over the years I must of watched this 5 or 6 times, always leaves me feeling strangly uplifted, what a heartbreakingly beautiful place....hmmmm one day
I will never find myself trying to survive on a desert island, but this type of survival video is strangely inspiring. In Canada it is much more likely that I might be stranded in a boreal forest in winter, but the desert island thing is hypnotic.
I like Ray. He provides a guide for what I think is the majority : People who are somewhat or properly prepared for going into the outdoors, who want to use bushcraft for fun and learning or who find themselves needed a bit of help in a survival situation. I love Les also, and Bear can be entertaining, but I personally can't imagine going out on a wilderness or sea adventure without proper preparedness like Ray has! Lol :)
Egg zactly !? No pilot landed with a PRANRANG. Thick bladed chopper what they had was a pen knife a packet of nylons chocolate 2 rubber Johnnys ( probs the most useful things ) few flares. A pistol notes in various languages etc. no flints. No practical stuff
Best thing with Ray is that he focuses not on some crises and that you need to get to civilization as fast as possible but going out in the wild to live.
Ray Mears is a man due some serious respect! while he is among "many" great survivalists he is such a humble man he would deflect the respect to them, but Ray is the first man "ive" seen that has shown this type of bushcraft/survivalist/life saving knowledge, i could safely say that if i was in trouble anywhere in the wilds,anywhere in the world, the minute i stopped praying to god id immediately start praying for Ray mears to appear, and sort shit out in style!
ray mears is not a true survivalist because when he arrives to a island or something else he will alwase bring items like a HOMMOCK LIKE WHO BRINGS A HAMMOCK IF HE WHERE TO TRULY SURVIVE? (etc) their for he is a piece of crap
john james not to mention, the best method of surviving is being prepared. Why would you go into the wilds without basic gear? This isn't "Dude You're Screwed" or a game of "Dumped off in the desert by the Mob with nothing but your underwear"
If I had to choose which one I liked more it would have to be Ray. He is patient, kind, and very knowledgeable. I think he is considerate when he demonstrates how to do something. Meaning, he is thinking about the viewer, and how they can benefit from his videos, before he makes them. Both guys are really great, I guess picking between the two depends on preference.
What I like about Ray Mears is that he doesn’t come from a military background and thus dispels the myth that you have to be some special forces superhuman to survive . All his videos are first rate and an absolute font of knowledge.
That Asian guy who thought the war was still going on, and survived for 30 years! Hiding from the locals and only cooking at night! DUDE DESERVES A STATUE IN HIS HONOR!
Anyone who wants to read something fine should read Frank and John Craighead's "How to Survive on Land and Sea." About the time my first adult teeth were coming in I read the books of their sister, Jean Craighead George, about animals, and she has a few books for older kids, like Julie of the Wolves and My Side of the Mountain. A very outdoorsy family, and all biologists. So nice to see these guys on video! My Side of the Mountain (and sequels) is a gem in the survivalist-runaway genre.
I was taught when I was young that you take a brown coconut and place it small end up on a solid surface and drop a big rock or something heavy and it cracks the husk and the nut is easy to remove from the husk without cracking the nut. 20 seconds. It takes less calories to get to the food. The nuts that are sprouted into small trees are cracked open and the inside is like a course bread which can be eaten raw or cooked.
@@emilybrunton8007 he stayed in a hotel for one particular episode for family reasons all of a sudden he's fake forget all the times he actually stayed out in the wilderness.
@@nikobellic3856 i didn't even know about the hotel. But he actually admitted himself that actual survival is boring he does it for tv to make it more interresting
I'd visited (backpacked) around Palawan about a year before this episode and was waiting with awe and glee to see Ray Mears reaction to this unmissable destination. Back in 2001 it was still perhaps 'The last natural wild frontier of The Philippines ', now sadly it's a proliferation of touts and dullards awaiting the next all inclusive excursion. Long gone are 'Go-Palawan', The Trattoria Inn etc, etc. So glad I went there, way before its popularity explosion.
I bloody love watching what Ray does in this environment. But I wish he had focused on what to actually do in a survival situation. Ray would be without doubt the best person to go camping with, and I don't doubt his survival ability at all. But while i'm at home and all cozy. i wan't to learn how to survive when it's properly tough. The first priority HAS to be water surely?! I want to see him find water! In that island... If i was stranded on this island, i'd probably eat the fish raw, because i'd be exhausted from trying to find water haha.
When you get out of the main cities (Manila etc.) the Philippines is genuinely that pretty. And so warm all the time, as an English man it truly feels like paradise. However you have to share paradise with some impressive (read scary) bugs.
Excellent post. BECAAAUUUSE I could hear everyone, the old guys with voices softened by age, the narrator, the works. No stupid, loud, mood "music" drowning out all the information being given. What little there was, your producers were intelligent enough to lower it or shut it down all together when someone talked. Thumbs up!!
