You've been asking for this one and here it is complete with my behind the scenes stories! Come have a glass with me and enjoy the trip! For more updates, follow my Facebook page! / thereallesstroud #Survivorman #LesStroud
These commentaries just make me happy. You’ve cut your teeth.. done your time.. It’s good to see you with your feet up, on a cozy couch, with a libation. Just chill, Les. :)
Let me interrupt myself to interrupt you, interrupting yourself, to say thank you for the past 10 years of my life watching you and learning, and resonating. More bigfoot too please 🙏 you helped me get through the Marine Corps. I live in the mountains now and think of you daily. Keep us honest, excited, and real. Please don't stop producing material, ever. If you can.
You're videos are exemplary and packed with teaching. I work as a remote Field Geologist in the Mineral Industry - almost always solo in some of the remotest places on earth especially Alaska. Always armed (4!mag+12gauge+...) I once got stranded in the Aleutian Islands for 5 days and 4 nights when the helicopter had mechanical failure and did not show up. When stuck - I usually ask myself "What would Les do?" your imparted knowledge gets me through the day and night. Bless you....
I really like the aspect where you have someone pick out a select number of items for survival. That is why the "Fighting to Survive" episode is one of my favorites. A lot of thought has to go into the choices, otherwise you reap the consequences. The trading items aspect was also fun to see as you showed in the "Fighting to Survive" episode. R.I.P. Elias Theodorou.
Never have I seen a better show than this one. That said, I would have loved to see you do a series of shows with fans in areas close to them that they could easily find themselves lost in on any given weekend. Could travel all over the Americas doing that one.
I would LOVE to go out and survive with you in something like this. Not because I think “this looks easy or fun!” but because it’s not easy, and the best way to learn is to experience it hands on. It’s not for fun, it’s for survival.
love to see you still putting stuff out there Les!! grew up watching you on OLN and have always loved your work!! awesome for us to get these commentaries
Hey Les, I was little when I watched you on Discovery Channel and it was clear for me as a day none of your shows was staged compared to others. You were and remain the real-deal-survivorman!
The end when you said that hearing someone snore is a great sound to a guide is so absolutely true. lol I took a friend on a backpacking trip, only 3 days, and the last night there she started snoring within 5 mins of lying down and she ended up sleeping for about 14 hours. lol Like you, I made sure not to wake her. But man, yeah, I definitely felt a sense of accomplishment with that. lol
When I originally watched this episode it was really frustrating. seeing someone inexperienced and not doing everything perfect was at first not fun. Then after reflection I realized that Les' experience and knowledge are really irreplaceable. You just cannot simply go out there and replicate this kind of journey after watching videos. You need to really know. That I think might be the most important lesson for me. One love Les thanks for everything
Laughed pretty hard as I'm watching this the night before my endoscopy, when les closes out telling us how he's about to go get a colonoscopy. Small world same problems! Lmao.
Dang as a bigfoot enthusiast i was hoping for more of a story of what happened after les teased it a couple of episodes ago. I seriously check this page every đay for some new bigfoot content.
Agreed! I wish you would have done more of these survival challenges where you take someone out to teach them survival while you both film. Having them pick 2 to 3 items really drives home the basics for survival since those items need to cover an essential aspect of survival such as warmth or hydration.
Yeah, the tool selection part is a good way to demonstrate priorities like water, shelter and fire. They were lucky that this time of year there is a lot of fresh snow melt to drink, but it's still so cold that shelter and fire become a huge necessity.
This is great! I would do anything to be able to go out and survive with you Les I’m no professional but I’ve done some surviving and i don’t mean camping plus i love going out into the wilderness and doing some camping thankyou for everything you do Les! Your the Man!!
Les, I saw the terror in your eyes when you were watching yourself get hit in the family jewels by that branch. Those were Vietnam level PTSD flashbacks. 😂😂😂
Joe being a fan, I find it odd that he didnt know not to use a rock. Or that he waited to late in the day and didnt focus on more of his zones etc. All these things of course you would have some basic knowledge of, If you are a fan. Of course I realize out in the bush, alone and with very little experience. There are bound to be troubles and mistakes. Les, bring back the fan challenges. I think it would be a great hit. Especially for the youtube world. And of course I will volunteer for the first comeback episode of fan challenge. Cheers
Love these commentaries. It's a real treat to hear what went on with these episodes! Personally, I'm excited for the (hopefully-in-the-future) director's commentary from the Beyond Survival series. Thank you for being authentic; that's a rare thing nowadays.
