him leading up to taping "Off the Grid", he was a hardcore hippie survivalist who practices what he preaches.
After doing years in Spec Ops, I don't blame him for staying in hotels. It's a TV show.
Bear is a spec ops guy who went through stuff like SERE, while Stroud is a traditional survivalist. When they did the background on him leading up to taping "Off the Grid", he was a hardcore hippie survivalist who practices what he preaches.
After doing years in Spec Ops, I don't blame him for staying in hotels. It's a TV show.
The only thing that really gets me about Bear's show is that the stuff he does would get you killed, pure stunt-entertainment show.
On one episode, Bear Grylls killed and skinned a rattle snake, and then peed inside the skin using it like a canteen. Later, he drank his own piss from inside the festering snakeskin.
Les has to cook his grasshoppers and remove their heads before he eats them.
Les basically sits there and starves for a week until the crew arrives to pick him up. Grylls finds water and heads downhill, killing and eating things raw for no reason, and performing stupid stunts along the way. Grylls almost always "happens upon" a freshly dead caribou or deer in each episode as well. Amazing how that happens.
Les has to cook his grasshoppers and remove their heads before he eats them.
Les basically sits there and starves for a week until the crew arrives to pick him up. Grylls finds water and heads downhill, killing and eating things raw for no reason, and performing stupid stunts along the way. Grylls almost always "happens upon" a freshly dead caribou or deer in each episode as well. Amazing how that happens.
Neither of them are fit to drink rancid lake water strained through the sock of Major Les Hiddins.
Bear knows how to order room service from his hotel while Les is roughin it out.
that was, as far as i know, one instance.
yes, les does it all himself and has absolutely no lifeline, which i respect.
HOWEVER, bear does much more extreme things, and goes many places where hotels are not available. i gotta respect the special forces in that guy, even if he doesn't do it alone, he does it right. so bear.
The reality is that in a survival situation you are better starving, you've got a couple weeks before you die, actually the average american probably has a 6-month supply of fat. You eat something that gives you the ****s it can kill you in a few days.
Well, maybe. Depends on the situation. Ever bonked on a ride?
Sure you can stay alive a long time with no food, if you're just sitting there waiting for rescue... but say you have to hike out of somewhere... a few days struggle off trail? You could exhaust yourself within a matter of hours depending on terrain.
Not saying you should eat raw, rancid flesh and maggots, but searching finding food could mean the difference between life and death.
Bonked enough to know that if I keep my effort low I can keep moving for a long time.
Not a survivalist but have learned myself a plenty on nourishment for endurance. Your body primarily runs off of fat under 65% effort. Your body has a lot of stored fat. However your brain runs on carbs alone, you can metabolize other things into carbs to keep the brain alive but never running at the same level. Bonking is running your blood sugar low. For a short term survival situation, it is probably more important to get your hands on a source of carbs to keep your brain fueled than it is to eat protein/fat to keep your muscles moving.
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It's military training, not fancy Hollywood stunt action. Yes, most military training would likely kill you.
Will Willis would hunt them both down, kill them, finish his mission and get to his extraction point.
This is my favorite:
I love how he jumps down like he's a ninja and the other guy casually steps down.
Bear would still kick all your asses then use your hide for a hat.
So what? George St Pierre would eat him alive but he couldn't survive a day outside of the gym.
So what? A any dude with a gun could take George St Pierre.
But not Anderson Silva...
I'll still put my money on Will Willis. Spec Ops, Para Rescue. GSP wouldnt even know the knife was plunging into his neck until his heart stopped beating.
Anyone who honestly thinks Bear is anything other than a poser needs to go buy an Xterra and get Xtreem in it.
Just read the disclaimer at the beginning of the show. It translates: many of these situations are contrived and or faked and Bear has experts and crew helping him.
Also, watch him try to hide a life vest under a sweatshirt while he floats down a river or pretend he is not wearing a harness and rope while climbing a vine.
Edit: read this article if you think Bear is the real deal
http://range.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/more-bear-grylls-fakery/
Just read the disclaimer at the beginning of the show. It translates: many of these situations are contrived and or faked and Bear has experts and crew helping him.
Also, watch him try to hide a life vest under a sweatshirt while he floats down a river or pretend he is not wearing a harness and rope while climbing a vine.
Edit: read this article if you think Bear is the real deal
http://range.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/more-bear-grylls-fakery/
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^ It's a TV show. Relax. 
But it's fake, like WWE! We need to get the word out!^ It's a TV show. Relax.
I'm pretty sure I don't watch it to learn how to survive in the wild. I'm also pretty sure it was real when Bear bit the head off a live frog and ate it. It's just entertainment. I like both shows.
Les is filming a new series. I'm a Facebook fan (ghey) and enjoy his updates to see what latest stomach virus he's gotten.
I'm sorry but it really grinds my gears when people try to deceive me. Even if it's a TV show.
It's ok though, after my rant I think my panties are unbunching.
It's ok though, after my rant I think my panties are unbunching.
Yes, the crap he does on the show is a little crazy, but he has the background to back it up. The man broke his back and wasn't supposed to walk again, damn.
i have no idea who either guy is, and i'm not even SS.