Dave Cantebury discussing Dual survival

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Tank

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I've always found his youtube vids quite odd, I can't recall ever seeing any bushcraft/survival techniques being demonstrated

whats with that....

Dave's doesnt do bushcraft/survival videos really, he is more about self reliance which is a different thing all together.

I enjoy his videos and have done for a long time, it was a shame when he went to duel survival as he wasn't able to make the videos he used too.
 
Besides the mawkish and rather predictable invocation of his christianity..... He should have just been honest. "Hey I learned this stuff by doing it." Personally, I would have been fine with that. You present skills and seem to be a knowledgeable practitioner. You acquired them by being a diligent student of those skills. Sure.

When he starts puffing up his credentials with lies, it may not seem like a big deal to some, but I can assure you, especially in the states, claiming service in military units or awards or attendance at schools, is VERY frowned on. It's not viewed as a mere piffle. After a decade at military forums, it is like watching sharks savage prey when some of the preposterous fakers are discovered. Brutal is the only word that can describe it. He is the architect of his own downfall.
 
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I'm fortunate
To have Dave as a fb friend :)

& he walks what he talks !!!

Respect to him - he made dual survival

Bring to it : grit, integrity, knowledge, no BS advice & the edgy joy of our chosen way of life

I've already wished Dave well & will always do so
 

Jock

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Mat 6:12 (TEB) "Forgive us the wrongs that we have done, as we forgive the wrongs others have done us."

Luke 6:37 (NIV) "...Forgive, and you will be forgiven."

Mat 6:14-15 (NIV) "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But, if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins."

Eph 4:31-32 (Phi) Let there be no more bitter resentment or anger, no more shouting or slander, and let there be no bad feeling of any kind among you. Be kind to each other, be compassionate. Be as ready to forgive others as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.

:) I think that he has been humiliated enough, it takes a man to admit his transgressions & weaknesses in a public manner & ask for forgiveness.
 

toilet digger

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i'm sure someone will be able to illuminate me but there is an episode where DC has the initiative and wherewithall to knap an arrow head from the bottom of a glass bottle.
certainly speaks volumes in my book.
he may be a b##llsh##ing walt but still capable and this new fella, warry but comes across as a bumbling knacker, think i prefer DC or BEAR :rolleyes: ...
 
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East Coaster

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You find yourself stuck in the wild with no hope of rescue for at least two weeks.

Who would you prefer as your survival companion?
Dave Canterbury
Bear grills
Ray Mears
Cody Lundin



From what I've seen of them all. DC would be my choice every time.
 

Niels

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You find yourself stuck in the wild with no hope of rescue for at least two weeks.

Who would you prefer as your survival companion?
Dave Canterbury
Bear grills
Ray Mears
Cody Lundin



From what I've seen of them all. DC would be my choice every time.

Myke Hawke because he has the most badass voice ever.
But how is this on topic:p
 

Chiseller

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Oct 5, 2011
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It would be Dave :thumbup: if I was not to survive, it wouldn't be because of hunger :D

As others have gone off thread....I'd have Patrick McGlinchey or Perry Magee :thumbup::thumbup:
 

sargey

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Surely he's takin' the p***? won't be watchin' this series, not a lover of CL either, barefoot/one with earth? what's all that about then? :)

i've got some fifty or sixty odd survival manuals or bushcraft handbooks, including cody's. cody's books stand out as being amoungst the very best. the bloke knows what he's about.

if you were to read 98.6, the art of keeping your bottom alive, (and you really should! everybody who spends time in the outdoors should.) you'd get a much better appreciation of why he does what he does. it isn't at all like the spirit tracker, feel the foxes footprint and see through the fox's eyes and be at one with the force grasshopper. :confused: t's more like he looks at himself as an ongoing physiological experiment, both into what he himself can endure, and what human kind in general can achieve, when we apply our mighty (otherwise untapped) :bluThinki intellects to an issue.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb...egrees+the+art+of+keeping&sprefix=98.,aps,466

cheers, and.
 

monkey spanner

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I too have been watching Dave for year's.
When I heard about this "Canterburygate" stuff I went surfing the web.
There are millions of words about all this, some pro, some con, and as for my self, I couldn't make my mind up.
Then I read a post that summed up the situation very well.
I don't know if the person who posted it is for real, but I know the post is true.
Any way, here it is:-

"He claimed bona fides legitimately earned by friends I've buried. Screw him."
 

ebt.

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Different people, different moral codes/ethics.

Personally I'll learn anything from anyone, Im cheap like that. have to say though I prefer the calm, less outspoken folk.....
 

Neumo

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I happened to watch that yesterday, so this is an interesting thread. I like DC & have learned a lot from him as he has a wide & broad skill set. I can understand that people who have served their country in the armed forces have a right to get angry about this, but for the rest of us it's just someone who got caught lying on their CV. AS he said he signed up for 2 seasons, did 2 seasons & then did not get extended, partly (but not entirely) because of what was on his CV. I bet there were other reasons within the production company. It also looks like someone in TV land had an axe to grind given the way that this 'story' has leaked out so widely on the internet. He has apologised & Ithink it is time to move on. I liked the first 2 series of DS & will have a look at season 3, but several people say that it is not as good. At the end of the day you have to remember that this is Television; what you see is often not what it appears to be.

Like I said I still have a lot of time for the man, as with all these Bushcraft TV celebs it's the skills & they way they think, not the man, that is the important bit. I really like the way he approaches Bushcraft mentally, how he selects kit (like his FARMD philosophy) etc.. Shame this happened but we have probably all done stupid things in the past.
 
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