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Ray Mears

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 04:12:47 No.214379 View View Reply Original Report

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Why have I never heard about this guy before?
I found out about this guy a week ago by a random youtube video.
Since then, I have watch 20+ hours of his stuff, and I've come to realize this guy is legit. I've learned so much from his shows and I've ordered a few of his books.
I honestly don't know what it is about this man that I admire so much, I usually get annoyed when I hear British people, but this is a guy I could listen to all day.
Ray Mears confirmed for Sc/out/master?
You tell me.

Ray Mears fuckin' shit up in his motherland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th6EOlLK0DA

Ray Mears schools a Jedi in bushcraft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8y1_BPzD-w

Ray Mears teaches Brits how not the starve to death to get that perfect figure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5pG_CMAAQk

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 04:19:43 No.214383 Report

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>>214379
> welcome to... what like 2003?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 06:42:22 No.214430 Report

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Well, for starters, he's much more humble and honest than the other people who run survival shows. He's a relaxing cross between a nature documentary, an anthropological study (sometimes), and a survival show.

What he teaches is practical and realistic. His soft speech and his not-particularly-stunning looks give him a very warm feeling that just demands respect.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 07:34:13 No.214438 Report

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My uncle took him to the pub when his wife died of cancer 6, 7 year back.
My uncle lives just a few fields away with no running warter or electric. I aspire to him more than Ray Mears because he's been living that way since he was 17. He's now 57.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 08:28:52 No.214449 Report

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>>214379
You might also like Dve Canterbury youtube channel. So much learning material.

http://www.youtube.com/user/wildernessoutfitters

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 09:31:42 No.214463 Report

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Yeah, Ray is based. I still get annoyed when people talk about Edward Grylls as if you could learn anything from on of his entertainment shows. Same goes for Cody Lundin and whoever he's with. You don't actually pick up any skills, you just see showmen being reckless for the camera.

Ray is the genuine article. He is calm, personable, instructive, level headed, patient, and above all he doesnt talk in overblown EXTREME language. I would rather be stranded with someone who watched ten minutes of RM than someone who saw ten hours of Grylls or Lundin.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 09:34:07 No.214464 Report

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>>214463
Bear isnt too bad
He does have some interesting tips here and there
not nearly as good as Ray, but dont just insult the guy. He has probably single handedly gotten thousands of people /out/

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 09:34:18 No.214465 Report

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The guy was hired by British police to track an armed madman who was on the run innawoods. Thats how legit he is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 09:38:37 No.214467 Report

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>>214465
good god that is legit

the first episode of bush craft, where he makes a perfect bow and arrow out of stone tools, i just knew he was legit

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 09:44:56 No.214469 Report

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>>214464

Drinking your own piss, eating camel shit, and jumping off waterfalls are not interesting tips. That nonsense will fuck you up.

He has single handedly gotten thousands of morons /out/ without any practical knowledge.

There was an episode where Mears demonstrated what to do if your car breaks down in the desert (stay with it so you can be seen from the air, it provides shelter, resist temptation to go walking off). Grylls did the same situation, except he immediately goes on an arduous trek through the desert, takes no precautions, wastes massive amounts of energy, and tries to climb a fucking canyon and nearly gets himself killed because he has no patience.

That episode cemented the differences between the two, one is trying to help you survive in the real world, and the other is showing off to fifteen year olds sitting at home wearing tactical clothes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 10:07:37 No.214472 Report

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>>214469
they have different ideals

bear says you have to move to find people
ray mears says people will come to him

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 10:26:37 No.214475 Report

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OP, you have got to watch Naked and Marooned.

It's about a guy who gets dropped off on a small island and has to survive there without clothing or tools for about 3 weeks.

After two weeks he catches a goat and is genuinely moved to tears with it. It's a great show.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 10:40:50 No.214479 Report

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>>214472
This.

I think some of Bear Grylls stuff is like "Busted out of POW camp with just my spoon, hostiles everywhere, evade the dogs, get to the chopper" type survival, whereas Mears is more about the civilised enjoyment of nature for grown ups.

