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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: ColinB on November 30, 2009, 03:58:20 AM
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I'm not sure if you guys have heard of Ray Mears, but he's a UK survival expert. His latest TV series is crossing Canada from East to West. Last evenings show was on Vancouver Island and was a great advert for BC. Lots of First Nations culture plus the fantastic scenery WOW!!!!
Brought back memories of my 1st visit to VI and Tofino.
If you get the chance to see it believe me it's worth it!!
It's available on the BBC iPlayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p6r67/Ray_Mears_Northern_Wilderness_Journeys_End/ (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p6r67/Ray_Mears_Northern_Wilderness_Journeys_End/)
I recently found this link http://www.allanonymity.com/ (http://www.allanonymity.com/) to a program that hides your IP thus allowing you to view iPlayer in another country other than the UK. I hope it works for you.
You can catch up with Coronation St and Eastenders as well ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Colin
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Bump because Ray is incredibly cool to watch.
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If you are talking about showmanship then surely Bear Grylls takes the biscuit?? And did his parents really call him Bear?!?
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If you are talking about showmanship then surely Bear Grylls takes the biscuit?? And did his parents really call him Bear?!?
Bear Grylls is a fraud IMO. Sure he helps people understand the logistics of survival, but the stuff he does is just stupid and completely unrealistic. He's been caught a few times too ::) Someone better would be Ray Mears or Les Stroud of Survivorman.
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Les Stroud of Survivorman is incredible.
The one show I continue to remember is when he is confronted by a Panther and has it stalk him all the way to a nearby village.
Bear Grylls is a fraud, alot of the stuff he does has spectators right behind him watching. Sure he teaches people what to do in survival situations, but I find it's a more "do what I say, not what i do" type thing and I don't find it as entertaining to watch.
Les Stroud is amazing because he carries all his own camera gear, and has had to learn how to effictivly tape himself. He is completely alone and only has with him what a normal "lost hiker" would have with them. He puts himself into what I would consider some pretty dangerous situations where anything could go wrong.
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lol, he said he was being stalked by a panther, but we never saw it.... ::) He spends to much time with his cameras, and he never seems to pull through when hes trying to accomplish something...fishing, hunting, fires, etc.
I prefer ManVsWild, this guy is crazy and hes smart enough to have a camera man follow him around so hes not fooling around with his cameras the whole time. The camera man also makes sure he isnt pulling BigMacs out of his back pocket, who knows maybe Les isnt.
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I'd never heard of Bear Grylls, so I looked him up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOvF4n7-5F4&NR=1 That's about all I want to know!
Maybe this will catch on on the Vedder. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCsnEsvlDiQ&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=967C2A9DB1867309
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I just found another Survival expert on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPOfCqoPsfg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPOfCqoPsfg)
Peter Greaves rocks ;D ;D ;D
Enjoy!!
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second he is the youngest who climbed the Everlast
lol of course it doesn't make u an expert. there has been a blind person and a person with no legs who have climbed everest...
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Bear is a right toss pot!
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I prefer ManVsWild, this guy is crazy and hes smart enough to have a camera man follow him around so hes not fooling around with his cameras the whole time. The camera man also makes sure he isnt pulling BigMacs out of his back pocket, who knows maybe Les isnt.
ManVsWild = Bear Grylls = busted for fakery
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The show would be kind of boring if the guy went out in the woods, found nothing, ended up in a starvation/hypothermia-induced coma and got rescued. Being lost in the coastal mountains in December, I think that is the most likely outcome... ie: not finding a deer that "fell off a cliff"*. Survival skills are way more difficult than they look on TV or in a book.
I've come across exactly one fresh dead deer that died because it tried to swim the Mamquam (there you Itosh(?)) when it was blown. It was mashed up under a log jamb and there wasn't much I was going to be able to do to remove it.
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I've come across exactly one fresh dead deer that died because it tried to swim the Mamquam (there you Itosh(?)) when it was blown. It was mashed up under a log jamb and there wasn't much I was going to be able to do to remove it.
Ah too bad, they are delicious prepared that way.
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I'd never heard of Bear Grylls before this thread. I've been watching some of his stuff on youtube and its pretty entertaining. Sure, he "conveniently" comes across useful stuff (freshly killed animals, a canoe etc etc) but its still fun to watch.
One thing REALLY bothers me though... the guy is constantly getting his clothes wet falling in creeks, wading unnecessarily in water etc... that's a sure ticket to hypothermia in a lot of the climates he ventures into.
