turns out he was sleeping in hotels sometimes when he was supposed to be outdoors. :P
man vs.wild busted
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what's your source on this?
LOL ,
Dosn't Surprise me.
I wonder how many Camera Crew members follow him also.
Dosn't Surprise me.
I wonder how many Camera Crew members follow him also.
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_21293908.shtml
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Bear Grylls Of Discovery Channel's "Man Vs. Wild" Is A Fraud!
by Gia Cortina
Bear Grylls of Discovery Channel's "Man vs. Wild" is now being called a fraud! In the show, Bear appears to be battling the elements, building shelter and even eating live animals to survive! Now however, we find out that some of it is not true.
Sources have reported that Bear is nothing but a big fraud. They say that producers make it look like he's braving it, but when the cameras are off, Bear checks into a luxury hotel, reports Dlisted.
A consultant to the show, Mark Weinhart confirmed that the show is mostly fake. Weinhart said that an episode where Bear is seen camping in the mountains and biting the heads off of snakes, he was in reality spending nights in a hotel - complete with a spa and internet access. In another episode, Bear was stranded on a deserted island, but he was really staying at a hotel in Hawaii.
The Discovery Channel decided to launch their own investigation to find out the truth. They said:
"Discovery Communications has learned that isolated elements of the 'Man vs. Wild' show in some episodes were not natural to the environment, and that for health and safety concerns the crew and host received some survival assistance while in the field," a spokeswoman for the network said. "Moving forward, the program will be 100 percent transparent and all elements of the filming will be explained up-front to our viewers. In addition, shows that are to be repeated will be edited appropriately."
I don't get it. Isn't the whole point of the show to have the public think that super-human Bear can survive under any conditions? Will the show have any draw if they actually show the truth?
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Bear Grylls Of Discovery Channel's "Man Vs. Wild" Is A Fraud!
by Gia Cortina
Bear Grylls of Discovery Channel's "Man vs. Wild" is now being called a fraud! In the show, Bear appears to be battling the elements, building shelter and even eating live animals to survive! Now however, we find out that some of it is not true.
Sources have reported that Bear is nothing but a big fraud. They say that producers make it look like he's braving it, but when the cameras are off, Bear checks into a luxury hotel, reports Dlisted.
A consultant to the show, Mark Weinhart confirmed that the show is mostly fake. Weinhart said that an episode where Bear is seen camping in the mountains and biting the heads off of snakes, he was in reality spending nights in a hotel - complete with a spa and internet access. In another episode, Bear was stranded on a deserted island, but he was really staying at a hotel in Hawaii.
The Discovery Channel decided to launch their own investigation to find out the truth. They said:
"Discovery Communications has learned that isolated elements of the 'Man vs. Wild' show in some episodes were not natural to the environment, and that for health and safety concerns the crew and host received some survival assistance while in the field," a spokeswoman for the network said. "Moving forward, the program will be 100 percent transparent and all elements of the filming will be explained up-front to our viewers. In addition, shows that are to be repeated will be edited appropriately."
I don't get it. Isn't the whole point of the show to have the public think that super-human Bear can survive under any conditions? Will the show have any draw if they actually show the truth?
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LMAO
It was obvious to many of us and I voiced my opinion on another thread.
The real survivorman is back with new episodes starting 8/15 on the science channel
Jim
It was obvious to many of us and I voiced my opinion on another thread.
The real survivorman is back with new episodes starting 8/15 on the science channel
Jim
Gypsy Heart
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Who cares....Grylls has already done more in his lifetime than alot of us will ever accomplish....If he wants to spend a few nights in a hotel or sit down to a steak after biting a snakes head off while it was alive....good for him....Its TV....and they are going to film it the way they want....
Do you think on any of the survivor shows that they were actually starving while a entire crew sat down to pancakes and eggs.....?
Grylls passed UK Special Forces Selection, serving as a Sabre soldier, trained in unarmed combat, desert and winter warfare, combat survival, medics, parachuting, signals, evasive driving, climbing and explosives.