Ray Mears might take a little longer to get out of the jungle, but when he does, he won't be half naked with piss on his breath and eggshell in his teeth, he'll be smiling, wearing a freshly ironed shirt and handing out tasty snacks because he actually brought his full kit.

tl;dr:
Trapped on desert island with based Grylls? Home within a week.
Trapped on desert island with based Mears?
Luxury island paradise.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 10:55:37 No.214484 Report

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>>214379
He's the David Attenborough of Survivalists.
He mixes in his shows with a lot of history and tales of survival. His camera crew are actually part of the show so you know that what you are seeing is indeed what was recorded edited only for viewing pleasure. Aborigional Britian is my favourite show of his the first one you linked. Its truly a natural history program but he also teaches you how to do what your ancestors did.
On another note I actually quite like Bear Grylls. The problem is the Discovery Network is going the way of the History Channel it only wants shows that amp up the ratings and aparently shitty theories about Aliens storage wars and pawnstars is the best way to do that.
Discovery used Bear to great effect to get more ratings.
He is a very handsome British gentlemen and frankly yanks like that. The show has everything for the family it has a hunky man who's shirtless all the time for the women exploration and 'knowledge' for the men and general entertainment for the kids lololhedrankpiss. Its a good show.
Bear is better off to military shows which he does quite often like Bear in the Legion where he explores life in the French Foreign Legion. The gear he endorses is crap and his shows are a typical cesspool of western entertainment but he does produce some quality content and he's done a good job with the boyscouts here in the UK.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 10:56:11 No.214485 Report

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>>214475
Not OP but I'm gonna check that out.

Another cool and civilised Brit to watch is Bruce Parry. His show Tribe is about living with various isolated tribes, usually in pretty remote and inhospitable areas. He lives as they do, does their work (with their tools), eats their food etc. and you get to see what native techniques they've developed over generations.

Some of those tribes really do look like paradise, often the people are super happy and friendly (partly because Bruce is a sweet guy and does a lot of work for them - as an ex-Royal Marine Officer he's pretty useful).

I'd recommend seasons 1 + 3 of Tribe. Season 2 is all African tribes (I think around the Omo valley?) and is more about their (violent) relationship with other nearby tribes. There is a pretty cool moment though where these African tribal thug types are showing off their AKs, and they let their sweet innocent Parry hold one. As an ex-Royal Marine Officer he's obviously operator as fuck and it blows their minds that he knows what an AK is.

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Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 10:56:39 No.214486 Report

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>>214465
Also teaches SAS/SBS I suppose thats the British equivilant of navy seals?
You can actually pay to be taught by him on his website just google woodlore.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 12:31:02 No.214501 Report

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>>214479
>because he actually brought his full kit
yeah
you dont always have your full kit though.
i think thats what bear tries to show, what happens when you have a knife, clothes, an empty water bottle and a backpack.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 13:23:33 No.214510 Report

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>>214501
And an editing crew to cut and splice the part where your BG shit gear breaks and a truck stocked full of replacements.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 13:24:06 No.214511 Report

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>>214479

Trapped on an island with Bear? You'll be lying at the bottom of a ravine with a broken neck, covered in shit.

Meanwhile Ray has finished constructing a rudimentary space shuttle out of bamboo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 13:32:40 No.214513 Report

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>>214501
>i think thats what bear tries to show, what happens when you have a knife, clothes, an empty water bottle and a backpack.
I'm not saying that that's not what it tries to show. But what it does show is how you (try) to get out of different situations by taking stupid risks over and over again.
Sure, he does come up with good tips too. But overall he shouldn't be considered good at all.

Surviving is most often taking it slow and thinking stuff through before you do them. Bear does pretty much the opposite.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 13:35:08 No.214514 Report

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>>214472

It's not about different ideals. It's about one way being right and the other being wrong.

