What would you ask Bear Grylls?

[FelixDeCat]

Ask him what it was like drinking urine, inserting it anally via enema (yeah he really did that) and pouring it on his head, knowing how toxic it was.

While I like the dude, everytime I see him I think he's a "piss head".

 

[Nik]

Exactly.

Also, having hated Man V Wild for a long time, I have come to realize there is a little survival value, and it's for entertainment. He shows you how to get out of stuff once it goes bad. Such as showing you what to do once you've fallen in the frozen pond. Though there is a lot of stuff he does that he makes seem like a good idea, but it terrible. Climbing anything he can springs to mind immediately.

btw, I do wilderness survival for entertainment. As in, hardcore. As in, I carry a knife and my survival kit into the woods for a few days. I have to say. I would be pretty desperate to eat half the crap he does. 1 rule that bugs me the most NEVER EAT REPTILES OR BUGS WITHOUT COOKING THEM. Such a bad idea.

Oh? Good to know

 

[TheVrolok]

Is his show less badass than Les Stroud's? Yeah. But calling him a bitch is absolutely fucking ridiculous. Dude jumped out of a plane, had a shoot malfunction, fractured a few vertebrae that came very close to paralyzing him ... then climbed Everest about a year later to become one of the youngest people to ever do it .. at age 23. Dude is fucking hardcore.

 

[irishScott]

So when you've reached the shore and are eating mussels and desalinating water, exactly how did you trek the presumably hundreds of miles back to the nearest town, bargain for help there, and get back home, after the end-credits?

 

[Ballatician]

Agree, survivorman is a better show and the guy is more hardcore. I won't call grylls a bitch though, he is just less hardcore about it.

Still, man v wild annoys the crap out of me. Some of it seems so fake and its as if he takes the path of most resistance on purpose just to get into a retarded situation.

If you want to watch a show about danger and extreme situations, man v wild is it but if you are interested in survival only, then survivorman is the obv choice.

 

[duragezic]

Is his show less badass than Les Stroud's? Yeah. But calling him a bitch is absolutely fucking ridiculous. Dude jumped out of a plane, had a shoot malfunction, fractured a few vertebrae that came very close to paralyzing him ... then climbed Everest about a year later to become one of the youngest people to ever do it .. at age 23. Dude is fucking hardcore.

Yeah I can't believe he does jumps still.

10 years ago I was snowboarding and went off a jump all wrong and landed on my shoulder. Hurt like hell and ended up tearing my rotator cuff. For a while after that I was nervous whenever going off of jumps. I ate shit on rails a few times (hurts like hell) and man I never felt comfortable on them because of that.

So point being when something bad happens you're kind of like "er, don't want to do that again". And breaking your back from skydiving is a hell of a bigger deal than hurting yourself on a snowboard!

 

[ViviTheMage]

yes, survivor man is more hardcore, but don't be a douche. bear grylls takes a twelve inch nature dong up the ass, les stroud does it without lube. who cares.

whoopedy fucking shit, he has a crew to help him film a nature show. go yell at martha stewart for not showing you how to make a thanksgiving centerpiece out of pinecones while starving to death in the woods.

haha, quality response.

 

[dainthomas]

Exactly.

Also, having hated Man V Wild for a long time, I have come to realize there is a little survival value, and it's for entertainment. He shows you how to get out of stuff once it goes bad. Such as showing you what to do once you've fallen in the frozen pond. Though there is a lot of stuff he does that he makes seem like a good idea, but it terrible. Climbing anything he can springs to mind immediately.

This reminds me of The Will Ferrell episode again, where he climbed a tree to supposedly get a better view or something. Anyone who was REALLY lost and did that would totally deserve it when they fell, got a compound fracture, and died a slow painful death. I always thought the main rule was either find a stream and go down it, or pick a bearing and stay on it.

 

[Papagayo]

Dead or Alive,
Please don't eat anymore balls..
It gives me the heebee jeebees..

 

[Mr. Lennon]

would ask him has there ever been a situation where he was afraid for his life. say what you will about him having a crew following him around and the more pre-scripted nature of his show versus Survivor Man, but some of the stuff he does is scary as shit to me.

ex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VefG-FuMYA

Wow fuck that.

 

[BoomerD]

Boy, is you stupid??

 

[QuantumPion]

Les Stroud = professional survivalist that knows what he's doing and would survive any kind of TEOTWAWKI scenario imaginable.

Bear Grylls = prostitute (e.g. kenny from that episode of south park where people pay him to do gross things on TV).

