Bear Grylls

hah bear grylls show is as made up as his name, i loved the episode where i think he was in canada and just happened to find a canoe (brand new no less by the look of it) under some scrub, w/out that he was stranded in the middle of nowhere with freezing conditions apparently :rolleyes:

that was the 2nd and last episode i've watched of that crap, it's insulting to anyone who can count to 10.
 
Can someone make this a poll please? I'm interested to see how many people think Bear Grylls is not, in point of fact, a complete pansy :P
 
bear grylls would have walked over the regular sas selection before his back injury imo. how can the army expect to get anyone better then him. selection is tough but not impossible lol.

great program :-) tbh this and dog the bounty hunter for casual viewing :].
 
jonesy said:
If ray and bear where dropped in a hostile enviroment, Bear could get out with his physical ability and Ray could probably survive there for years.
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Ray would kill Bear in his sleep, field-dress the carcass, smoke the meat in a homemade charcoal smoker, and live off it for the next three decades.

:)
 
Chris Ryan has said many times in interviews that he knows guys that served in places Grylls claimed to have and no one knows anything of him.

SAS hero Chris Ryan has slammed survival expert Bear Grylls, claiming he’s exaggerated stories about his military record.

The accusations are the second time Old Etonian Grylls has been criticised this year.

Rival survivalist Ray Mears labelled him a “boy scout” and a “showman”who uses TV trickery on his programme Born Survivor.

But the new claims will rock Grylls’ reputation even harder because over-stating service history is deemed taboo in military circles.

Gulf War veteran Ryan even says he doesn’t believe Grylls broke his back on an SAS operation in Africa.

And the ex-soldier – who served on the notorious Bravo Two Zero mission in the first Gulf war in Iraq – viciously laid into 34-year-old Grylls for taking the plaudits while real servicemen suffered.

Ryan explained: “I’ve got respect for Ray Mears because he’s very,very knowledgeable in his craft.

“Bear Grylls goes on and on about an operation in Africa.

“He tells people he broke his back on an operation but I don’t know where in Africa he would be doing an operation.

“Nobody has been able to tell me that. I’ve spoken to several guys who were regimental sergeant majors and instructors in the regimental SAS but none of them could remember this operation.

“And I just think, ‘****' you, mate, there’s guys dying in Afghanistan and Iraq. You have to earn that beret’.”
 
dannyjo22 said:
Chris Ryan has said many times in interviews that he knows guys that served in places Grylls claimed to have and no one knows anything of him.

SAS hero Chris Ryan has slammed survival expert Bear Grylls, claiming he’s exaggerated stories about his military record.

The accusations are the second time Old Etonian Grylls has been criticised this year.

Rival survivalist Ray Mears labelled him a “boy scout” and a “showman”who uses TV trickery on his programme Born Survivor.

But the new claims will rock Grylls’ reputation even harder because over-stating service history is deemed taboo in military circles.

Gulf War veteran Ryan even says he doesn’t believe Grylls broke his back on an SAS operation in Africa.

And the ex-soldier – who served on the notorious Bravo Two Zero mission in the first Gulf war in Iraq – viciously laid into 34-year-old Grylls for taking the plaudits while real servicemen suffered.

Ryan explained: “I’ve got respect for Ray Mears because he’s very,very knowledgeable in his craft.

“Bear Grylls goes on and on about an operation in Africa.

“He tells people he broke his back on an operation but I don’t know where in Africa he would be doing an operation.

“Nobody has been able to tell me that. I’ve spoken to several guys who were regimental sergeant majors and instructors in the regimental SAS but none of them could remember this operation.

“And I just think, ‘****' you, mate, there’s guys dying in Afghanistan and Iraq. You have to earn that beret’.”
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Yeah...they're gay!

Anyway Bear Grylls is a legend. It's funny when people compare him to Ray Mears. They're nothing alike.
 
dannyjo22 said:
Chris Ryan has said many times in interviews that he knows guys that served in places Grylls claimed to have and no one knows anything of him.

SAS hero Chris Ryan has slammed survival expert Bear Grylls, claiming he’s exaggerated stories about his military record.

The accusations are the second time Old Etonian Grylls has been criticised this year.

Rival survivalist Ray Mears labelled him a “boy scout” and a “showman”who uses TV trickery on his programme Born Survivor.

But the new claims will rock Grylls’ reputation even harder because over-stating service history is deemed taboo in military circles.

Gulf War veteran Ryan even says he doesn’t believe Grylls broke his back on an SAS operation in Africa.