If you try walking blindly into the vast desert after you break down, you will die. You should stay with your vehicle. It provides shelter from the sun, it is much more visible from the air than you alone, and it left tracks all the way. You have neither the enerfy nor the supplies to go on a vain trek into nowhere. This is basic stuff, and either Bear doesn't know this, or more likely, he knows what you should do in real life but he thinks that sensible advice doesn't make good television and so he tries to be an action man in one situation where that's the very worst thing you could do. It is reckless.

You're not going to get out quicker with Bear's "ideal". If you try that you will die. It's one of a hundred occassions where Ray schools Bear's ass.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 13:44:37 No.214515 Report

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The worst thing is, Bear probably does know his shit in real life, but so little of it makes it into the show. Instead it's all thrills and spills like an action film. That may make it good entertainment, but it certainly does not make it a good instructional show.

There is nothing exciting about Ray's shows, they're sober affairs, and that makes them much more valuable.

Even the title says it all, Man vs Wild, like the wilderness is an enemy that needs to be vanquished. It reminds me of Troy McClure. Man vs Nature: The Road to Victory. Ray's shows are about living with the outdoors, not against it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 14:16:32 No.214519 Report

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>>214479
>trapped on a desert island with Ray Mears once
>It's now a five star hotel-resort
>He built it using nothing but broken glass as knives and one of his boots as a hammer
>also known as the maldives

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 14:17:27 No.214520 Report

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>>214515
>Bear probably does know his shit in real life, but so little of it makes it into the show
well its discovery so they have to make ad revenue money
how do they do that? more people watching.
how do they get more people watching? more stupid risks and ridiculous scenarios

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 14:18:36 No.214521 Report

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>>214486
SAS/SBS are like Seal Team Six, but on crack. They're legendary for simply appearing in the middle of warzones, killing an arseload of people who were causing trouble, kidnapping the main target, then disappearing in under a day

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 14:32:44 No.214526 Report

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>>214521
Like alot of special forces? They're not some amazing group above the rest. I agree the SAS are in the top 5 though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 14:44:03 No.214534 Report

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>>214521
>>214526
Don't get this shit started.
I'm sure no one here has the expertise to judge which special forces are the best and which are not, so discussing it is pretty futile.

If you would want to do so you'd first need to discuss and agree upon a definition on what a good special forces teams is. And I bet that shit would take longer than anyone would want if you would do i properly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 15:24:40 No.214545 Report

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>>214526
>SAS are in the top 5
Someone just said, trained by Ray Mears. So while the enemy is frozen like Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining, the SAS men are nearby in comfy Hobbiton enjoying wine and cheese and sharing stories about the time their canteen was almost half empty.

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Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 15:57:25 No.214556 Report

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Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 16:11:07 No.214562 Report

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>>214556
Really sorry to be what's wrong with the world but could nice anon please put some names to faces there for a Briton new to sc/out/ing?

I only know Mears (not from OP - I have Extreme Survival 1+2 on DVD) and Grylls, unless top left is that man who singlehandedly built his own log cabin in Alaska and helped with collecting meteorological data while he lived there. I forget his name, is that him?

I'm sure I'd have watched the other guy's shows but I just haven't seen them on UK TV.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 16:28:47 No.214571 Report

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>>214556
I love how the guys on the left are all chilling casually, at home in the outdoor environment then there's Bare Grills who looks like he dug that rotten piece of timber out of the ground with his face. I like to think it's attached to a stretcher behind him, pulling what's left of the guy who went camping with him.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 16:57:41 No.214579 Report

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>>214571
bear gets off a desert island in a few days

the others just turn it into a sustainable place before attempting to leave

thats why bear looks like he is rushing. because there is no need to toss about somewhere that there is no people if you are trying to be rescued

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 17:20:50 No.214590 Report

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>>214579
No, Bear looks like he's rushing because he is rushing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 17:23:36 No.214593 Report

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>>214590
yeah, to get out of there and find rescue
why would he take his time when all thats going to happen is his own deterioration

if you find yourself without gear or navigation and are lost anywhere. other than in a desert, you move as quickly across the land to find rescue