He served for 3 years in 21 SAS, one of two Territorial Army regiments in the Special Air Service referred to as the "SAS(R)". 21 SAS specializes in Close Target Reconnaissance and attack(CTR). During his time with 21 SAS Grylls served actively in North Africa twice. His military career ended abruptly, however, in 1996, when a routine parachute exercise in southern Africa went wrong[citation needed]. His canopy ripped severely and caused him to spiral towards earth from 16,000ft at twice the normal speed, leaving him with three broken vertebrae and left him struggling to feel his legs. Grylls spent the next 12 months in rehabilitation and, with his military career over, directed his efforts into trying to get well enough to fulfill his childhood dream of climbing Everest.
Grylls no longer serves in the British Special Forces but he was awarded the honorary rank of Lieutenant Commander in the UK's Royal Naval Reserve.
Grylls' first book titled Facing Up, went into the UK top 10 best-seller list, and was launched in the USA titled, The Kid Who Climbed Everest. Its subject is his expedition, at 23 years old, to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. The book details the climb, from his first reconnaissance climb on which he fell in a crevasse and was knocked unconscious, coming to swinging on the end of a rope, to the grueling ascent that took him over ninety days of extreme weather, sleep deprivation and almost running out of oxygen inside the death zone.
Grylls' second book Facing the Frozen Ocean was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2004, it describes how - with a team of five men - he completed the first unassisted crossing of the frozen North Atlantic, Arctic Ocean in a rigid inflatable boat. He was awarded an Honorary commission in the Royal Navy, as a Lieutenant-Commander for this feat.
Grylls has a close relationship with several charitable organisations; many of his expeditions and stunts raise large sums of money for them.
Global Angels, a UK charity which seeks to aid needy children around the world, were the beneficiaries of his 2007 attempt to take a powered paraglider higher than Everest.
Grylls's attempt to hold the highest ever dinner party at 25,000 feet was in aid of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme and launched the 50th anniversary of the Awards.
His attempt to circumnavigate Britain on jetskis raised money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Lifeboats.
Grylls' Everest climb was in aid of SSAFA Forces, a British-based charitable organisation set up to help former and serving members of the United Kingdom armed forces and their families.
His 2003 Arctic expedition detailed in the book Facing the Frozen Ocean was in aid of The Prince's Trust, an organisation which provides training, financial, and practical support to under-privileged young people in Britain. He has now been made an ambassador for The Prince's Trust.
His 2005 attempt to paramotor over the Angel Falls was in aid of the charity Hope & Homes for Children
Grylls is also vice president for The JoLt Trust, a small charity that takes disabled, disadvantaged, abused or neglected young people on challenging month-long expeditions.
Do you think on any of the survivor shows that they were actually starving while a entire crew sat down to pancakes and eggs.....?
Grylls passed UK Special Forces Selection, serving as a Sabre soldier, trained in unarmed combat, desert and winter warfare, combat survival, medics, parachuting, signals, evasive driving, climbing and explosives.
He served for 3 years in 21 SAS, one of two Territorial Army regiments in the Special Air Service referred to as the "SAS(R)". 21 SAS specializes in Close Target Reconnaissance and attack(CTR). During his time with 21 SAS Grylls served actively in North Africa twice. His military career ended abruptly, however, in 1996, when a routine parachute exercise in southern Africa went wrong[citation needed]. His canopy ripped severely and caused him to spiral towards earth from 16,000ft at twice the normal speed, leaving him with three broken vertebrae and left him struggling to feel his legs. Grylls spent the next 12 months in rehabilitation and, with his military career over, directed his efforts into trying to get well enough to fulfill his childhood dream of climbing Everest.
Grylls no longer serves in the British Special Forces but he was awarded the honorary rank of Lieutenant Commander in the UK's Royal Naval Reserve.
