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Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 05:56:33 No.452842 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>452844 >>452968 >>452973 >>452982 >>453073 >>453092 >>453115 >>453456 >>453762

So /out/, I've gotta ask...

What do you think of him?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 05:58:33 No.452843 Report

Quoted By: >>452857 >>452859 >>453293

He's a great guy and knows his shit. His show may be staged, but it doesn't mean he doesn't know how to survive.

If I was him I'd shoot exactly as he does. Show people how to survive dangerous situations in the day and hotel it up at night

He climed everest 2 goddamn times

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 06:02:54 No.452844 Report

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>>452842
More harmful than good

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 06:45:06 No.452857 Report

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>>452843
/thread

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 06:51:36 No.452859 Report

Quoted By: >>452900 >>452903 >>454350

>>452843
> He climed everest 2 goddamn times
> implying that has anything to do with survival
> a 13 yo girl climbed Everest
> a 80 yo man climbed Everest

You are equipped with the most expensive, high-end gear. This isn't 1920. Climbing Everest doesn't mean shit anymore.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 09:48:46 No.452900 Report

Quoted By: >>453061

>>452859
>Climbing Everest doesn't mean shit anymore.
The fucking tryhards on this board are so god damn annoying.
Go do it if you think it's so easy.
People die trying to do it every year.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 10:10:57 No.452903 Report

Quoted By: >>453164 >>453222

>>452859
he also had a parachute acident about 2 years before was in a komer for a bit and properly fucked his back up docters said he would likely be walking with a stick for the rest of his life but he was like nar fuck off im going to go be a badass and whats more he rarely mentions it the show is fake but come on if someone offered to fly you around the world and pay you
to do cool shit you would
his knives and such are shit though

sorry about the spelling i am high as fuck right now

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 11:10:25 No.452912 Report

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He gets too much shit. I like the show, even if it's fake and he does shitty dangerous things, you can still learn survival skills from him.

Of course ray is always better, but bear is still good.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 16:35:13 No.452968 Report

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>>452842
>asking /camp/ about /survival/

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 16:44:58 No.452973 Report

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>>452842
I've never watched him

opium

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opium Sat 24 Jan 2015 17:03:44 No.452982 Report

Quoted By: >>453876 >>454168

>>452842
from the non "man vs wild shows" like paragliding over everest and other stuff i have seen he is a total bro, and a good guy. has done lots of stuff and planty of achivements and skills.

and he is a good entertainer
he does outdoor tv show for non-outdoor people. its main focus in on entertainment thus the staged scenarios and "dangerous situatuions" with a small side of usefull knowledge /tips sprinkeled on top. in a action rich setting in a beautifull landscape

i dont judge that he now sells /promotes a lot of gear, some of it is good some bad. but im not going to hate on him for trying to make some money for his family. while he does use his branded stuff its not shoved down your neck.

if you dont know it watch it. its good fun, sometimes because he does retarded action shots /moves or eats grose food for tv.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 20:53:15 No.453061 Report

Quoted By: >>453065 >>453091

>>452900
it doesn't. if a blind guy can climb it then it means the challenge is gone. k2 or Vinson would be bigger challenges.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 21:00:42 No.453065 Report

Quoted By: >>453071

>>453061
>it means the challenge is gone
just fuck off, retard
you act like it's just some completely random blind guy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 21:08:56 No.453071 Report

Quoted By: >>453079

>>453065
If Everest was in Canada or USA it would be getting climbed to the top 500 times a year.

"Having people pay $65,000 and then be led up the mountain by a couple of experienced guides ... isn't really mountaineering at all"
-Edmund Hillary

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 21:14:29 No.453073 Report

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>>452842
les stroud is better

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 21:21:39 No.453079 Report

Quoted By: >>453106

>>453071
it's fascinating that you think that.
you're still incredibly wrong though in thinking there's no challenge in climbing everest.

opium

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opium Sat 24 Jan 2015 21:41:26 No.453091 Report

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>>453061
yeah i agree with this guy
look at pic related a blind marathon runner.
if he can do it is no challenge, basicly we can stop doing them. the is no point in running one for normal people.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 21:41:36 No.453092 Report

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>>452842
He's a fine outdoorsman with a really entertaining TV show. I'd like to climb a mountain with him some day.

I have trouble leveling criticism against him for his show, however. Man vs. Wild was never meant to be educational. It should be obvious to even the most casual Boy Scout that most of the choices he makes in the show entail unnecessarily high risk to himself, which is of course less than ideal for many survival scenarios. If anything, the show is a lesson in what happens when you make choices in the wild that would traditionally be considered "bad", and shows that although sometimes situations can go south, they don't always result in disaster or death.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 21:48:15 No.453095 Report

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He pretty much shows you what not to do in an emergency situation.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 22:01:31 No.453106 Report

Quoted By: >>453129 >>453132 >>453269 >>453456

>>453079
then explain where the challenge in.
It's pretty compelling that there is no challenge given the people that do it now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 22:12:09 No.453115 Report

Quoted By: >>454141

>>452842
>teach people to survive
>Average Everday Guy (tm) watches this slop
>goes out for a hike
>gets lost
>or some other shitty situation
>"WHAT WOULD TV MAN DO?"
>dies trying to climb up the middle of a waterfall for exactly zero reason
yeah, no.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 22:28:07 No.453129 Report

Quoted By: >>453247 >>453456

>>453106
> given the people that do it now.

