Just add some PPPPPP to Man Vs Wild 'unreality survival show' and you just have in reality a holiday (vacation) travel TV show.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gNF7Vosujws

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QCfup5k34XA

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mO9Mcl2nvKU

Bear is purely entertainment, I stopped viewing that as anything more after he jumped from the cliff into the white water from a rather significant height...or crawled around in an ice gap under a glacier...or was it when he self induced hypothermia by rafting in a river on a couple logs lashed together, that was just above freezing... so many things I just couldn't imagine doing in a survival situation, but, great entertainment.

I still think Doug R. needs to write a book... I trust his opinion on more things than those other two.

That said, I prefer to watch Les. He does put himself into a survival situation, but typically doesn't go jumping off a cliff just to do it. Bear takes way too many chances in his "surviving". He often gives advice that you should never never do in a true survival situation.

Do I watch the show for entertainment? Sure. Does he give some good advice from time to time? Yes. Should you check his advice before even thinking about using it? You betcha!

I am going to have to add Carlos to my Lofty, Stroud collection of survival handbooks.

Of course there are contradictions about the general rule of not eating mushrooms and Castaneda, but I am only going to eat them if Juan Matus is around.

Speaking of which, my wife saw someone selling "Sugar Gliders", which to me is a fancy name for flying chipmunk at the Sportsman's Show this weekend. She asked me if she could have one for her birthday. I said no. Gotta put the kye-bosh on those impulses. She knew I was right thank God. Last thing we need is to bring home another chew toy for the puppy.

Hmmm, Ben its kind of hard to follow up that comment, at least not without hijacking the thread from "Beat up Bear and Les" to "Strange Pets I Have Known."

What a tempting thought!