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deannaramaAug 21, 2010
Les Stroud is my hero. Bear Grylls can suck it.
igorunchainedAug 21, 2010
Only 3 comments at the time I got here and you already beat me to what I was going to say.
Les is a true hero...he embodies every aspect of manhood that I aspire to.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
Especially if that thing he's sucking is some nasty worm he found under a rock while Les builds a rabbit snare.
shnarfAug 23, 2010
I have a feeling that bear grylls does suck it.
genericdiggerAug 21, 2010
Sounds stressful.
ptoomeyAug 21, 2010
Real survival in real situations with no fake s**t. This guy is the real deal. Sorry Bear, you're mildly entertaining to watch but you're no Les Stroud.
garofoliAug 21, 2010
Les Stroud actually survives. Bear Grylls stays in hotels...
madcaps1980Aug 21, 2010
FTA: "We had seven of us crammed into this little hut that was covered in rooster s**t with massive spiders above our head and screaming babies three feet away with just a rickety wall between."
f**k that!!
Who wants to deal with screaming babies?
vintersemestreAug 21, 2010
Thought I would comment before a Les vs. Bear discussion, but I wasn't fast enough.
Anyways, I've seen just about everything Les has done, including Snowshoes and Solitude. I must say that I have a lot of respect and admiration for the guy. He's simply amazing.
syntraftwAug 21, 2010
Where'd you find Snowshoes and Solitude?!
vintersemestreAug 21, 2010
I found a torrent way back. Unfortunately, that was like two hard drives ago. It may still be up somewhere.
factsrgoodAug 21, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UpSlpvb1is
Actually man vs. civilization would be a much harder completion. Most people die prematurely, fat and broke .
adhdocdAug 21, 2010
Bear says.... I'm on a glaceeeer on a zebraaaa....
pikkonxAug 21, 2010
Loved Survivorman, but what's up with all the hypothetical situations he's always talking himself into?
"If I had tripped on that tree branch, I would have broken my femur, a collarbone, and 3 ribs on each side."
"If I didn't just find that creek, I would have been dead from dehydration in two hours."
"If I didn't avoid that snake, I would have died from the venom and no one would ever find me."
"Two years ago, 3 teenagers were eaten by a bear in this area. If I don't hurry up and find shelter, I'll be next." Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
falldogAug 21, 2010
That GoPro HD camera he's talking about looks pretty bad ass.
danisthAug 21, 2010
While Les is definitely more badass you should check out Ray Mears for a cool survival perspective. He deals more with ancient tradition and practices and I would say is a more educational experience.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
jaysunliAug 21, 2010
Yeah, Funny you should bring that up.
If you would read the article the latest show Les is doing is exactly that.
Learning ancient traditions with the last surviving tribes on the planet.
bermudianguyAug 21, 2010
His show is interesting but I remember when he came to my old high school for a Q&A session and flatly refused to answer any questions about his TV show or survivalism, it was the strangest thing.Probally the quietest and most boring Q&A session ever.
gekkeijyuAug 21, 2010
probably because he's sick of all the stupid questions kids would ask him, whether its hypothetical survival situations (would you rather fight a bear or swim through a piranha-infested river?) or stupid fanboy questions (in season 2, episode 8....)
dude has led an interesting life, he probably has the craziest stories to tell. i once read that he lived 6 months in the alaska wilderness, living off the land. there's no way a Q&A with him would be boring, even without suvival/tv questions
timedoutAug 21, 2010
Les Stroud is quite possibly the best teacher I have ever seen.
haldir11Aug 21, 2010
Screw Les Stroud, all the guy does is complain about everything, and comes up with, as already said, hypothetically situation. Cool you can survive but that doesn't mean the show is entertaining at all to watch. Also, it seems like half the episodes, he seems to abandon surviving and walk the two feet to his camp because he's "Dying of Heatstroke".
To those who say Bear Grylls is a fake, then please, please get off your computer and climb Everest. Or please join the SAS. Or please dangle 200 feet up from a chain attached to a cell tower. Please partake in any of the activities Bear does in his shows and maybe just maybe I'll listen to you for a minute. Cool maybe, just maybe, he sleeps in a hotel here and there. (Which is most likely B.S), still doesn't mean that when he climbs a 100 ft tall tree, its all CGI.
Bear survives how he personally would survive. Yes, Les, staying in one spot is possibly the smarter thing to do for ordinary folk, but I don't care. I doubt I'll ever travel to the Sahara desert and get lost by myself. Bear, due to the fact that hes awesome, survives differently because he was trained to survive differently.
TL;DR: BEAR GRYLLS > LES STROUDComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
cedexAug 21, 2010
We're not saying Bear Grylls is fake, having climbed Everest and made the elite SAS, but it's his show Man Vs Wild that's a bit absurd.
First off, he presents survival techniques that can only be accomplished by less than 1% of the world population. For instance, he had to cross some sort of valley, so he breaks a tree to lay across the gap, then hangs from his arms and monkey bars it across. Or how he needs to cross a water obstacle by swimming across rapids, and making a boat out of glacier ice. WTF?
publiclurkerAug 21, 2010
Thirdly, he has been caught staging things and actually spending nights in a hotel. Grylls is an entertainer, Stroud is the survivorman.
variouspicklesAug 21, 2010
Bear Grylls gives nothing but terrible, terrible survival advice. Literally 95% of the things he says would more than likely get you killed.
cyberdorkAug 21, 2010
@Haldir11:
Just watch these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UpSlpvb1is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBmhNA7JME4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT6Bh3A0Fu0
I agree Bear is fun to watch, but his show is completely fake.
They painted rocks orange and put burning coal between them to make it look like Bear is walking on hot lava!
And while he pretends he is just with one camera guy in the jungle there are actually a dozen people behind the camera, including a safety guy who attaches Bear to a safety line whenever he climbs down some cliffs... Just watch the videos. Or don't do it if you want to be able to continue enjoying his show.
schmapdiAug 21, 2010
Survivorman was the only "survival guy" show worth watching, I was dissapointed when it ended. I caught that new husband and wife survival show tonight and it seemed very scripted to me.
That hippy and the sniper survival show is decent I guess, but nowhere near the quality of Survivorman.
gekkeijyuAug 21, 2010
that was the ultimate survival show. i can't imagine many people having the balls (or skill) to do such a show. it looks like he ups the ante in this new series though. i can't wait to watch it...
dasbeefAug 21, 2010
Dugg for Les Stroud