Survival expert Bear Grylls is in Borneo attempting to escape the perilous jungle. With no suitable landing zone for the helicopter, DCODE how he descends from the jungle canopy to reach solid ground. #DCODE, #ManVsWild, #BearGrylls
Cameraperson is also amazing and deserves props, but he is amazing in doing a different thing. He is getting around physically like Bear, but would be allowed to use other equipment (like ropes instead of finding natural vines) to help and other comforts. Bear is demonstrating how to improvise with the materials around. Cameraperson has the skills to do the camera work. Bear has the skills to do this while clearly explaining what he's doing in a charismatic way and deciding the best routes and choices for this continuous demonstration. I'm not saying that one is better than the other. But it makes sense to me that Bear is the one that is featured, and that we don't see what happens with the camera people and other crew. It makes for a better program to focus on one person.
His survival adventures had a larger production staff than most independent film sets. This show was 90% staged stunt man entertainment & fantasy & 10% actual survival info. I'm not craping on Grylls though. He's a tough dude. His military training is impressive & he's among the youngest people to climb mount Everest. I think he was 23 when he summited the peak. That's an exceptional accomplishment for sure, but these Man vs Wild shows were staged like a hollywood action set.
I say so what if there are phots of him and his crew in hotels and sitting comfortably.he still shows you useful survival techniques . After all, it’s that what the show is about? Not weather he is comfortable or not. But about what he teaches you on camera?
I was bothered by the criticism too. He's uncomfortable, in pain, and I'm sure working long hours a lot of the time for the show. He had an opportunity in this one case after the shoot to see his family and everyone freaks out. Ridiculous.
Totally agree, I've always seen it like that. It's not some kind of 'macho' test in my opinion, It's clear this guy is more than capable of looking after himself but that's not the point lol it's a programme in which he showcases survival skills/techniques and like you said, that's exactly what he does and anybody can gain something from it and that's what matters! How anyone could hate on someone like bear makes no sense at all to me.
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I forget how ridiculous Bear Grylls is from an actual "survival" perspective sometimes. I think a lot of what he shows is a really good example of what never to do.
You can use rattan to make a fire thong too. You split the rattan and cut it off at the desired length and find a piece of wood that should be between soft and hard, then you drill a hole through the flat side and make a groove for the rattan in the other, you then set it on another stick to get the piece off the ground, and start pulling on each side really hard until you have an ember, and you can use dry bamboo or something to make the fire.