Grylls' first book titled Facing Up, went into the UK top 10 best-seller list, and was launched in the USA titled, The Kid Who Climbed Everest. Its subject is his expedition, at 23 years old, to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. The book details the climb, from his first reconnaissance climb on which he fell in a crevasse and was knocked unconscious, coming to swinging on the end of a rope, to the grueling ascent that took him over ninety days of extreme weather, sleep deprivation and almost running out of oxygen inside the death zone.
Grylls' second book Facing the Frozen Ocean was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2004, it describes how - with a team of five men - he completed the first unassisted crossing of the frozen North Atlantic, Arctic Ocean in a rigid inflatable boat. He was awarded an Honorary commission in the Royal Navy, as a Lieutenant-Commander for this feat.
Grylls has a close relationship with several charitable organisations; many of his expeditions and stunts raise large sums of money for them.
Global Angels, a UK charity which seeks to aid needy children around the world, were the beneficiaries of his 2007 attempt to take a powered paraglider higher than Everest.
Grylls's attempt to hold the highest ever dinner party at 25,000 feet was in aid of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme and launched the 50th anniversary of the Awards.
His attempt to circumnavigate Britain on jetskis raised money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Lifeboats.
Grylls' Everest climb was in aid of SSAFA Forces, a British-based charitable organisation set up to help former and serving members of the United Kingdom armed forces and their families.
His 2003 Arctic expedition detailed in the book Facing the Frozen Ocean was in aid of The Prince's Trust, an organisation which provides training, financial, and practical support to under-privileged young people in Britain. He has now been made an ambassador for The Prince's Trust.
His 2005 attempt to paramotor over the Angel Falls was in aid of the charity Hope & Homes for Children
Grylls is also vice president for The JoLt Trust, a small charity that takes disabled, disadvantaged, abused or neglected young people on challenging month-long expeditions.
Gypsy Heart
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bomber said:
But that can be a harrowing adventure in itself....and I have it from high authority that there were no mints on the pillow nor fresh towels.....
Gypsy Heart
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Its just that he reminds me of youEDDEKALB said:sounds like miss G likes his accent
jglunt
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The guy can be the greatest military hero on the face of the earth but the show still stinks, in my opinion. He puts forth that his camera crew does not interfere or assist him in any way....yeah, well I guess he has to call room service himself.
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ROFLMAO
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Gypsy,
Actually, the Survivorman Show does not have a crew. It's the one guy with a couple of cameras he has to lug around with him.
Whatever Grylles' bonafides might be, the truth of the show is not the way he shows it to be. In all that military training, was he taught anything about honesty and integrity? Doesn't look like it.
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Actually, the Survivorman Show does not have a crew. It's the one guy with a couple of cameras he has to lug around with him.
Whatever Grylles' bonafides might be, the truth of the show is not the way he shows it to be. In all that military training, was he taught anything about honesty and integrity? Doesn't look like it.
Best,
Mike
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I don't think any TV show has complete honesty. That being said, Bear has some good info,but the average person wouldn't last very long, taking those kind of risks. The thing I really notice about the two shows, is that it's much easier for guy that has people with him to stay positive, then it is for the guy who don't. 
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Tricia said:Hmm....now which would be more costly...a lawsuit because the show host actually got hurt or died while filming or the risk that the public would figure out it's just a TV show for your entertainment.
Tough call.
Not tough at all! I promise you that EVERY host is well insured. Do you seriously think the networks would hang their collectives a$$e$ out like that? NO WAY! They have armies of lawyers, with piles of releases and agreements. Trust me, they are well isolated from lawsuits.
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So you're saying everything you see on TV is real?
If it's a survival show where the host appears to be trying to survive by himself/herself it's just them against the wilderness?
If they have a handheld camera then it's just them and a tripod?
If anyone answered yes - you are the bread and butter of television. I'm sure the television and movie industries thank you.
If it's a survival show where the host appears to be trying to survive by himself/herself it's just them against the wilderness?
If they have a handheld camera then it's just them and a tripod?
If anyone answered yes - you are the bread and butter of television. I'm sure the television and movie industries thank you.
