Bear Grylls is not only a fraud, but can be dangerous to anyone who watched the show, and ever ends up in a survival situation themselves. It seems he is more inclined to be out playing Rambo and showing off his skills and toughness than teaching survival skills that could actually save someones life, I dont know how many times he had to climb that dangerous slipperly cliff face without proper equipment, or take a much more dangerous route to save an hour or two, one slip and your either dead, or would be in serious trouble. I remember one episode he stripped down and jumped in a frigid flowing creek and it was -30 out or something ridiculous, it was not a huge span, I am sure it was not his only option and could have crossed without jumping in and getting him and his camera man in serious trouble, but I guess that dosnt make exciting TV. I just would not take alot of those same risks if I was surviving on my own unless for some reason I did not have much time, surviving would be goal one, not how fast I can rescue myself. Has anyone actually seen him start a fire without his flint?
Survivorman, much more real, I have to hand it to that guy, unfortuneatly hes in his last season as apparently its taken too much of a toll on him, but I truly believe hes alot more realistic than the other shows that followed survivormans format, guy has balls the size of cannons. I remember one episode he was being stocked by a jaguar and had to ditch his shelter and make his way back to the camp where his crew was based out of some 13 miles away, that would be one crappy walk, especially in the middle of the night alone with only the light from his video camera being stocked by a man eating cat.