Trust me, when you have been in life or death situations you’ll understand how much of a fool Bear Grylls is (as some understanding people already said, he takes risks that in reality shouldn’t even be considered!) Les Stroud also takes some unnecessary risks in some situations (but at least he actually “SURVIVES”)!

Both Bear Grylls and Les Stroud are good at surviving, but in who is “fake” then BOTH are in certain ways, nether can be compared because they have totally different personalities!
But come, on who cares, its JUST a TV show!

Is you want someone who actually teaches you about the recourses and edible foods around you, I would advise you to watch Ray Mears (who is also “fake”, but has a show “Wild Food”, there are many more survival series with Ray Mears) who is my favorite in terms of Food Knowledge, Les Stroud in Actual Survival and Bear Grylls in Entertainment.

Wild Food (by Ray Mears): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxG_84TU17Y

Just because people are writing, dosent mean you need to group up and comment (stuff like BEAR GRYLLS ROCKS!!!!!!! and survivor man suks his own balls, when you apparently have NO knowledge at all and can’t spell either), its just entertainment, a tv show.

Go jump out of a plane with a parachute (you probably wouldn’t even survive the landing!) spend a week in the Kalahari (you’d become a piece of toast even before you made a fire!), if you want some survival information, get it first had (like these guys say):

Comment by mizeri420b
2011-07-15 11:34:54

Les Stroud for sure; he’s not depending on others to do his shit for him. If your stuck out in the woods your not going to be doing stupid shit and killing yourself; your going to sit still until you can find enough food so you don’t black out and wake up getting eatin by bobcats while your runnin around like a dumbass. Just remember Bear Grylls my be energetic and interesting but the grizzly man was too and his ass got eatin by a bear haha.
And do come back with that shit about “your retarded you don’t know shit” I was raised to live off the land and yet none of your fuckers can go without a phone for a hour or better yet won’t fuckin even walk 10 feet without sweating more than a fat man chasing after a twinky uphill.

Comment by rdjp0035
2010-11-03 10:25:45

Bear Grylls is extremely dangerous, takes many foolish risks and wastes his energy doing outragous stunts. In a realistic survival situation-why would you risk your life and waste your energy. For example – The episode where Bear crosses a valley with rope and the rope snaps, he is lucky to be alive. I would not take these unnecessary risks. With Les, I like to see him learning from the true survivalists with his new show, Beyond Survival. Some authentic skills can be learned from aboriginals native to those areas of the world. It is best to learn basic survival skills if one day you find yourself or family in these situations. Both can offer survival techniques that can may save your life, I am sure someone somewhere by now ahd utiized these skills to save their own lives. Also, taking the time to research other sources of survival will also be helpful.

Comment by LBLM
2010-03-30 11:19:42

My Fiance & I are big fans of Les Stroud. We see him as a true survivorman and he isnt all about the money. There was this episode he did called “Off The Grid”. Les & his family rebuild a home for themselves, they decided to use 100% Solar Energy panels for their home.. no electricity lines.. I think thats a great idea, he cares alot about the enviroment and he is all about nature. He is very independant as well, He is only one out there with his camera recording his shows.. When it comes down to Man vs Wild, Bear Grylls has the whole crew with him and he stays in hotels on the side.. He makes himself look like a real trooper but in our eyes he isnt nothing.. he is fake and all about the money.. Bear isnt proving anything to anybody by jumping off cliffs … the first day of Les’s journey he barely eats anything until the next day.. He cares more about having a shelter & a fire to keep him warm.. I think thats a great thing.. I dont understand with Bear.. biting off a snake’s head the first 5 mins of his show LOL.. Like I said.. I dont have much respect for Bear Grylls and his show… I think most of his techinques will get someone killed… I’ve heard that from many people already lol

Read this comment its PERFECT for improving your knowledge:

Comment by Wreck
2010-02-03 13:10:10

The reason I like Bear Grylls is the fact that he is entertaining. He’s hilarious in a stupidly charming way. Pretty much reminiscent of Steve Irwin. If you combine Steve Irwin + Steve-O you pretty much get Bear Grylls.

Well get this, all those people like Steve Irwin and Grizly Man, they died from their OWN knowledge. That is what is going to happen if you try climbing down a 300 ft drop, eating a Rattle Snake or any of the risky things Bear Grylls does.

So if you die trying then you’ll have learnt the hard-way!

better drink my own p—

I think he’s totally amazing. When you are this good, you will always attract jealous detractors.

Les is more realistic, he ain’t afraid of being alone in the dark. His show may have a dreary side to it, but life can’t just be lollipops at the candy shoppe.
Bear, is where we go for our comic relief, and when we want to watch someone nearly kill himself.

I’m on Les’ side, as I prefer the darker side of life, but I respect both of those awesome men!

SAS
Summit of Everest at age 23
Crossed the North Atlantic in an rigid-inflatable boat
Mountain climbing in Antartica
Another rigid-inflatable boat through the Northwest Passage

Its not like hes not bad ass