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 17:37:32 No.214602 Report

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>>214593
No. No take it slow (of course not too slow) and you think things through.
Rushing. As in running, taking big risks, not thinking things through etc. tend to lead to accidents, and that can easily kill you.
Rushing will also take a lot of energy/water. Much, much more.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 18:07:12 No.214606 Report

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Went bikepacking last weekend. Had a good time.
Come home to find that Ray was doing "An audience with Ray Mears" at my local theatre. and i've missed it.
\FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 18:28:26 No.214613 Report

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>>214602
I agree with this poster. Less haste, more speed. And always STOP (Stop, Think, Orientate, Plan) if you're not absolutely certain on how to proceed. Spending hours going in the wrong direction will just make shit twice as bad.

Besides, I think Bear looks like he's rushing because the producer wanted an action man shot. That "mud" on his face was probably put there by a make-up lady. I'm not saying Bear Grylls couldn't kick my ass at pretty much anything, just that if it were a real scenario, he wouldn't look like that (unless he had to be all RAMBO LOOK OUT INCOMING CHOPPAH GET DOWN about it).

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 18:45:57 No.214620 Report

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>>214562
Yep, Proenneke. My hero. I only vaguely recognize any of the others cause I haven't had a tv in decades. I wish I could remember the bottom left guy's name.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 19:23:21 No.214647 Report

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Ray Jardine, not pictured. Aeronautical engineer, OB instructor, 5.11 climber, and general adventure specialist.

http://www.rayjardine.com/index.shtml

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 20:13:10 No.214673 Report

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>>214647
Wow, that website is awful. Disorganized pastel everything. No comment on the guy, don't know him.... but that website. I guess he doesn't spend a lot of time on the internets.

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Anonymous Tue 22 Oct 2013 20:38:15 No.214680 Report

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>>214647
So a Ray Mears thread turns into a /out/lander legends thread? I'm okay with that.

Karl Bushby, ex-Parachute regiment, currently engaged in trekking from the tip of South America, up to Alaska, across the Bering strait and west to Europe then eventually back to his (and my) hometown, Hull, England.

www.odysseyxxi.com

>tfw the russians will never let a foreign ex-spec ops trek through their country taking photos so the trip is suspended forever
>tfw i will never be in the welcome home street party for karl bushby
Putin must die.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2013 02:04:54 No.214779 Report

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>>214430
I've watched half an episode, and I'm already in love with his voice. I could watch him for hours.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2013 10:48:12 No.214998 Report

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I'm reading his autobiography at the minute. His ex gf was walking across africa, and even though they had broken up, Ray agreed to drive her support truck to look out for her.

In one of the villages a group of natives surround them, and the leader says he wanrs to fuck the woman. Everyone but Ray shits bricks.

He calls the guy over to the truck, winds down the window, shows him his machete, looks him dead in the eye and says "If you want to have sex with her, you'll have to have sex with this first."

Guy backs off, and the lady's honour is maintained.

BASED RAY

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2013 12:00:49 No.215009 Report

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>>214562
I don't expect people to know who Lars Monsen is (second guy in the upper row) because he is mostly a norwegian celebrity, I didn't think he was very recognised internationally. He does his videos in Norwegian, so english viewers watch with subtitles.
He is perhaps most known for travelling across Canada alone. Here is a video of him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HoHfqgyia8

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2013 15:17:31 No.215055 Report

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>>215009
Thanks mate. If you are Norwegian, your English is excellent.

Proenneke, Lars Monsen, Ray Mears.
Anybody know the other ones?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2013 16:24:59 No.215070 Report

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>>215055
les stroud, bush tucker man and is that mors kochanski bottom left?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2013 16:41:17 No.215076 Report

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>>215070
Thanks Akela!

