Bear Grylis - for real?

[uk_vette]

Hi all,

I have watched a few of Bear's documentaries recently, and I wonder how much help he gets from the camera crew?

Does he have stuff like a sat. phone incase things really go pear shaped?

What about all that stuff he eats?
I guess he must have some stomach problems off camera.

Gra.

[boobles]

Don't be fooled by everything he does! He has a massive backup team "just in case"

[anonymous-user]

Don't forget there was that incident a couple of years ago where he was 'busted' staying in a hotel each night whilst filming a series of episodes that depicted him being abandoned in the wild for days on end without shelter.

I can just imagine him smashing up the Corby trouser press for firewood if there was a bit of a cold draught through the hotel room window...

[Robb F]

An entertainment TV show, nothing more.

Now Ray Mears, he knows how to survive. Whilst Bear is out sucking juice from elephant crap, Ray's cooking up a mushroom and reed stew with wild potatoes and herbs.

And everything is 'delicious'

[anonymous-user]

Robb F said:

An entertainment TV show, nothing more.

Now Ray Mears, he knows how to survive. Whilst Bear is out sucking juice from elephant crap, Ray's cooking up a mushroom and reed stew with wild potatoes and herbs.

And everything is 'delicious'

After whittling a perfectly formed spoon from a 75ft tree.

[Cyder]

I'm pretty sure that in one of Bear Grylls' episodes he explains the work that the behind the scenes team do during filming and is quite open on the fact a lot is set up and rigged for the camera.

[anonymous-user]

Bear is pretty real, gets help but he is still pushing himself.
Former SAS
Climbed everest very young
And does all this.

Fair play to the man.

[crofty1984]

If I'm lost in the wilderness I'll take Ray Mears. That boy looks like he knows how to find food.

[hornetrider]

Plenty of hits for Bear Grylls fake on google. Various stories abound.

[anonymous-user]

hornetrider said:

Plenty of hits for Bear Grylls fake on google. Various stories abound.

Plenty of hits for real life dinosaur footage as well.

[crofty1984]

PSBuckshot said:

Bear is pretty real, gets help but he is still pushing himself.
Former SAS
Climbed everest very young
And does all this.

Fair play to the man.

I don't think most people are suggesting Bear hasn't done it or isn't able to, but the TV show is at least partly staged.

[CedGTV]

crofty1984 said:

If I'm lost in the wilderness I'll take Ray Mears. That boy looks like he knows how to find food.

He certainly could sniff out a Maccy-D's from miles away.

My son hero worships Bear Gryils, but still hides behind the cushions when he's getting down and chewy with a frog, or toad, or snake...... and isn't he the Head Scout, or Top Cub or something like that.

[anonymous-user]

crofty1984 said:

I don't think most people are suggesting Bear hasn't done it or isn't able to, but the TV show is at least partly staged.

Yeah I'll agree with that. He has done some specials where he shows how its all done though.

[GravelBen]

crofty1984 said:

PSBuckshot said:

Bear is pretty real, gets help but he is still pushing himself.
Former SAS
Climbed everest very young
And does all this.

Fair play to the man.

I don't think most people are suggesting Bear hasn't done it or isn't able to, but the TV show is at least partly staged.

The bloke himself is a genuine adventurer type (as said climbed Everest, also crossed the North Atlantic in an open lifeguard boat) but the tv show is more about entertainment and seeing some interesting places.

[williamp]

watch this then make your mind up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UpSlpvb1is

[hornetrider]

PSBuckshot said:

Plenty of hits for real life dinosaur footage as well.

I've seen enough to say that some of what he does is a steaming pile. There was footage he claimed he was in the middle of nowhere, where as in fact there were tourist buses a few hundred yards away.

[KB_S1]

The guy flew over Everest in a paraglider.
That gives him some leeway for dramatisation and setups on other shows in my opinion.

[ShayneJ]

While he may well be able to to most/all of whats portrayed

IT'S TV

you can give the viewers a taste of the wild without actually having
to endure the less pallitable aspects of it!

[DannyScene]

CedGTV said:

crofty1984 said:

If I'm lost in the wilderness I'll take Ray Mears. That boy looks like he knows how to find food.

He certainly could sniff out a Maccy-D's from miles away.

My son hero worships Bear Gryils, but still hides behind the cushions when he's getting down and chewy with a frog, or toad, or snake...... and isn't he the Head Scout, or Top Cub or something like that.

Yup he's Cheif Scout.

Climbed everest at 23 and he circum-navigated Britain on a jetski, he's the youngest ever Cheif Scout at 35.

Top bloke in my eyes, much prefer him to Ray Mears

[Sheets Tabuer]

They guy drinks piss and poo water, he clearly needs to go and see someone.