Ray mears

Andr3w · 17 Jan 2007 at 20:14

What do you guys think of ray mears? I think hes amazing, from watching him over the years i know how to survive in the middle of a desert with just a parachute!

Im currently watching him on channel 2 where hes showing us foods that would have been eaten hundreds of years ago, its amazing. He's just been eating nettles after wilting them over a fire.

nemtizz · 17 Jan 2007 at 20:16

He's an absolute penis for slating Steve Irwin.

void · 17 Jan 2007 at 20:16

Ive bought many of his books. He is a great guy.

Angus-Higgins · 17 Jan 2007 at 20:17

I really like his programmes, he is very skilled.

Angus Higgins

SideWinder · 17 Jan 2007 at 20:22

Adum said:
He's an absolute penis for slating Steve Irwin.

When did he do that?

Meridian · 17 Jan 2007 at 20:23

Adum said:
He's an absolute penis for slating Steve Irwin.

Why? Steve Irwin was a ****.

M

Andr3w · 17 Jan 2007 at 20:23

DONT get onto a debate about that. Ray said he sends his regards to the family but some things in nature should be left alone.

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Tru · 17 Jan 2007 at 20:24

I was amazed when he cooked that 7 course meal from some lichen and a handful of marram grass.

edit:

Adum said:
He's an absolute penis for slating Steve Irwin.

Rubbish. This is what he said;

UK wilderness expert Ray Mears said that Mr Irwin's death was a tragedy and that his thoughts were with his family, but that the incident served as a warning that "some things in nature should be left alone".

"He clearly took a lot of risks and television encouraged him to do that," Mr Mears said. "The voyeurism we are seeing on television has a cost and it's that cost Steve Irwin's family are paying today."

Arcade Fire · 17 Jan 2007 at 20:25

Aye, but it wasn't as good as when he built a raft using only the petals of a rare South Indian flower and the skin of an aging beaver.

Biohazard · 17 Jan 2007 at 20:26

andr3w said:
DONT get onto a debate about that. Ray said he sends his regards to the family but some things in nature should be left alone.

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Can't argue with that.

Irvine was a No swearing!.

Doohickey · 17 Jan 2007 at 20:26

Ray Mears can make a canoe out of a squirrel and shavings of silver birch bark.

Edit: Curses, Arcade Fire, for recognising his ingenuity 1 minute before me.

4p · 17 Jan 2007 at 20:29

Ah yesh i watch it on UKTVG whenever its on

Really is interesting you know?

He knows much wisdom! Hes been to so many places, met so many people and their culture...

good stuff

Edinho · 17 Jan 2007 at 20:31

Hes one of those guys I could listen to all night. I think its just sad when we realise how much we have lost in the modern world, when we think we know it all when we really know sod all.

Glaucus · 17 Jan 2007 at 20:33

He makes brilliant programs. The strange thing is I even like watching repeats.

G-MAN2004 · 17 Jan 2007 at 20:35

Biohazard said:
Can't argue with that.

Irvine was a ****.

Edit the sweary out. It's hardly appropriate.

Andr3w · 17 Jan 2007 at 20:41

on this tv program hes just sat cooking a goose egg over some embers on a fire which he made in seconds, while eating some flowers lol

Vulcan · 17 Jan 2007 at 21:08

Great guy with a lot of knowledge.

People always ask what you would take with to to a desert island, most people choose a book, I choose Ray Mears!

G-MAN2004 · 17 Jan 2007 at 21:09

Longbow said:
Great guy with a lot of knowledge.

People always ask what you would take with to to a desert island, most people choose a book, I choose Ray Mears!

Got to be Jack Bauer

Doohickey · 17 Jan 2007 at 21:11

G-MAN2004 said:
Got to be Jack Bauer

No, Jack Bauer would make a gun out of sand, and kill you.

Ray Mears would make a roast turkey. Out of sand. Wrapped in a palm leaf for succulence.

Tru · 17 Jan 2007 at 21:13

Ray Mears would make two berth light aircraft out of Jack Bauer.