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2013 18:17:10 No.215109 Report

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>>215070
Seriously thank you, couldn't remember his name but one of the coolest guys ever.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2013 19:38:29 No.215132 Report

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I got given one of his basic survival guides as a kid and it really got me into /out/ stuff

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Oct 2013 01:44:25 No.215309 Report

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so much hate for bear... the man loves what he does, he has obvious fun doing it. despite what you all say, you can pick up stuff from his show. of course there is a lot of risky stuff too, but it's not all repelling razor sharp cliffs over waterfalls using nothing but vine, shoelaces, and a stick. the man is in peak condition and survives some harsh shit. ray is a good old boy. the smart calm chubby boyscout. knows his shit, has a deep respect for nature and cultures, and honestly wants you to learn. he also seems to spend more time just setting up permanent shelters instead of trying to get out. differenr guys, different goals. mad respect for both

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Oct 2013 02:05:34 No.215326 Report

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>Stuck in the jungle with Bear Grylls
Escape to civilisation three or four days later, fairly well fed, fairly well hydrated, ~2/3 days in the hospital and you're good to go. Probably some minor/major cuts and bruises, but nothing really to worry about seeing as how you're now receiving the pinnacle of healthcare

>Stuck in the jungle with Ray Mears
Thirty or forty years later, you are discovered by a now vastly advanced society. Your camp consists of four two-story log cabins, that feature central heating, indoor stoves, heated water and indoor plumbing, there is a working "fridge" in one of the buildings keeping your ample stores of food cool and edible, and you're both sat next to a log fire with a bottle of twenty-year scotch you brewed out of sheer boredom.

Either way, you'll survive. It's just HOW you want to survive

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Oct 2013 02:45:23 No.215337 Report

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>>215326
this. so much this.

also, everyone hates on bear grylls because hes 'not really surviving' but the show never claims hes surviving. it says hes showing YOU how to survive. hes showing you how to survive while actually doing a lot stuff. i mean yeah he doesnt go way out into the wilderness with only a knife and try to live for a week, but he never said he was going to.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Oct 2013 03:44:19 No.215356 Report

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>>215337
>also, everyone hates on bear grylls because hes 'not really surviving' but the show never claims hes surviving. it says hes showing YOU how to survive.

Hello and welcome to the Bear Grylls cooking show.

Now, I'm not here to cook, I'm here to show YOU how to cook.

For example here are two eggs. Now I smash them in my hands and eat the resulting mess. Now what you could also have done was to cook them so they taste better.

Moving on, let's prepare the main course. I've got some roadkill here. Why would you eat roadkill? Won't you get sick for the most part? What kind of gourmet asks things like that? Watch how badass I am as I eat pieces of this maggot encrusted corpse. Now you too can make sunday dinner special.

For dessert, I'll just drink my own piss. Join us next week when I talk about the importance of finding food in your fridge.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Oct 2013 12:14:46 No.215456 Report

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>>215337

But the bottom line is bear does not show you how to survive. Any genuine survival skills he may have are neutered by the hyperactive, adrenaline tone of the show.

Drinking your own piss is NOT a good survival technique. Walking into the desert away from your vehicle is NOT a good survival technique. All that reckless endangerment is irresponsible, and only a fool would try to act like Bear if they were stranded.

Man vs Wild is to survival as Top Gear is to motoring journaliam. Most people get that, and just enjoy the show as entertainment, but some jackass is going to think he can do what Bear does and he'll end up breaking his neck or poisoning himself.

The fact that Bear is a hardy, brave and resourceful guy IRL just makes it worse.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Oct 2013 14:59:39 No.215480 Report

Quoted By: >>215751

>>214514
This man's right. I can't be bothered to look up sources, but I've heard of people lost in deserts never being found but there cars being located.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Oct 2013 00:28:41 No.215605 Report

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>>214379
Fuck you OP, I've been sitting here watching Ray Mears for the entire day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Oct 2013 12:28:45 No.215751 Report

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>>215480

THANK you!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Oct 2013 08:40:27 No.216121 Report

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>>214606
I had the same issue, I did however manage to make it up to the theatre to say hi at the book signing, he asked to sign my ticket, I explained the situation, and it was more of a genuine meet than just signing my ticket

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Anonymous Sat 26 Oct 2013 15:08:33 No.216181 Report

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This is a great read, seriously. I thought this thread would annoy me, but I'm really glad the majority of you understand the difference between genuine people like Mears and fake showmen like Grylls.