And the ex-soldier – who served on the notorious Bravo Two Zero mission in the first Gulf war in Iraq – viciously laid into 34-year-old Grylls for taking the plaudits while real servicemen suffered.

Ryan explained: “I’ve got respect for Ray Mears because he’s very,very knowledgeable in his craft.

“Bear Grylls goes on and on about an operation in Africa.

“He tells people he broke his back on an operation but I don’t know where in Africa he would be doing an operation.

“Nobody has been able to tell me that. I’ve spoken to several guys who were regimental sergeant majors and instructors in the regimental SAS but none of them could remember this operation.

“And I just think, ‘****' you, mate, there’s guys dying in Afghanistan and Iraq. You have to earn that beret’.”
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That very much seems a case of pot calling the kettle black because most people also seem to think Ryan talks ****
 
I think someone mentioned it afew pages ago but Les Stroud and his show Survivorman is a great medium.

In short, the guy takes only a set of cameras and no-little food/water into various survival situations and tapes the whole thing himself solo, the aim being he has to survive for 7 days until the crew come back and find him

in other news ray > bear
 
EternityEight said:
I think someone mentioned it afew pages ago but Les Stroud and his show Survivorman is a great medium.

In short, the guy takes only a set of cameras and no-little food/water into various survival situations and tapes the whole thing himself solo, the aim being he has to survive for 7 days until the crew come back and find him

in other news ray > bear
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:cool:
 
Tefal said:
I dunno a guy who survives a 500m Fall has something going for him.
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Indeed, luck.

I don't know about this Bear Grylls. There's just something about him: the fact that he's a well-spoken, up his own **** Etonian; he thinks he's 'mad' for doing all this 'crazy' stuff; the fact that you know he's got a good deal on a Travel Lodge for every shoot; the fact that he looks as if his whole crazy persona would crumble and he'd end up crying if he was slapped; that he's obnoxious; that he's arrogant; that he reminds me of David Cameron in a 'I'm cool kids, look at me' way; the fact that he has conversations similar to the following with his Eton chums - "Gosh, saw the latest episode Humprey [that's Bears real name - Ed.] - looks like you got yourself in a spot of bother there! Can't believe you drunk that Elephant jizz" - "Har! Sure did - you know, I'm not proud of it, but when you're out there, God, the instinct to survive just takes over y'know"; the fact that he touts all of his achievements non-stop throughout every episode - he's his own greatest fan... I shall stop there, but rest assured the list is comprehensive.

This debate is quite telling - on the one hand we have life's show-boaters who think they're mens men who look up to 'Bear's' 'can-do, will-do' (anything to make a name for myself) attitude, on the other we have the intelligent, appreciative of his craft, Ray Mears fans.

In short, Ray Mears would break bread with a native tribe whilst sharing the loin of Bear Grylls, entertain the tribe with a tune played on a flute crafted from his spine, and fashion a fetching coat out of his hide for the tribal chiefs wife.

Bruce Parry and Ray Mears are brothers, separated at birth. I am their birth mother.
 
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slylittlefox said:
Indeed, luck.

I don't know about this Bear Grylls. There's just something about him: the fact that he's a well-spoken, up his own **** Etonian; he thinks he's 'mad' for doing all this 'crazy' stuff; the fact that you know he's got a good deal on a Travel Lodge for every shoot; the fact that he looks as if his whole crazy persona would crumble and he'd end up crying if he was slapped; that he's obnoxious; that he's arrogant; that he reminds me of David Cameron in a 'I'm cool kids, look at me' way; the fact that he has conversations similar to the following with his Eton chums - "Gosh, saw the latest episode Humprey [that's Bears real name - Ed.] - looks like you got yourself in a spot of bother there! Can't believe you drunk that Elephant jizz" - "Har! Sure did - you know, I'm not proud of it, but when you're out there, God, the instinct to survive just takes over y'know"; the fact that he touts all of his achievements non-stop throughout every episode - he's his own greatest fan... I shall stop there, but rest assured the list is comprehensive.

This debate is quite telling - on the one hand we have life's show-boaters who think they're mens men who look up to 'Bear's' 'can-do, will-do' (anything to make a name for myself) attitude, on the other we have the intelligent, appreciative of his craft, Ray Mears fans.

In short, Ray Mears would break bread with a native tribe whilst sharing the loin of Bear Grylls, entertain the tribe with a tune played on a flute crafted from his spine, and fashion a fetching coat out of his hide for the tribal chiefs wife.

Bruce Parry and Ray Mears are brothers, separated at birth. I am their birth mother.
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Can't argue with that ;)
 
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