We need more survivorman, Hope you can make some new ones soon. Been a fan since the beginning. Even had the subscription for survivorman TV. Thanks for all your hard work!
I enjoy these commentary vids, Les. I would have been interested in hearing Joe's reflections on the experience in retrospect paired with yours. One of the things you mention here and mentioned in a Survivorman and Son episode is shifts in your perspective and having to remember to see the experience from the other participant's point of view. For you, you have the confidence of having survived countless times in the wilderness. I remember you reflecting upon some feelings of frustration in your son's survival responses in the moment and in hindsight knowing that he was ill. While the circumstances are different, I see some parallels between these two trips. Going into it, Joe indicated he was inexperienced and was actually very humble and teachable the entire time. For him, this would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend quality time with Survivorman...as well as having a wilderness survival experience. While you would go on other expeditions and other projects, this would be a one time memory for Joe that he will reflect on and second guess himself on for the rest of his life. In addition to sitting around the fire learning from one of the best, I think Joe would have enjoyed comparing notes on filming techniques and other things you have in common. I understand your motivations and your objectives behind how you handled this trip. Your mindset is very practical and makes a lot of sense. It was great how you had him select some items he felt were the most important. We're used to that nowadays after however many seasons of Alone there are out there now....Gee, I wonder whose groundbreaking show gave them that idea? Lol I just would like to have seen you building up more of a rapport with Joe from day one, discussing objectives, providing encouragement and mentoring the entire time. That would have been the Golden Experience I would have hoped for if I was in his place. Maybe more of that did happen that didn't fit into the show. Somehow I watched these vids out of order and watched the two SAR vids before this, so the reference to your upcoming colonoscopy made me chuckle.
Watching the Norway & Argintina's Director's Cut -Once the channel hits 1 million subscriptions & we get new episodes, I think it would be neat if Les had a GPS tracking devise on him while he is out. That way when the new episodes are edited, or during a directors commentary, they could take the GPS tracking and lay it over some satellite images / topographical maps to show the journey!!
Wow! This has become my absolute favorite episode of survivor man 🙏. I was riveted and couldn't look away and I'm a huge Sasquatch fan and have watched those episodes countless times but this particular episode is fantastic 👍 ! Thank you Les for such an awesome video 🙏
I've lived in the woods for sometime and that seemed like one of those moments. Very strange and sudden. Heavy and fast. That sounds about right. The whooping though.. that shit shakes you to your bones.
This is one my favorite episodes. I would love too have the experience being out there and absorbing your knowledge. You have truly gifted an generation of lost knowledge. I think we got complacent. You showed that our bodies don't always follow our knowledge. It up to us to prepare and really overcome a survival situation
Even though i've never had to survive in the wilderness. If i took your survival class, I would pass with flying colors. I would be at the top of your class.😊💪
As someone who lived in Barrie and regularly travelled to brace bridge - I love these northern Ontario episodes. You are a core of nostalgia for me sir. Thank for your previous and continued contributions.
Just something to think about… you used to do several days of training in new environments and you are highly experienced. Could maybe have at least given the poor guy an afternoon’s worth of training and basic instruction lol 😂.
I've been watching Les since I was a child and growing up in the deep country I couldn't help but, to go out in the woods with nothing but a knife and test myself even as a kid. It would be a dream come true to be able to go out on a survival expedition with Les and just learn from him personally.
I have to say one thing les stroud is right about spending a night by yourself is not fun at all as a matter of fact it can be quite boring if u can't entertain urself and staying warm is a priority
ive always hoped you would do this "fan challenge" every year..... it would be like the les stroud Christmas special, but not necessarily at Christmas, and way better.
I had that night chill when 3 of us went “camping” in hammocks. One guy ended sleeping on an inflatable mattress in the back of his jeep, another slept well since he had an insulating pad under him and I had a stomach flu from some bad sausages and dressed too lightly for what I thought would be a warm summer night in the mountains. I really saw how harsh it can be out there since I felt ill and shivered the whole night until the sun came up and could get some sleep for 2 hours. We had a fire that put some holes in my tarp, i had two sleeping bags which I should’ve used one under the hammock to catch heat, and food and all the rest. It was miserable… I was not prepared.
