Ron was the adviser on the very first show ultimate survival and he was suppose to have an on air role pointing out all the mistakes and giving bear advise over the radio, but when the show came out they edited out all of Rons stuff and you get the current man vs wild formula of bear doing stupid things like jumping off rocks and climbing roots and all the other dumb things he does on screen. Heres a looooong thread covering the whole story:

http://survival.com/IVB/index.php?showtopic=7294&hl=Ultimate+Survival