Les is stranded in the swamplands of Georgia's Altamaha River Basin. Created by Les Stroud Starring Les Stroud For more updates, follow my Facebook page! / thereallesstroud
I am a long time viewer (started watching in late '07) I learned a lot about dry tinder when I first started watching the show. I even helped my friends start a fire.
Honestly I was just thinking the same thing yesterday while watching the show, he is the Bob Ross of survival. Honest and the 1 on 1 time with the cameras is very calming and personable.
Les stroud is the man, not only did his show always feel like the genuine one when it was on TV but he has released them all for free on RU-vid. You will have a great legacy my friend.
This guy is leagues above bear grillz and his fake survival aka hotel stays and dual survival where stuff magically appears for them at perfect spots this guy is the real deal and I respect him and his craft
And some people can't accept that 😭 Les is just better at survival. While Bear had a great background in the military, He had a whole script behind him
It’s comparing apples and oranges. They’re two different styles. Les teaches about real survival, and Grylls is a highly skilled survivalist who is really only interested in extreme situations and entertainment value. Both have their place.
haha i would think some of these ideas he does are just to give him a goal that works with the story of being stranded in certain locations and also gives him something to film out there
Keep in mind he’s setting up and carrying all his camera gear and still kills it survival wise…With no cameras I’m sure most of these would be a walk in the park for Les..By far my favorite survival series.
The sheer dedication this man has for filming in various angles is amazing to me. The shots of him in the water were only possible by him getting to that spot from the raft, set up the camera(s) and then go far back enough to be seen paddling back to shore... Les, my man, you are a legend.
For real, like at the end when he filmed himself dragging his raft over the debris to continue down river. He really added another layer of tedious on top of that for us.
@@skb7261 no he doesn’t. All these episodes Les posts aren’t current either, I watched this when I was like 12. He sets up all his own cameras and shots, zero crew, this guy isn’t bear grylls.
If he hasn't already done so, It'd be interesting if Les made an episode about post survival, & recovery. Parasites, pathogens etc. and the toll it takes on 1s body/mind.
I am curious how long he recovers between trips when they were in the middle of filming a season. Don’t know if he’s discussed that on the channel already. Just found the channel a few hours ago lol
Les is a great actor even though hes lying about being in there for 1 week. It only takes them 1 day of shooting to act out the scenes for the episode.
@@kether800surely pretending after watching multiple sunsets and sunrises. He did do 7,10,14 days episodes, even here in Canada you can’t fake survival for one day.
That's because he was the main cameraman! Especially when he was on his own in the survival environment. The editors could not spoil the show with constant feedback to spice it up for TV.
@@by2083 Some people just refuse to use them. My brother complains about them and every time I'll just say adblock. He'll pause and either drop it or continue to complain about them. If I press it he'll just say he doesn't use them.
@@unexpectedvixen5685 Yeah and that Spanish moss is loaded with chiggers. Best to pass it through the flame before putting it next to your body. Looks like early spring then. Shoulda come in oh maybe July LOL. He'd lose his mind.
Wouldn't have the same feel. There's tons of newer survival channels with high tech equipment and I keep coming back to these older potato-filmed episodes.
Broooo 2024 when i was a kid in 2008 i liked a lot youir program and now im remembering this moments and i only can say thank u for everything what i learn from u
Access to safe, fresh water is why you should always carry a couple of lifestraws or some packets of Flo-Chlor powder and a fairly thick, robust plastic bag in your emergency kit. One small packet will turn liters of that swamp soup into clear, pure drinking water in next to no time.
15 yrs after watching this show and I do it myself out in the woods. Kinda keeps you sane, nice to have someone to talk to, and never disagree with you.
I live down the road. You dont only have to worry about that theres also flesh eating virus plus those brain amebas too. All the film on the swamp areas is tannic acids from all the leaves and vegetation breaking down and where the term black water river is derived from.
I used to watch these, How It’s Made, and other nature documentaries with my Dad when I was little. I was so happy when he told me this was here on RU-vid for free now! I remember hearing about the nasty parasite Les got from the turtle back then and I was so freaked out 😂 Many happy memories from watching these, thanks so much!!
Les is the man. He does everything by himself, where other survivalist do it in pairs or with a camera crew. Les Stroud is the G.O.A.T. when it comes to survival.
I grew up about 60 miles from there in the same kind of terrain. Loved camping in the woods as a kid. In the wet season it’s all flooded. In the dry season it’s a jungle. I courted my wife with canoe trips on the Alapaha River. Once we went out and the gators were in the rut or something and we’re all over the place. My dad was a guide in the Okefenokee swamp and we went out there all the time. When I saw this episode as a kid I was just getting into survival and primitive skills. I got so excited to see him in my back yard. Even though he butchered the name Altamaha. If you’re from the south it’s pronounced like Autamahaw. Thanks for inspiring me Les!
Les stroud is a legend. Solo documentary camping is seriously scary as hell and takes a special human to not only accomplish it, but do so with little to no injuries and never coming anywhere near death. 95% of the population wouldn’t last 24hrs out there without getting bitten, stung, or taken out by dirty water or food.
If I could do this in my state I feel like I could stay out for a few days. But I don’t know enough about other climates or environments to do any good. I live in West Virginia and I’m an Eagle Scout so I could last a few days in West Virginia.
