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150flivver wrote:
B A R R Y wrote:
Someone with military survival training might find it silly.
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On the contrary, I find it anything but silly.

Both shows are well done and offer excellent survival tips. Of the
two, I'm slightly more impressed by the ex-SAS guy because he purposely
risks his life to demonstrate survival techniques such as the time he
jumped into icy water, extricated himself, and dried his only clothes.
His only concession was he started a fire beforehand (still had only
embers to get it going again after he was in the water). The shock of
entering freezing water literally can kill you. He's also parachuted
into trees and jumped off a cliff into water a long ways down. The guy
is crazy (or ex-SAS)!

Bear Grylls' show is Man v Wild. The credits list someone else
as the "survival expert".

I find the comment that he's ex-SAS a bit too much to
believe. Based on his age, and his bio, he would have been in his
late teens while in the SAS. I thought the SAS only accepted
currently enlisted army who've been in a fair amount of time. Plus, the
way the bio is worded .. "served with the SAS" rather than "served
in the SAS".

Personally, I prefer Les' attitude of avoiding a situation where you
might get into trouble.