Well as the title States.
How do you dry them out quickly (when on the move) when they have been totally submerged and are soaking wet?
Now I know a few of you have a BIG problem with Bear Grylls, but Im quite a big fan, and what he stands for and what he has done. So this thread ISNT about pulling him to pieces..
But, I have noticed on his programs, that he is possibly missing something. And I think quite a big part of his survival techniques, considering that ALL his programs are supposed to teaching us how to WALK out of a Disaster situation. On more than one occasion, well almost every episode, he has been fully submerged, and he has always been wearing his boots / trainers. Whether it be falling through ice, or crossing a stream / river or in his rapid insertion by jumping out of a helicopter into the sea.
Now when I was in the army, you were taught that the most important thing to keep clean and dry was your feet (in-fact during basic training your feet were examined every morning by the company medic.) Once your feet give way, your out of operation. I think this is one area Bear is forgetting. I notice that when he was in Iceland and Canada (but to name two) in sub arctic freezing conditions, fully submerged, boots soaking, he spends a little time drying his clothes over an open fire (sometimes not even his trousers come off to be dried!)... but in reality could he keep going in these freezing conditions with wet boots?
In my opinion, yes but not for long, before frostbite set in...
I remember whilst on exercise, almost 15years ago in Dartmoor wearing a set of Danners, I was crossing a small wooden bridge when it collapsed, I fell into deep stream and my Boots were soaked, after drying my clothes, I put on a pair of gore-tex socks and carried on, the boots took days to dry, and about a week to be back to normal!
Am I missing a vital ingredient.
Is Bear missing a vital part in teaching his Survival techniques?
How do you dry them out quickly (when on the move) when they have been totally submerged and are soaking wet?
Now I know a few of you have a BIG problem with Bear Grylls, but Im quite a big fan, and what he stands for and what he has done. So this thread ISNT about pulling him to pieces..
But, I have noticed on his programs, that he is possibly missing something. And I think quite a big part of his survival techniques, considering that ALL his programs are supposed to teaching us how to WALK out of a Disaster situation. On more than one occasion, well almost every episode, he has been fully submerged, and he has always been wearing his boots / trainers. Whether it be falling through ice, or crossing a stream / river or in his rapid insertion by jumping out of a helicopter into the sea.
Now when I was in the army, you were taught that the most important thing to keep clean and dry was your feet (in-fact during basic training your feet were examined every morning by the company medic.) Once your feet give way, your out of operation. I think this is one area Bear is forgetting. I notice that when he was in Iceland and Canada (but to name two) in sub arctic freezing conditions, fully submerged, boots soaking, he spends a little time drying his clothes over an open fire (sometimes not even his trousers come off to be dried!)... but in reality could he keep going in these freezing conditions with wet boots?
In my opinion, yes but not for long, before frostbite set in...
I remember whilst on exercise, almost 15years ago in Dartmoor wearing a set of Danners, I was crossing a small wooden bridge when it collapsed, I fell into deep stream and my Boots were soaked, after drying my clothes, I put on a pair of gore-tex socks and carried on, the boots took days to dry, and about a week to be back to normal!
Am I missing a vital ingredient.
Is Bear missing a vital part in teaching his Survival techniques?