Also same! These videos have really been helping me get some perspective and grounding during some rough times. Been sleeping a bit better with them 'v'
Les got a little too cocky. He said he could get out in a day or two, but hey lets make it a week. Five days later they carry his rat diseased and dehydrated ass out of the canyon. Teasing les, i couldn't make it ✌️ days. I bet brother raven misses the conversations
And then one day we catch someone who watches this episodes is “les please i could make it seven days without water” three days later we find the guys dead with half is flash messing with big cougar tracks all around him Meanwhile here’s the rest of us going this is why you always drink water and as for the cooker this is why you invent Spears
I miss when these originally aired. Was 12-13 at the time. I'm 30 now, and these never get old. I also miss building shelters in the woods with friends, and it's all because of this show. Les is such a legend.
this episode really stands out to me. the editing and cinematography, the soft music and the silence. it doesnt try and fill the gaps with constant upbeat music or flashy editing.
I actually worked with a guy in Illinois who contracted Hantavirus from potato chip bags...touched the packaging and then touched his face...nearly died. The chips originated in Plano TX so....
@@dayhawkify I believe that. It's spread by fleas, and fleas like furry animals. I live in the Mojave and I found a dead fox in my yard covered in fleas. No signs of trauma or disease other than a mostly clear, slightly pink fluid leaking from its nose. I used chemical resistant gloves to remove it to a safe distance. The corpse was still intact a month later, nothing touched it, which is odd in the desert. I firmly believe it died of the plague and the scavengers knew it and avoided it.
Never, EVER, trust rodents and small, short-lived animals to be free of horrible disease. Many actually adapted to deal with such by having short, vigorous lives. They just race the clock before the diseases they catch can kill them. They often have little in the way of immune systems.
@@leem.9934 a family friend just got it down in AZ. Wicked sick still. The plague is real down there. I did here that MN mice have something also up north.
“Hear that jet up there? Right now those people are eating lobster.” Cut to: (Jet; row 26 seat B) passenger eats his last complimentary nut. “Damn I wish I was eating lobster.”!
Fell in love with this show when I was a young lad when it originally aired. Watched it with my dad as often as we could. Your videos have made such an impact on my life. Instilled a love for outdoors and camping in me that I’m now passing onto my son. Much love, Les!
@@vitiate5093 next he should run some of his bloopers and stuff cut, not fit for the dumb network. And I hope he sits and talks and does commentaries for all he shares.
Ever flown first class on Lufthansa? In coach we had good Smoked turkey and pretty much all the wine we wanted. We couldn't see into the First Class area but it smelled like shellfish & butter. That may have been for the secret hidden private area.
You make me want to raid my frig for something good to eat, snuggle under warm comforter and sleep all safe and sound. I'm thankful. Ms Pat from southern Indiana 🤗
TOP CAT Les is making up for lost youtube revenue by punishing his watchers with too many ads !!! Come on Les we love ya man but this is almost unwatchable!
This why I like Les, he makes it look more realistic and dificult, because it is. Often you see his traps and such not produce any result. Other over the top exagerated super survivor goeroes will have a 5 course meal in every trap... right...
Ive lived in Utah my whole life and been all over this country also. But Utah's canyonlands are the most beautiful, serene and magical places ive been.
The cool thing about Utah: Les could film several different survival scenarios, depending on which part of the State he's in?! Everything from wind swept desert salt flats, to icy cold mountain peaks. And all things in between. Maybe no tropical environments... But definitely 1 of the more diverse wilderness anywhere!
@@retro8696 Hence the comment stating "would". There was no mention of a "should". Also, I was asking you to "think about". I was merely attempting to prompt you to use your imagination. Abstract stuff.
We were so innocent back then. No one knew that in the next decade the tyrant Trump would create a virus that has already killed more than 186 million people...
Les, your survival skills are obviously top flight. But after watching all these, I've noticed you're also a very, very good filmmaker.Especially since you film alone in such challenging conditions.
The first time I saw les use that sun/hand-hour skill, I was really young, but it stuck with me! I use it daily when I’m in the woods, or I’m out fishing, it’s wild how well it works! If you know what time the sun sets usually you can usually guess what time it is.
Watching Survivorman started a life long love of the outdoors for me, I still use skills from the show when I’m camping and I’ll probably pass them onto my children someday. Les is the man.
When Les pulled out that mag bar I started laughing. Compared to what he usually has to go through to get a fire using a mag bar is light years ahead of rubbing a stick in your hands LOL
This one is also a favorite.Smoking a bowl and getting straight up lost in the episode until I feel like Im there with him.Nothing like it.Les is the Shit.Thanks for Sharing.Peace.
This episode got me into Flintknapping AND archaeology many many many moons ago. Thanks les. You have no idea what you’ve touched and changed just by doing your show
@@solalexander674 you think the camera quality wouldn't be 1080p if it was recent les don't play he had good camera quality way back in the early 2000s
Les Stroud, what can I say. You have helped me out through some major bouts of depression and anxiety, and still do to this day. I don’t know what else to say other than, Thank You my friend and God bless you!
one of my favorite memories, that I think about quite often. Is living in my van, waking up with frost on my toes in early October and for some reason, seeing the frost made me think of 9:50 "that was one frosty night"
Every knife should have a SHARP 90 degree spine. Use the spine of the knife to scrape the magnesium and to strike the fire steel (flint). It saves the knife and works better for what you are trying to do. Survival knives with saw spines are bullshit.
that little harmonica riff at 14:20 reminds me of the theme song from Louis CK's show Lucky Louie from back in the day...i remember watching it back in high school, around the time i would always hope to catch these episodes on Discovery....in the days before everyone had a DVR and you would just turn the channel on and hope for the best lol
The whole Moab / Canyon Lands area is one of the most amazing yet brutal places I’ve ever been. Also have seen some pretty unusual things there. That whole desert has one hell of an energy
35:49 he literally crafted a spear to keep distance between him and the squirrel because of the plague and then held it right next to his face for a selfie😂
I've learned so much watching this dude over the years! Honing my survival skills and passing them on to my kids every chance I get. Thank you Mr. Stroud
I'm just now reading the book by Aron Ralston, the cyclist who got his arm stuck in a crevice in the Utah Canyon Lands. You talked about it in this episode, how he amputated his own arm with a small knife. Great book, very descriptive writing.
