I don't normally watch "reality" TV but I have been following this show lately. Overall, I am quite impressed. Granted, it is a TV show but never feels overdone or contrived in the sense of Bear Grylls & Co.

We get to see real people with a varying degree of skills and experience trying to cope with some very unforgiving environment. It was surprising to see several guys "tap out" within just a few days. But I have enormous respect for the 4 guys who have managed to stay out there for a whole month completely on their own.

That's a pretty tough challenge in just about any enviroment. More so if you have to film yourself all the time and lug around camera gear. One of the guys even made an improvised canoe. So I am really excited to see how things are going to develop.