There's never any point in embellishing your resume. Somebody will figure it out, and any good you might have done will be washed away in the wave of revulsion.

However, "chest-pounding Ed" does have a good television presence. The camera likes him. And if he'd been more honest about his creds and taken an approach like "I've always been fascinated by ... I'm going to do my research and try it ... here are some demonstrations of what I've found out about this landscape" ... he could have brought survival skills to the masses, in a painless and entertaining way.

(My nickel's worth, anyway.)