I had a competition with coworkers on who could go the longest without eating. The rules were we could drink whatever we wanted but no food. Day 1 I was hungry. Day 2 I was weak, and very hungry. Day 3 I lost my hunger, and I felt numb. My dreams were very vivid. Day 4 In the morning I found I had won. Out of curiosity I pushed myself to go a little longer. Throughout the day I felt extremely weak. Simple things felt like major ordeals. I felt like I hadn't slept in ages. That night to celebrate my victory my family took me out to eat. Strangely I wasn't really hungry. I was so used to the numbness. When I did eat, my body seemed confused like it didn't know if it wanted to accept or reject the food. Yet when my body finally accepted the food, it felt like I had drank a super potion. I could literally feel the energy filling inside of me as I ate. They say humans can last 2 weeks without food. I don't believe that anymore. In just 2 days your system is shutting down. In a survival situation, I give the average person 1 week to last without food. They might make it longer, but by then they might as well be a walking corpse.
@Paul717 That sounds like a lot of fun! I hope there was a $ reward 😂 Yea imagine having to hike and do physical labour while starving. What a nightmare. The vivid dreams part makes me think this is part of the reason fasting is so popular with religion (not to mention hallucinations)
@@Paul-hw7kc that sounds like a great competition! I'd caution a few comparables though, in a survival situation you have one advantage on your side...adrenalin. In your scenario your primal genetics weren't fully kicked in. Humans are built to fast for much longer than we think and when we are starving we're built to push through until we find food. It would have been interesting in your competition if you were each given a physical and mental puzzle to solve, where if you solved it you'd get food as a prize. My assumption is that your body would be much motivated to complete that task
@@paul6925 No money reward. I wouldn't say fun, more like exploring a primal side of life. The dreams are insane. They borderline on a hallucinogenic experience. I think you are on to something making the connection between fasting and religion. The longer you go without food the more this animalistic being rises up inside you. You can feel the battle between sanity and insanity inside yourself. Oddly doing physical labor while starving is the best thing to do. As long as your doing something, the primitive being inside you is contained. Once you stop, insanity takes over.
Les is so relatable, dare I say that he acts the way I do. What a legend, these videos are extremely relaxing and make we want to get out there and be free in nature.
Les did a really great job filming all of these episodes. The cameras were huge back then. Now you can do all of the filming with a go pro and a drone.
I will always cringe at Les using the edge of his knife to carve into the magnesium block and scrape across the ferro-rod. 😅 Your multitool probably has a file and a saw. Use the file to make magnesium powder. Use the back of your saw to scrape the ferro-rod. If you have only a knife, and it has a sharp spine, use the spine to scrape the magnesium and the ferro-rod. If you have only a knife, and it doesn’t have a sharp spine, you picked the wrong knife. 😆 Use the edge as a last resort. Thanks for uploading all these videos, Les! You’re my favorite survival expert. 👍
it's weird because he often goes to great lengths in other episodes to preserve his knife's edge. and he acts a bit like he's never seen a mag block. guy was a wilderness guide. I reckon he's familiar. Not that it was a bad idea to demo on the show of course. It's a pretty great product. Magnesium is waterproof, compact and lightweight. Designing it to back up the integrated ferro rod allows use of a much smaller rod with no chance of breaking it. A classic for good reason. Toughest part is indeed getting a good edge to scrape it, but as you say, yeah, there are definitely a few other places to look before defiling your only knife.
3:38 this is a perfect shot to describe the desert around Utah and Nevada. It can get really hot during the day, but if you notice the snowy mountains in the backround, you also realize it can easily get below freezing at night.
Very glad to find all these on accident. I love them all. Unfortunately it seems Season 4 is still locked in to Amazon (I own it but I hate their platform, I thought I would get downloadable files when I bought it).
Not to brag about the beauty of my home state of Utah…OK, I’ll brag about the beauty of Utah’s desert wilderness. Red rock, cobalt blue skies, snow capped mountains and a vast wilderness. Thanks for coming here! (June might be a different scenario for sure)
Les, Thank you for everything. I know that at anytime you could have had a serious accident that could have had a bad outcome. That is why l enjoy intensely your dedication to the reality of the situation. Sincerely, Brent Bundy - The information l have learned has helped me survive over the past 16 years bicycling for breast cancer 7 times across the States and now on the east coast of Australia.
I just love Les' shows :) Rewatching them has been getting me through quarantine this year. Because of him, I took up hiking to get some exercise and get out of the house by myself, and now I'm really into it! Thanks Les! :)
There's snow on the ground like...a hundred yards from you! (I dont mean the mountains...closer than that obviously) why cant you harvest snow/frost every morning?
I remember thinking man vs wild was so much better as a kid.... I was an idiot, absolutly loving the realism and his personality. Your respect for nature as well. Thanks for uploading these!!