@@bradyteets3426 West Virginia is beautiful! I'm always surprised by the lack of biting insects, at least compared to the states below. I might've just been lucky every time I've gone though
@@silvesby you’ve been lucky. We have nasty biting fly’s and mosquitoes and other biting bugs. But I’m the person that those bugs will go past ten other people to bite me. But it is a beautiful state.
95% ? That’s what many living in the Bay Area or Los Angeles might think but it turns out there are entire states full of hunters & fishermen who’d be just fine. The reason SAR has exploded in the past decade is because far too many urban and suburbanites dawdle off into hardcore wilderness with a bottle of water and a phone. They fail to respect American wilderness for what it is: wilderness. Drug usage in the outdoors also contributes to a lot of SAR incidents. Gen X is the last generation who grew up learning to troubleshoot & problem solve in the woods because our entire childhood’s through adolescence and high school years no one had cell phones. Those who could afford a “car phone” were typically not the REI/hiking types. It was understood that if you twist an ankle, dehydrate or get lost you better have a skillset & some tools because there’s no helicopter coming
Les, you are the true survivor program. So many times you have been hungry, cold,sleepless,etc.. You literally put your life on the line to give us a quality,well narrated show. So if your out there TY
@@luisgomez8635 you haven't seen enough of the episodes, or any of the early seasons if you think his life isn't at risk. GPS might help them locate his body though.
Screwing that up would have been bad. They have a considerable strike zone. That's the big bad daddy of N America period. Known to sometimes get to 10' in length and a head the size of your fist.
I know what you mean. I’m in central Florida. I camp in a hammock with a tarp and/or mosquito netting over me. I refuse to sleep in the ground. No just the gators. The bugs have attitude down here. Especially the fire ants.
And this was before GoPro cameras were around and worth using his cameras were huge he can make a whole episode now carrying all his camera equipment in a fanny pack or the pockets of his cargo pants
The first time I got lost in that same swamp I walked for 11 miles before I showed up in Everett City now that I'm grown just be aware of what county you're in and have a compass and look for pine trees and go to them and life is a lot better at night
As a Georgia native, this has to be my favorite episode. I hail from the piedmont area, not as far south as this, but so much of what Les covers here is useful throughout the South, not just the swamps. With snakes, gators, and even bear, a general rule of thumb is, avoid them, they'll avoid you. Love this episode!
This was a good episode to show off many survival techniques since there were a lot of classic things to survive off of like vines for rope, resin torches, vines for water, and the right sticks for a shelter
I enjoy the survivalist videos and there are many out there, but in my opinion, Les Stroud's are the best. Les takes the time to explain why is doing a particular procedure and how it is done. This, to me, puts his videos at another level.
Absolutely love the show but just to clarify for anyone watching there are 6 species of venomous snakes in Georgia as Les stated, but there are only 3 species of rattlesnake (Easter diamondback, timber/canebrake, and the pygmy rattlesnake) the other 3 are eastern coral, copperhead and cottonmouth/water moccasin.
Thanks for putting these up Les, I already bought almost all the seasons but just rewatching these are so nostalgic. Used to watch your show when I was younger and still do all the time.
I'd love to take Les through the swamps here in Louisiana. He would absolutely love it. Thanks for posting these shows Les!!!!! He is such a genuine, honest, real, down to earth guy. It would be an honor to buy him a beer.
I remember growing up watching this show as much as I could as a kid/young teen, thank you Les. You have shown us real survival and possibly save someone’s life one day.
Exactly!! In the first showing, I thought about how many were in that Spanish moss he was holding. Me at the screen: “dude, throw that down and get your fire started!!”
When he said “Still a little rare” I knew he was screwed with parasites. And then after that you notice his psyche progressively goes downhill into a whacky state.
I've used the sock method many times with a miniature ferro rod that I keep in my wallet a few years ago I blew the mind of one of my coworkers he was a young black guy and ask me for a light for a cigarette and apparently I left my lighter in my car that day so I told him give me a minute and I ripped up a napkin and topped it with sock lint I used a Copenhagen tobacco can lid as a tray and I pulled out the ferro rod the entire time he was looking at me like I was insane then I pulled my knife out and used it to strike the ferro rod two strikes later I thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head his jaw dropped and all he could say was what the f*** as I brought the Copenhagen lid up to light my cigarette and passed it to him he lit his cigarette and just watch it burn out he said man my friends at home ain't going to believe this s***
So excited I found these on RU-vid I used to watch survivor man all the time I love it my brother and nephew love going camping and practicing some basic survivor skills in a safe environment of course but was all inspired from this show
After 7 months of training at fort Benning Georgia I can attest to the volatility of the temperature there. Sweltering 80 degrees in the day and dropping to below freezing at night. When being forced to sleep in the water of the swamp it was no doubt some of the worst nights I've ever spent in the bush
this episode is one of the greatest episodes of any show ever - i rerember seeing it in my early 20s on tv and for some reason it always stuck with me - thank you
@Geoff MacDonald That's true. Just seems like if a fly or beetle or anything crawls on your skin, you would immediately want to brush it off. I think it would be difficult to ignore.