I've watched almost all of Ray Mears' TV programmes and I also met him and told him he has my utmost respect. This was in Edinburgh, Scotland. He's a very nice man.

I just finished reading his autobiography too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Oct 2013 15:22:06 No.216186 Report

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>>216181
bump

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Oct 2013 23:22:53 No.216331 Report

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Grylls is a moron with system, all the shit he does is based on military survival behind enemy lines, if you wait and sit on your ass you will die or be captured. That does not mean the stuff he does isn't utterly retarded sometimes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Oct 2013 01:38:10 No.216364 Report

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>>214430
He's like the David Attenbourough of survival. I also enjoy that often he's not just 'MUH MACHETE' and acutally brings gear with him.

Also, he makes me proud to be a hammock user.

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Anonymous Sun 27 Oct 2013 03:22:27 No.216383 Report

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Mears is a great guy with a ton of neat tricks
pic related

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Anonymous Sun 27 Oct 2013 07:28:09 No.216422 Report

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>>214545
One episode Ray is training some RAF guys.
They have to pluck and cook a bird.
RAF guy shows his to camera saying he can't eat it because its full of maggots.
Ray [on voiceover] "its actually grain in the birds stomach"

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Oct 2013 07:39:59 No.216426 Report

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G-guys what do you think of that Les Stroud show where he has to survive with minimal supplies for a week in harsh conditions? I watched the first episode but found it rather sensationalist and not really "educational"

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Oct 2013 09:07:46 No.216439 Report

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I like how he is a bit fat.
You think, how could a survival expert be fat, but then you realise, because he survives so damn well he has surplus food.

Also his wife died and he never got a gf after, dem feels.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Oct 2013 11:11:00 No.216447 Report

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>>216439
What? His wife Rachel died and then he met Ruthe and now they're married.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Oct 2013 14:29:38 No.216471 Report

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>>214379
I've heard people mock Mears for being 'too overweight' to be a survivalist. but 5 minutes into the first wild food he eats a grub for the camera and then goes to find seconds.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Oct 2013 15:27:10 No.216497 Report

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>>216439
>>216471
>"That's good eating."

Mears doesn't "survive," he thrives. When most people go innawoods they have a certain amount of supplies before they have to return to civilisation. I think Mears could comfortably stay in any reasonably hospitable wilderness indefinitely, and even support a family out there if needed.

One of the few people who could actually go back in time to prehistory and not die in the first week.

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Anonymous Sun 27 Oct 2013 20:32:36 No.216627 Report

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>>214379
He is super fabulous.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Oct 2013 21:13:25 No.216641 Report

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>>214379
I discovered him recently as well and I really wonder why I haven't sooner. I'm genuinely impressed every time I watch one of his shows and I learned so much. He makes survival look so easy and effortless it can actually be frustrating when I try some of his stuff innawoods. Plus he's a total bro.

As much as I love my fellow Canadafag Les Stroud, he really seems to struggle/fuck up constantly compared to Ray.

>>215326
>>216497
This times a thousand.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Oct 2013 22:52:51 No.216675 Report

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>>216439

In his book he mentions he has some medical condition that made it hard for him to exercise and lose weight. He was very humble and honest about the fact he's been fat all his television career, and how it sometimes made things more challenging because he doesn't want to let down the crew.

I like people who admit their shortcomings.

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Anonymous Sun 27 Oct 2013 22:58:11 No.216676 Report

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There's a great bit in his book about this African village attacking Ray and his friends. One of them jumps on the roof of the truck, so he floors it, then slams on the breaks and sends the guy flying over the top in front of the windscreen.

He says it was like a cheap Indiana Jones film.

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Anonymous Mon 28 Oct 2013 00:04:57 No.216695 Report

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Bottom right is the bush tucker man I think. He was always on channel 4 during the day in the 90's was one of the best things about inservice days and bank hols when it was raining

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