SAS: Who Dares Wins

[Scabutz]

jammy-git said:

I'm amazed how hard they're going on the lasses, I'm sure they'll be complaints about some of the remarks they've made....

Ant doesn't agree with allowing women in SF. He had a ding dong in Twitter a while back about it. Think he's making a point that they have to be the same as the men, but most cant

[Halb]

I would think the cache of men who could be accepted by Ant is small, and the women cache is a bit smaller. If a lady does make it and get his respect, she'll have earned it.

[Muncher]

If I recall rightly from his book he said that he wasn’t bothered by women being allowed in the SF because, based on what women had achieved thus far in terms of physical performance in selection exercises, they had very little chance of ever making the grade.

[Scabutz]

Muncher said:

If I recall rightly from his book he said that he wasn’t bothered by women being allowed in the SF because, based on what women had achieved thus far in terms of physical performance in selection exercises, they had very little chance of ever making the grade.

Yeah. The argument he had on Twitter was about not making it easier for women. They had to pass the same course as men. He has also said that he thinks there is no benefit to having women in.

[Halb]

them swedes make 'em extra tough.

[Spoonz_]

I'm pretty confident that I would have handed my number over when asked to get up an hour after going to sleep. Let alone asked to hold a bolder over my head....

[Scabutz]

Enjoyed this episode. Some good characters and great scenery and tasks.

Int he earlier series I didn't like Billy much. But since following him on Insta I have really grown to like him, seems like a really decent guy behind the gruff persona on TV. When the woman was crying and moaning and he said "Are you having a baby? ..No well shut the fk up then"

[mcelliott]

Scabutz said:

Enjoyed this episode. Some good characters and great scenery and tasks.

Int he earlier series I didn't like Billy much. But since following him on Insta I have really grown to like him, seems like a really decent guy behind the gruff persona on TV. When the woman was crying and moaning and he said "Are you having a baby? ..No well shut the fk up then"

Billys a really nice guy IRL, much nicer than Ant.

[ewolg]

Halb said:

religious fking prick, he's taken a spot off someone who deserved to be there.

Happened last year too I think. If you get upset because of your imaginary friend, don't take part in something real..

[jammy-git]

There's people that drop out within hours every year, don't think it matters if it's over religious reasons or not.

[fiatpower]

jammy-git said:

There's people that drop out within hours every year, don't think it matters if it's over religious reasons or not.

I’m suprised number 13 hasn’t jacked already!

[Ayahuasca]

fiatpower said:

jammy-git said:

There's people that drop out within hours every year, don't think it matters if it's over religious reasons or not.

I’m suprised number 13 hasn’t jacked already!

She will do just fine when she is in the Royal Marines.


I hope number 1 (the Scottish blonde girl) does well, hopefully just a matter of acclimatising to the altitude before she regains her fitness.

Boy-girl milling will be tough on the boys - if they lose, they are a wimp who got beat by a woman, if they win they are a nasty brute who hits women.

[kingkongsfinger]

Not sure if No. 13 would pass the 32 week RMC training, especially the bottom field assault course and the last four commando tests, but you never know.

[Halb]

jammy-git said:

There's people that drop out within hours every year, don't think it matters if it's over religious reasons or not.

It matters. The other two that dropped out at least attempted stuff and it was down to the brutal physicality of the tasks, which is to be expected and is what this programme is about. THe religious bloke dropped out because of the toilet arrangements, it's something that he should have put more though into, he's a selfish prick.

[P-Jay]

Enjoyed that, I guess even the Gammons can stop moaning about them "going easy on the girls".

Looks really hard, I've cycled a bit at altitude, but not 2500m, it's a strange and unpleasant sensation, you feel normal when resting (might be different at 2500m) but you just can't move as quick, like running through invisible treacle and tire really quickly, it catches you out at first because you can't pace yourself.

[Ayahuasca]

3000m is not that high, I have been running up hills at that altitude and it is do-able. People run marathons at 3000m. But you cannot perform at the level you could at sea level. If you try you will hit a brick wall.

[TheRainMaker]

Wonder how number 9 is going to be used and if she braeks cover to help someone get through it.

Either way, nice twist to the programme.

[V8mate]

TheRainMaker said:

Wonder how number 9 is going to be used and if she braeks cover to help someone get through it.

Either way, nice twist to the programme.

They've had pro moles on previous series.

[daddy cool]

P-Jay said:

Enjoyed that, I guess even the Gammons can stop moaning about them "going easy on the girls".

Well.... [Gammon activated] although I cant say I had a particularly clear view as the camera moved about, it did *appear* that the blokes were holding much bigger rocks over their heads than the ladies. Hopefully they were either dished out completely randomly, or the rock-size was paired to body-size regardless of gender, but it did look like they had a bit of benefit on that one [/Gammon]

Not on the "carry your partner" exercise though - oof!

[V8mate]

It was a case of strong editing - and bear in mind that the editing will have been done after the full two week exercise had been completed.

There were plenty of shots of chaps moving along with their heads hanging. I'm pretty sure the editors will have started with a heavy focus on the girls for us, later in the series, to see a couple flourish, just like only a couple of men will reach the latter stages.