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The show has been criticized for fabricating some of the situations Grylls finds himself in. In 2006 it was revealed that Born Survivor misled viewers into believing that Grylls was stranded in the wild alone when he was not and Channel 4 suspended the show for a few weeks.[8] The issue of scenes being manipulated was raised by Mark Weinert, a U.S. survival consultant. He told the UK's Sunday Times that Grylls spent nights in a motel in Hawaii when he was claiming to be stranded on a desert island. Mr Weinert also alleged that a raft was put together by team members before being taken apart so Grylls could be filmed building it.[9]
These incidents were confirmed by Channel 4, who argued that it was not a documentary, but a "how-to" guide to survival, implying that staged scenes were acceptable in that context.[10][11][12][13] Discovery and Channel 4 aired re-edited episodes, removing elements that were too planned, with a fresh voice-over and a preceding announcement pointing out that some situations are "presented to Bear to show the viewer how to survive".
Survivalist Ray Mears has labelled Grylls a "boy scout" (a somewhat ironic comment given that Grylls was later appointed to the role of Chief Scout of the UK), and a "'showman' who uses TV trickery on his programme",[citation needed] although it was pointed out by some that these accusations were timed to coincide with the start of one of Mears' shows on BBC2.[14]
Seems like more than just Tea
This guy realllllly needs to find a purpose in life. Maybe then he would break ice, just to jump in the water. How dumb. Is he crazy? Yes. Does it serve any purpose aside from making people say "wow". I don't think so. When people huck 50 foot cliffs, I can easily say that is fun as heck and can understand why they would do it if they had the ability. But breaking up ice in the middle of the night to jump into freezing water off a bridge or something? That just seems odd. I've been in like 40 degree water for a couple of seconds and thought it was the worst ever. I cannot imagine jumping into 32.1 degree water then having it soaking your thick clothes for the next couple of minutes. SIck. In a bad way.
And I still like Bear Grylls. Of course his team helps him out occasionally. He is still crazy and awesome.
I'm sorry, but you fail at fucking life. Temagami routinely goes down to -50 at night. On top of the fact the weather is absolutely ridiculous there all the time, he had to do it with no food. If you had to spend a week in the frozen hell of Northern Ontario you would be bitching about the cold, if you lived long enough to bitch about it in the first place. I spent 3 hours snowmobiling in Thunder Bay and almost froze to death. It's ridiculously cold there. Bear Grylls does shit that would kill someone actually trying to survive because he has an out.
In the end, Les is my boy and reps Huntsville. Fuck the haters Les is a badass.
he probably had a wet suit on under his clothes.
last summer i was in whistler and he was selling a bunch of clothes, there was a wet 09 (hadnt came out at that point) Oakley hoody for sale, and i asked him why it was wet, he said he started off the day by jumpin off an 80 foot bridge haha. i asked him if he usually does that in only street clothes, he told me he puts a wet suit on under his clothes
still badass how he handled the cold, just saying he probably had a wet suit on
