re: Bear Grylls or Survivorman?

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Which is not true since a shelter created by a team of trained crew people and provided food aren't analogous to real survival.

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dude, he doesn't have a week to do this shite! The point is to show how its done and off to next task. I'm sure if he was really lost he can build a badass shelter and find his food on his own. Its about Man vs Wild....not man sits in one area and survives in the wild. So of course there is gonna be a time lapsed.

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The point is that Everest will not teach you the skills you need to spend a week in the woods catching food just as Med School won't teach you to fix a car.

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My Everest point is more about creating a survivors mentality, it will help with morale and sanity if you're lost I'm sure. A sense of accomplishment can go a long way.

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If you are choosing it for the sensationalism aspect of it then don't make claims like

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that last comment you're referring to was an attempt at humor FWIW

If you think that Bear isn't capable of doing everything that Stroud does you're kidding yourself