He has such knowledge, calmness and dignity. An amazing man, and an even more amazing teacher. (I'm just an armchair admirer, but I find everything that he does quite spellbinding.)
He was an Imperial Japanese Asshole Moron; "I will not surrender unless my 98 year old CO orders me." In the mean time, MOST of his food was STOLEN from very poor villagers, on the edge of starvation themselves.
Gotta love the Brits - the first thing he talks about is looking to a few basic comforts! But, it is actually a good strategy. When we are comfortable and grounded, we can think more clearly, as we feel less stressed, and are not wasting our energy on being uncomfortable.
You don't need a knife to open coconuts. You need 3 rocks. 1. A holding stone, 2, a cutting stone, 3. a driving stone. Hold the coconut on the holding stone, place the cutting stone on the top, strike the cutting stone with the driving stone (like a hammer hitting a nail) This method works...
if you have coconut you don't even need 3 rocks. just find area that has bulge and hit it on side corner of hard rock. did this all the time in micronesia. likewise if you coconut is young enough you can just use your fingers to open up the eye, followed by opening rest of coconut with hands esp on young coconuts
Excellent video. I would like to watch more of this type of videos, due to that I live in the caribbean. For example, showing how to make a crab or lobster pot with elements from a coconut tree.
They could of used Hawaii for tropical training or Florida. Japanese and Americans who survived in the Island are heros, brace, and have my full support and salute.
To open a green coconut without using a blade, smash the pointy end on a rock to split the husk, peal, then poke holes in the eyes with a stick to get the water. Be advised that the sap from the green husk can/will permanently stain clothing.
Extreme Survival with lights and lots of equipment. I like it. I always bring a box of meat with me when I do my extreme survival around my small Canadian town.
I was stranded on a dessert island once. The main survival challenge was not eating it and vanishing into the endless ocean ... I had to ration and cautiously nibble away at a minimum pace until I was eventuallyy saved. Then of course we had a major pigout on the remains to celebrate.
The biggest factor is boredom and depression. That's why I take lubricant and tissues whenever I'm lost. It's also a very good way to signal for "help". It's amazing how you can think you are completely alone and have privacy, then have someone suddenly burst in and ask "what are you doing?"
Just don't use "Basalt" rocks b/c the air pockets heat up and splinter of shards of the rock like bullets. I thought my friends and I were under sniper fire when I learnt this lesson.
Peter Taylor - that’s very interesting. I’ve never heard of this. Thanks for the tip (2-years later I’m reading) I’m going to search about this rock even though the chances of me ending up on a deserted island are slim to nil. 😂
A lot of people compare Ray with Bear Grylls like it's a competition, I teach my daughter that both men have a great knowledge of survival but present it in very different ways, Ray teaches you in depth skills and usually for staying in a certain region for a length of time where as Bear teaches you about quick fix survival whilst your on the move (military survival) Personally I prefer Ray as he was the first I watched and watched him for years before Bear came on the scene, Although I do like Bear as well and also Les stroud AKA survivorman, I teach my daughter that any knowledge from any source is always a good thing as long it's truthful.
The way I see Ray Mears, he's like the teacher you had at school who knows his stuff, is very intelligent but has no personable skills he simply bores me to death and I can't pick up anything useful, Bear Grylls on the other hand is the fun teacher who also knows his stuff and you absorb everything he says because he keeps you focused and engaged.
I've read that, many times, but never from anyone so closely-linked. I watched a few of Grylls' videos, and it just seemed like a big guy being macho, being as extreme as possible only for the sake of being as extreme as possible. Mears seems to always discuss practical survival; how to actually handle the basics of the outdoors.
whoever stays in a hotel or not its informative and interesting, its a segment as a guide ,just to show for all you couch potatoes liking on facebook and such go live on the wildside not the other side of the TV channels you may be glued to remember folks its information not "lets see if he survives on the filly island .. ;)
I was born and raised on the Micronesian islands, I've been opening coconuts without a knife since 5yrs old. Sad to hear these tough Americans warriors died just because they couldn't open a coconut
I lived in the Philippines for many years and you are doing things almost right. but you did not state that the coconut tree provides over 200 useful items. the coconut husk can also be made into a very strong rope, clothing, burlap sacks. also the coral is very usefull too
I love it i would love to try something like that. At the moment i am limited to the fields and my back garden! That would be a dream come true. But first i will need the gear a boat and most importantly the skills to survive in a place like that!
An excellent programme, with a lot of very useful information in it. Some of the ignorant, carping comments expressed here are made by exactly the kind of person liable to panic themselves in dangerous situations because they haven't listened to the advice that people like Ray gave them beforehand. Too busy being know-alls when they know nothing themselves and fail to respect or even recognise those that do. Keep up the great work Ray.
Gordon Lawrence You're right. Great perspective. And I have seen how useless some of the so-called American survival experts are in situations where self-reliance is really required. They don't realise that Ray Mears is in a totally different league.