Soon an amputee will make the summit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 22:35:54 No.453132 Report

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>>453106
>then explain where the challenge in.
you're climbing a 30000 foot tall fucking mountain. There are people now that still die trying it. I honestly have no idea why you think it's an easy task.

>You could die in each climb and that meant you were responsible for yourself. We were real mountaineers: careful, aware and even afraid. By climbing mountains we were not learning how big we were. We were finding out how breakable, how weak and how full of fear we are. You can only get this if you expose yourself to high danger. I have always said that a mountain without danger is not a mountain. ... High-altitude alpinism has become tourism and show. These commercial trips to Everest, they are still dangerous.

I'm done responding to you after this.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jan 2015 23:20:11 No.453164 Report

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>>452903
I use his straight blades for throw always... So cheap after Xmas who cares lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Jan 2015 02:08:27 No.453222 Report

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>>452903
His knives are bad, but from my experience, a lot of his other stuff is good.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Jan 2015 03:01:11 No.453247 Report

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>>453129

There hasn't been one already? Fuck, if you pay the Sherpas enough they'll carry you up the mountain.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Jan 2015 03:46:56 No.453269 Report

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>>453106
Don't let the commercialisation of Everest fool you. Guided tour or not, a person still has to push past the fear that they could be fine one second and buried under an avalanche the next. Or killed by icefall. Or develop HAPE/HACE and not get back to a mainland hospital in time. Being in less-than-ideal physical condition is arguably less instrumental in someone's success than say the ability to handle the mental stress of such a thing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Jan 2015 04:05:07 No.453279 Report

Quoted By: >>453300

I know his show may be staged partly. But I mean he has almost died like 4 times on the show which is fun. But I've watched every fucking episode like 10 times. Pissed that it's no longer on Netflix.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Jan 2015 04:36:16 No.453293 Report

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>>452843
This also

They do the disclaimer at the beginning of the show that says he makes situations up to try and show a way to solve problems but everyone conveniently doesn't read it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Jan 2015 05:09:54 No.453300 Report

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>>453279
>it's no longer on Netflix.
seriously?
well fuck, that sucks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Jan 2015 15:49:08 No.453449 Report

Quoted By: >>453451 >>453581

Seems like a chill dude. 10/10 would drink & be friends with.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Jan 2015 15:55:09 No.453451 Report

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>>453449
>would drink with
Inb4 drink your own ...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Jan 2015 16:03:30 No.453456 Report

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>>452842
Seems like nice guy and he looks like one of my old class mates. Would hike and drink piss with.

>>453106
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzcHVlQSbIk

>>453129
Im sure there have been. There was this show on discovery where they climbed Everest and there was one guy with metal prosthesis on both legs below the knees, though I don't think he made it all the way without risking further frostbite on is legs. I think he'd climbed it before or tried too and gave it a shot again.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Jan 2015 19:35:58 No.453581 Report

Quoted By: >>453883

>>453449
Drink what, anon?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Jan 2015 23:34:11 No.453762 Report

Quoted By: >>454454

>>452842
>What do you think of him?

Demonstrates retarded things on his shows
Adds little to no actual insight or worthwhile information
Shill for shit products sold at Walmart

He earned his stripes for the Everest and SAS shit but beyond that he's just a clown.

Ray Mears can't stand him, that's all you need to know.

Ellie

Ellie Mon 26 Jan 2015 02:54:18 No.453876 Report

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>>452982
ya done good

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Jan 2015 03:09:58 No.453883 Report

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>>453581
Piss.
Mine and his

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Jan 2015 16:16:01 No.454141 Report

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>>453115
They have a name for total idiots dying doing really stupid stuff, it's called Darwinism.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Jan 2015 17:20:07 No.454168 Report

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>>452982
This. With the gear and all, he is like Horst Fuchs (look him up, best damn TV salesman Austrian 6AM TV has). The story goes like this

>Horst makes idiot of himself on TV (looks damn funny doing it, though, cooking eggs on car hoods etc.)
>someone asks him: "Horst, why you such a clown?"
>he points to his collection of cars and says: If you earned as much money as I do, you'd be a clown too.

Bear Grylls is gold, it may not even be his own idea to sell the gear and I doubt he had any sort of final word in the decision making.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Jan 2015 22:27:21 No.454350 Report

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>>452859
So easy! He say behind screen!
Lawlz

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Jan 2015 02:12:29 No.454454 Report

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>>453762
>Ray Mears can't stand him, that's all you need to know.
why should we give a fuck?
Ray Mears doesn't like him because of Man vs Wild. Anyone that's not a complete retard realizes Man vs Wild is for entertainment, with a few useful tips occasionally sprinkled on a bunch of stupid stunts.
Outside of the show, Bear is a great guy, and is very active in his local outdoor community.

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