 

[zinfamous]

yes, survivor man is more hardcore, but don't be a douche. bear grylls takes a twelve inch nature dong up the ass, les stroud does it without lube. who cares.

whoopedy fucking shit, he has a crew to help him film a nature show. go yell at martha stewart for not showing you how to make a thanksgiving centerpiece out of pinecones while starving to death in the woods.

this response is perfect.

 

[zinfamous]

Isn't Bear Grylls former SAS?

 

[gorcorps]

yes, survivor man is more hardcore, but don't be a douche. bear grylls takes a twelve inch nature dong up the ass, les stroud does it without lube. who cares.

whoopedy fucking shit, he has a crew to help him film a nature show. go yell at martha stewart for not showing you how to make a thanksgiving centerpiece out of pinecones while starving to death in the woods.

this x 10000000

Can't believe you have the nerve to call one of the most badass people on the fucking planet a bitch OP...

I rarely wish true harm on somebody, but OP... I hope you crash your car into a wall, and it bursts into flames, then Bear Grylls himself puts it out with his own urine. In this way you're physically harmed, totally embarrassed, yet still alive to live with the shame.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

Why he doesn't carry his own cameras like a real man - Les stroud

it's a big deal.

(2700th post)

sorry to cut it short earlier. But its a big deal because Bear admitted several years ago that he frequently stayed with his camera crew in their tents and they carried rations for him. so its not nearly as impressive as lugging 50lbs of camera gear out into the wild for 7 days. Les is more about surviving, bear is just out there to flex nuts

Besides Les Stroud got stalked by a Leopard....a fucking leopard.

 

[Printer Bandit]

would ask him has there ever been a situation where he was afraid for his life. say what you will about him having a crew following him around and the more pre-scripted nature of his show versus Survivor Man, but some of the stuff he does is scary as shit to me.

ex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VefG-FuMYA

my heart is pounding just watching that !!!

 

[Electric Amish]

Yeah, what a pussy climbing Everest, serving in the SAS and survivor of a 1600 foot free-fall after his canopy tore.

Ask him why he's such a pussy to his face.

 

[hanoverphist]

I would like to ask Mr Bear

"How does it feel knowing that you are more awesome and more powerful than Chuck Norris?"


I went there

Norris is a karate expert turned actor, Bear does that shit for real!

fixed that for ya. :sneaky:

regardless if his show is too scripted or whatever, most of the physical feats that guy does (whether for good reason or for giggles) are amazing, id love to have the skill he has. id make my own show about survival and sleep in tents filled with junk food, college chicks and beer every night after the cameras turned off.

 

[nakedfrog]

Why he doesn't carry his own cameras like a real man - Les stroud

it's a big deal.

(2700th post)

sorry to cut it short earlier. But its a big deal because Bear admitted several years ago that he frequently stayed with his camera crew in their tents and they carried rations for him. so its not nearly as impressive as lugging 50lbs of camera gear out into the wild for 7 days. Les is more about surviving, bear is just out there to flex nuts

Besides Les Stroud got stalked by a Leopard....a fucking leopard.

Bear is out there to make a show that isn't dry as hell. It's entertainment versus documentary.

 

[Alienwho]

You guys are really harping on the op. For what it's worth I thought the OP's post was pretty funny and if you ask the question in gest it should be good for a laugh. I'd be interested in seeing how Bear reacts to it, I'm sure he'd be cool.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

Bear is out there to make a show that isn't dry as hell. It's entertainment versus documentary.

exactly..hes just flexing nuts showing off...where as les tells you how it is. Which imo is more entertaining than bear show off.

 

[Printer Bandit]

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2008/11/07/survivorman-tv.html

 

[SlitheryDee]

What's wrong with you?

 

[SoulAssassin]

I'll repeat my earlier comment because I meant it and everyone can feel free to wish my death in whatever way you see fit. Bear aka Ted aka Teddy Bear is a bitch. The point is not whether he could kick my ass or what he's put in his mouth, it's that he (and the producers of the show) deceived the audience and for that he earns the bitch title. All respect I have for him goes away.

He told the story of climbing Everest and it was a good story but he's not the greatest public speaker. No umms or ahhs or anything like that, just not very emotional during most of the presentation even when describing things like a dying climber calling his wife via sat phone. Surprising for someone with a tv show. I decided to not start any trouble partially because I didn't want to be "that guy" at a work thing and partially because I couldn't think of the perfect question.