IMO, it is the one to watch. Les often goes days with little or no food, He admits he is suffering, and works through it.

Absolutely. And that could lead to deaths in the field from people not intelligent enough to go prepared, but think a machete and a "flint" (magnesium bar) are all they need to make it out there. Remember the hollow handle survival knife craze after RAMBO? Guy's with a five dollar survival knife with a bottle opener in blade thought they could brave the wilds and come home in better condition than when they went into the woods.

it's TV and it's entertainment.

no surprise there

Survivorman is exceptionally good, even more so when you realize true 'survival' would be rather boring TV.

I don't like any of those guys to be honest. I'd rather see them suffer in their stupidity and smile with triumph when they succeed than listen to them whine and make alliances. JMHO

Les is unlike any other entertainer in the gendre. His information is far more practical. His situations more realistic. His delivery is more down to earth and instructive. He is less pretentious. But he is still aloof.

One thing about Ultimate Survival; it does have some good scenery footage. Pretty much any/all Alaska reality tv shows are set up; none of it shows things as they really are. But if you look past the production, you do get a glimpse of part of what makes Alaska a great place to be.

Real survival would be pretty boring, and not at all entertaining. Like most of the mundane aspects of our lives, it can only be intriguing with some embellishment.

I am still waiting for a subarctic episode of that naked couples survival show.

> I am still waiting for a subarctic episode of that naked couples survival show.


I liked the comment in one survival book:

'experts stress how attitude, not equipment is the most important thing, but it only gets you so far. If you are reading this naked on an artic ice flow; you aren't going to make it to the end of the page.'
qjs

One thing I have noticed about USA made documentarys that I dont´t like. They often show he same scene over and over, sometimes 3-4 times. Especially if it´s a dramatized historical documentary.

Never seen that on let´s say a BBC documentary.

That's hilarious Joey.

Personally I think its 50% Entertainment, 45% Farce, and 5% Real Survival Skills

I wrote an Article on My Thoughts on the Subject in 2012 which may still be of some interest Survival TV vs Reality.

Fortunately I have Peasant-Vision, not Cable so I rarely watch TV and almost never any survival TV. Most times I catch one at a hotel I laugh, then cry, then simply turn it off.

And I certainly don't read posts about not watching.

;-)

-john