Bear Grylls

sinker

sinker

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SamT said:
So many reasons to hate Bear Grylls, 

The knife saga, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-28713420#:~:text=Lawyers%20representing%20a%20company%20linked,its%20name%2C%20logo%20and%20website.

craghoppers,

the fleecing of the BMC insurance policy http://lifeinthevertical.co.uk/blogs/2009/07/bear-grylls-the-bmc-and-us/
before we even get started on his totally fake representation of outdoor adventure.

For me, Ray Mears sits head and shoulders above Grylls.

My fave Jim'll Paint It cartoon sums it all up really - https://jimllpaintit.tumblr.com/post/87217188179/dear-jim-please-paint-ray-mears-and-bear-grylls

Got a soft spot of Steve Backshall though, Pitches is about right for the kids who used to watch Deadly 60 etc. Is genuine about what and how they do stuff.  Suitable balance of don't try this at home, with inspiring folks to get out and try it at home.
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My God; what a load of old wazz.... Hearsay and supposition.

If someone was marketing a "Bear Blade" and their logo was a pawprint then I'd have MY lawyers on them too. Even Bear bloody Grylls is allowed to stand up and defend his brand.

Bear Grylls promotes himself as a "survivalist / adventurer" while Ray Mears promotes himself as a "woodsman"....two completely different things. I know which one I prefer of the two. Ray Mears. Same as if you offer me two different flavours of ice cream....I'll take vanilla thanks but I'm not going to slag anyone off because they happen to prefer rasberry ripple.



 
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Fjell

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I don?t think I have ever seen one of these programmes. Sort of like Top Gear, but a cut down version with only one bloke and no banter?

Not that I have seen much Top Gear either, but we did watch Clarksons Farm, which wasn?t bad. Kalebs?s hand-painted motor added a touch of rural realism I thought.
 
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Fulk

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Ray Mears was on the telly looking around Chinese karst a couple of days ago, and he visited a cave in the company of a young woman who was doing research there. At one point he said something on the lines of, 'I'm glad I've got you to show me the way'; now, I wonder if Bear G. would ever say anything like that?
 
droid

droid

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He'd be too busy finding a dead moose to hollow out and sleep in whilst drinking his own piss...
 
sinker

sinker

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droid said:
He'd be too busy finding a dead moose to hollow out and sleep in whilst drinking his own piss...
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I had the "wrong" glasses on and read "moose" as "mouse"...... :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
 
pwhole

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For balance, I did once see Ray Mears demonstrate on a UK-based 'survive the night' programme how to tap a silver birch tree to collect the sap, but bafflingly he appeared to pull a 600mm drill bit and hand drill from nowhere, which was interesting. Not your average pocket luggage, but then his shorts were pretty long-cut. He then settled down under his also-freshly-appeared tarpaulin to enjoy the owls hooting. I had visions of Mrs. Mears coming in straight after 'Cut!' with a picnic table, a roast goose and a nice bottle of red.

Personally I still miss Jack Hargreaves' Out of Town the most. Surviving in South England with a pipe and a nice chunky jumper :)
 
tony from suffolk

tony from suffolk

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I'm a fan of Major Les Hiddins - "Bush Tucker Man". OK, his suggestions on what to eat in the wilds of Australia might struggle to find applications in these wilds of Suffolk (witchety grubs being particularly elusive), but his obviously deep knowledge and straightforward presentation skills make for fine entertainment. You do have to wonder, though, how many aboriginal folk had to die horribly before establishing what's edible.
 
Graigwen

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pwhole said:
For balance, I did once see Ray Mears demonstrate on a UK-based 'survive the night' programme how to tap a silver birch tree to collect the sap, but bafflingly he appeared to pull a 600mm drill bit and hand drill from nowhere, which was interesting.
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If the programme had been a month longer Mears would have had time to  ferment the birch sap to make birch sap beer. Naturally occuring yeast will start the ferment and honey can be collected to provide the sugar needed. I made some once from silver birch sap, it was drinkable...just.
https://www.wildernesscollege.com/birch-beer-recipe.html
 
Graigwen

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Bear Grills!
 

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SamT

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Ray Mears  Desert Island discs is well worth a listen.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03nrpc3
 
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mikem

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tony from suffolk said:
You do have to wonder, though, how many aboriginal folk had to die horribly before establishing what's edible.
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Very few if you follow bushtucker advice - try a tiny bit & see what happens (even arsenic was used to treat various maladies in past)...
 
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