Bear Grylls learning comes useful for father son disaster

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jonajuna

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Joking aside, the boy would have been losing body heat and once you sink to chest level, breathing becomes increasingly compromised.

I'm glad they watched teddy bear, if they had watched mears, dad would've had to called in a native specialist and spent the next 3 days making a traditional birchbark canoe with oversized handcrafted wooden spoons for oars.
 

cbr6fs

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Weather you like him or not, what he has said on TV has inspired a father to act out the same skill to save his son from drowning in mud. Credit to Grylls and especially the Dad. If it was my dad, hed be screaming 'stop being so f**£#$ stupid and get up' ha

When all's said and done, how many of us can say that something we have shown somebody has saved a life when things go wrong... Not many compared to how many members there are on this forum. :news: :notworthy

Gotta take your hat off to that Grylls bloke, he's employed a damn good publicist.

Just for the record the Dad did not rescue the kid, the Emergency services rescued him.
So it's kinda stretching it to say the info saved the lads life.

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9475095.Mud_terror_as_boy_gets_stuck_at_Chewton_Bunny/
 

Retired Member southey

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Joking aside, the boy would have been losing body heat and once you sink to chest level, breathing becomes increasingly compromised.

I'm glad they watched teddy bear, if they had watched mears, dad would've had to called in a native specialist and spent the next 3 days making a traditional birchbark canoe with oversized handcrafted wooden spoons for oars.

RAYcist! :p
 

Folcwigga

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Weather you like him or not, what he has said on TV has inspired a father to act out the same skill to save his son from drowning in mud. Credit to Grylls and especially the Dad. If it was my dad, hed be screaming 'stop being so f**£#$ stupid and get up' ha

It was mud, and he was on a beach, so he was probably more worried about being drowned by the high tide than sinking completely. ;)
 

firecrest

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I once saw a video of a baby elephant stuck in mud. remarkably the adults all gathered branches to make a ramp and the mother crawled over it on her knees. It says a lot about elephant intelligence. ...and common sense in general ;)
 

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