Don't expect too much from any television show and you won't be disappointed.

For example, watching "24" will not turn anyone into a counter-terrorism expert. Nor will watching "House" make one a brilliant MD. And the list goes on and on.

None the less, Man Vs Wild does provide entertainment value with some pertinent survival content thrown in. The risk taking is clearly overdone for the cameras, but in reality everything must be well scripted, staged, and tested. It would be pretty boring each time watching someone with mountains of gear await rescue after simply pressing the button on their PLB versus the ambitious, but under-equipped, self-help methods presented.

If the show in question gets ordinary people who otherwise would not be even remotely interested in the subject of survival to at least give it thought, then it has served a useful purpose.

Ladies and Gentlemen, there is one feature that comes as standard equipment on all televisions and that is the O-F-F switch. Try it one night then get out there and practice your nighttime survival skills. <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

As for the amount I don’t know, but I do know that you should not used treated lumber. The chemicals that are used could have worse side effects then the problems that you were having.

Christina:

You will need to take (ingest) 500-1000 mg (0.5-1gm) which is about 1/4 teaspoon with about 1 pint of water for an upset stomach. If you look you can usually find charcoal tabs and liquid in the health food and pharmacy sections of most stores.

Take care,

Stargazer

Good point, deepdivebob, he is showing you can walk away from dangerous dilemmas. I just don't see any good example set to a novice watching the show by taking unnecessary risks pulling those idiotic unnecessary stunts, like running down a mountain and tumbling himself. I guess there has to be entertainment to keep the viewers' interest? He may find himself not walking away from a filming real soon and be laid up a while or else worse.

Awesome. Thanks for the replys Stargazer and Lance!

People are still watching this tripe? Amazing <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I agree. It's entertaining and it's somkething that ny 5 year old like to watch that is OK for kids.
It gets him excited for goofing off outside with me and thazt can't be all bad.

Networks like it when people hate the show, complain about the show, cuz they watch it. Networks do not care why we watch it, just as long as we do so, and give them high viewership ratings that they can use to sell ads. If one wants to get rid of a show, it is more effective to not watch it than it is to watch it regularly, hate it, and send messages to the network telling them that you hate it.

You know I agree with what is already posted here. My skin crawls when I watch this show.

On the other hand, I didnt know you could eat egg shells!

Garrett