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Compared to other survival experts, Bear is a joke.

posted 13 years ago by sweetiepiper77
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Most of the things that Bear does in the wild will get you killed. You are not supposed to perform dangerous stunts. You do not constantly throw your knife or machete into the ground, possibly damaging the edge, but certainly dulling it. In many episodes, Bear can not catch the food, but his camera crew man does. He wastes many of his "kills", like the reindeer he killed (while it was tied to a tree), then he only takes the leg, and even loses that. If you just want entertainment, Bear is great. If you want to actually learn proper survival techniques, Dual Survival, Survivorman, or even Man, Woman, Wild, are far better.

[–] Sawyer_Lost 13 years ago

Cool story bro.

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[–] keep-flying 13 years ago

In fact some teenager once got lost somewhere and he actually survived BECAUSE of using some of the stuff he remembered while watching this show. He admits he probably would have died if he didn't know it. That's just one person. I don't care that he's not the best etcetc, nobody claims he is! Keep on whining about it if it makes you feel better tearing somebody down, but he's great already. He doesn't have to prove anything to any of you hating people. I'd follow him into a jungle sooner than what any of you have to show for yourself. He's showing worst case scenarios, time of the essence and all that. Not 'try to make a vacation out of it'. He knows that most people will use their own instincts but in case they need to do something extremer, he shows us what and how we could do that sometimes.

[–] cruel_loverboy 13 years ago

Bear was a member of the SAS for 3 years and after breaking his back in a training accident and less than 18 months later he went on to become the youngest brit to summit everest

this guy is fvckin elite in a way most people can only dream of being

Who the hell is the OP to judge a man like this

“The almighty tells me he can get me out of this mess, but he’s pretty sure you’re fvcked”

[–] keep-flying 13 years ago

Exactly right.

[–] Rinec 11 years ago

As I recall Bear, former $50k a year Eton schoolboy and son of disgraced Conservative politician Sir Michael Grylls, angered REAL members of the SAS with his accounts of 'missions' he claims to have been on, that none of them had actually heard of.

Former SAS 'hero' Chris Ryan on Bear:-

"He tells people he broke his back on an operation but I don’t know where in Africa he would be doing an operation. Nobody has been able to tell me that. I’ve spoken to several guys who were regimental sergeant majors and instructors in the regimental SAS but none of them could remember this operation.

And I just think, *beep* you, mate, there’s guys dying in Afghanistan and Iraq. You have to earn that beret.”

This privileged toff, with his idiotic survival advice is as fake as the wild horses he once claimed to have tamed that were actually borrowed from a local ranch, or the toxic volcanic fumes surrounding him fresh out of a smoke machine! Oh yes, and he sleeps in swanky hotels when he's supposed to be lost in the wild.

Watching the Kardashians would probably be of more survival benefit.

[–] markqpr2000 11 years ago

The Hereford boys don't talk to Ryan.

[–] Gitch28 12 years ago

Some of what he does is uneccesary. There is a reason though that this is in the Top 150 shows on the site.

[–] Allareowned 12 years ago

Yeah, that reason is it's a popularity contest, not a quality assessment.

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[–] Reading_Rainbow 12 years ago

agreed. bear is a punchline. and to the person who cited the boy that used bears lessons to survive, i ask this: how many people can never say they did what bear told them to because they're dead?

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[–] thepartydjz 12 years ago

How did the boy use any of bear's tactics? Did he drink his own pee, I hope not, that can lead to poisoning of the pancreas. Did he jump into a freezing raging river, he would have died from hypothermia.

Bear "teaches" what NOT TO DO, if a young person gets seriously injured trying to copy some of his idiotic stunts who is responsible?

Why do so many "Bear" fans have blinders on, they fail to acknowledge the truth about this faker and liar.

[–] TeamRocketAgentSmith 12 years ago

SAS Member, climber of the Everest. Did you do one of this thing before calling him a faker ? Please do, I'd like to see you survive as good as he does.

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[–] thepartydjz 12 years ago

He is a FAKE what part of that don't you understand, nothing he says he has done is true, the scenes are fake. Yes I could do a better job "surviving" as you say, it requires knowledge of your surroundings and careful preparation, not jumping off cliffs like this *beep* does.

WAKE UP, when was the last time you spent a week in the forest?