Bear Grylls
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I assume that there was some time in between each of these?
A year IIRC.
No, it all happened in one morning. You should see what he got up to that afternoon!
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... What makes his achievements so remarkable is that just a few years before climbing the world's highest mountain, he was hospitalised with a back broken in three places. Bear had spent three years with the SAS when a routine parachute exercise in southern Africa went terribly wrong. His canopy ripped in two and he fell 500 metres off Ray Mears, smashing into the desert at tremendous speed and leaving him unable to feel his legs....
Bear Grylls is all staged, yes he probably knows his stuff, but Ray mears is an expert that used to train the special forces. He has a much greater knowledge of his surroundings and presents it better than bear.
Bear Grylls tries to make everything sound so extreme plus he wasnt special forces.
"He served, part-time, for 3 years in 21 SAS, a reserve regiment of the Territorial Army referred to as the "SAS(R)" or "Artists Rifles"
Bear Grylls tries to make everything sound so extreme plus he wasnt special forces.
"He served, part-time, for 3 years in 21 SAS, a reserve regiment of the Territorial Army referred to as the "SAS(R)" or "Artists Rifles"
There's mention of it in here. It's about halfway down.
Looks like it was 12 years ago when he broke his back...
Still do pretty much all the same things as the SAS or else they wouldnt be much use out on ops.
I'm sorry, part time SAS? Lol.
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Bear grylls is such a fake, hes so over the top for the camera. Jumping down hills like a monkey on a crack yet the camera man is walking down with ease. In the french alp episode he crosses an old rope bridge and tries to hide the fact hes wearing a full harness. Granted he would have probably died using the rope bridge, but why try and fake it? 
Ray Mears uses pure bushcraft skills, I'm not denying the fact Bear Grylls is a hard nut, but his episodes just consist of playing up to the camera, jumping in swamps/ice water, running around like a 5 year old on redbull, or dissecting dead animals.
Ray Mears uses pure bushcraft skills, I'm not denying the fact Bear Grylls is a hard nut, but his episodes just consist of playing up to the camera, jumping in swamps/ice water, running around like a 5 year old on redbull, or dissecting dead animals.
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He is awesome, definitely him and my friend Wolf Toaster.
ray is a fine expert...how else could he look so chunky after living off the land for a month!
he is also a kind of hippy..he's all about treating mother nature with respect
Bear Grylls seems to prefer to wrestle mother nature to the ground then kick her in the ovaries
he is also a kind of hippy..he's all about treating mother nature with respect
Bear Grylls seems to prefer to wrestle mother nature to the ground then kick her in the ovaries
research into it, he makes out he was SAS when in reality he was part of a reservist regiment (territorial Army - which is part time).
Thats it exactly. Ray Mears may know his stuff and im not doubting that but he hasnt got that hard edge that Bear does.
Because his camera crew give him pies.
A reservist regiment of the SAS. Does such a thing exist? Im a banker but if needed I can kill a man with a piece of paper.
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Pathetic.
