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Its very hard to find examples of good survival behaviour in Grylls' work. Essentially, if you are on your own, with no rescue coming, you must be super conser
by feral 16y ago
Its very hard to find examples of good survival behaviour in Grylls' work.
Essentially, if you are on your own, with no rescue coming, you must be super conservative in everything you do. A simple and common broken ankle is now a fatal wound.
With this in mind, you don't charge around everywhere like Grylls does. You don't climb anything you could fall off, you don't make any big jumps. You move slowly and carefully, conserving energy and minimising risk.
Pretty much everything he does, from start to finish, as he runs around for the camera, while entertaining television, is a terrible survival template. You find very few experienced mountain guides that run around like Bear does.
- avar 16y agoYou said it better than I could have. The only cases of genuine survival behavior I can recall on the show are the segments where he discusses what local plants are safe to eat, or how one might acquire water in some seemingly dry locations.
- jeebusroxors 16y agoI think the entire notion of finding your way back is silly. One of the keys of survival is letting someone know where you are and when you will be back. If you go missing, people will come looking with a general idea of where you are, and how far you could have traveled. Once you start trekking around because you saw a river and rivers always lead to civilizations, that's what Bear said, you start increasing the area you could be, while wasting calories and risking injury. Conserve your energy, make yourself visible (fire, mirror, bright colors, signals), and try to have a decent time.