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, wading unnecessarily in water etc... that's a sure ticket to hypothermia in a lot of the climates he ventures into.
just wait until u see him run through the woods blindly at night then jump off a cliff into a river at night, all becuz he thought he might have heard a bear near his camp ::)
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yeah man vs wild is fake just because cameramen follow him. that man is crazy even he is " fake ".
but survivorman also fake because LES actually has GPS in his pocket if he needs any help ( nearby maybe ? )
the fact that les is always busy with his cameras really ....
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yeah man vs wild is fake just because cameramen follow him. that man is crazy even he is " fake ".
hehe...nope.... you should do some searching online about man vs wild and see what we're talking about. What he was "busted" for was overnighting in 4 star hotels and eating 5 course dinners while "on the show"....so basically he goes out, plays around in the bush, pretends to set up camp, and goes back to the hotel for some R&R. Gets up, has a nice breakfast, fills up on coffee and croissants, then instead of taking a shower they throw dirt on him for authenticity and drive him back out to his destination. Then through clever camera work (read: shaky camera!) they make stuff seem a lot more dangerous than it is. Exaggerate a few drops, lie about how far you've travelled and that pretty much covers the show :) Entertaining though!
At least Les admits to carrying a gps...it would be stupidity not to for a tv show...
Still, if I was stuck in the bush, I'd want Ray Meares there over the other guys. He's a virtual encyclopedia of survival info. Besides, I'd be afraid if I was out there with Les that I'd wake up one night and he would be eating my leg.
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hehe...nope.... you should do some searching online about man vs wild and see what we're talking about. What he was "busted" for was overnighting in 4 star hotels and eating 5 course dinners while "on the show"....so basically he goes out, plays around in the bush, pretends to set up camp, and goes back to the hotel for some R&R. Gets up, has a nice breakfast, fills up on coffee and croissants, then instead of taking a shower they throw dirt on him for authenticity and drive him back out to his destination. Then through clever camera work (read: shaky camera!) they make stuff seem a lot more dangerous than it is. Exaggerate a few drops, lie about how far you've travelled and that pretty much covers the show :) Entertaining though!
At least Les admits to carrying a gps...it would be stupidity not to for a tv show...
Still, if I was stuck in the bush, I'd want Ray Meares there over the other guys. He's a virtual encyclopedia of survival info. Besides, I'd be afraid if I was out there with Les that I'd wake up one night and he would be eating my leg.
wow i didnt know that
thanks for pointing that out damn that guy tricked me more than 30 hours of my life watching him
what a little b*tch that bears guy
i wil check on ray mers northern wilderness
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hehe...nope.... you should do some searching online about man vs wild and see what we're talking about. What he was "busted" for was overnighting in 4 star hotels and eating 5 course dinners while "on the show"....so basically he goes out, plays around in the bush, pretends to set up camp, and goes back to the hotel for some R&R. Gets up, has a nice breakfast, fills up on coffee and croissants, then instead of taking a shower they throw dirt on him for authenticity and drive him back out to his destination. Then through clever camera work (read: shaky camera!) they make stuff seem a lot more dangerous than it is. Exaggerate a few drops, lie about how far you've travelled and that pretty much covers the show :) Entertaining though!
At least Les admits to carrying a gps...it would be stupidity not to for a tv show...
Still, if I was stuck in the bush, I'd want Ray Meares there over the other guys. He's a virtual encyclopedia of survival info. Besides, I'd be afraid if I was out there with Les that I'd wake up one night and he would be eating my leg.
Yeah, but any guy that can come across a long dead camel, gut it, and then climb fully inside the abdomen...well, that's just darn good TV in my books!
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Yeah, but any guy that can come across a long dead camel, gut it, and then climb fully inside the abdomen...well, that's just darn good TV in my books!
HAHAHAH you bet that's why I still watch it if it's on :)
It's far more entertaining to watch knowing it's set up.....just think.....it's waaay funnier to watch him squeezing juices out of elephant dung and drinking it knowing that he probably just had a bottle of evian rather than thinking it's for survival purposes.
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just wait until u see him run through the woods blindly at night then jump off a cliff into a river at night, all becuz he thought he might have heard a bear near his camp ::)
Please post a link, I REALLY want to see that.
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Please post a link, I REALLY want to see that.
look up man vs wild on "surf the channel", i think its the one where he is down in oregon... :-\ its been a while since i saw it on TV