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Those who have watched the show know what it is about. I am afraid that I am not prepared to explain it to those who have not. What I would like to see is for Les Stroud to duplicate each of his survivor scenarios with 60 lbs of survival equipment and supplies instead of 60 lbs of camera equipment. Obviously they would have to have a crew follow him around.

But I would like to see how the two survivor situations would differ... to see how much easier having the right equipment makes a survival situation. I think we can learn a lot personally from such a comparison. It would let us evaluate the importance of different equipment in a survival situation. We could be better informed as to what is a necessity vs. what is just extra junk to carry.

-Hil

I have had similar thoughts. I just finished watching the episode where he has the plane crash parts. Seems like he makes some basic survival mistakes:

1) He states at the beginning that he would never go into wherever he was without a wool blanket and an axe (and his multi-tool and harmonica). Seems like if he was to survive a plane crash with that, he would have more equipment.

2) He fashions all types of equipment from the metal parts of the aircraft, but cannot make a cup to melt ice? So, he eats snow and ice, then complaints how cold he is.

3) Metal doors and such around, but never puts up a reflector behind the fire? Continues to complain about the cold.

4) Follows a trail through the snow, at night, with overcast? He would never cheat and use his night-vision camera or regular camera lights, would he?

5) What if he really got into trouble? I wonder if he carries an EPIRB?

I just check out his site (linked in the above post). In the FAQ, he states that he carries a sat phone, but with random tests, it only works about half of the time.

I like the Blair Witch style. They could easily edit the tapes to make him look like "Super Survivorman." Instead, we see fatigue, things not going well, etc.

I loved the swamp episode where he had delusions of fishing and ended up gnawing on a frog.

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