It doesnt really matter how the OP was intended, it didnt take long before people started insulting one/either/both of them. Quite frankly everytime a thread is started comparing them i am always disapointed at the way they go downhill.
Louis
Mears and Grylls (again)
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It doesnt really matter how the OP was intended, it didnt take long before people started insulting one/either/both of them. Quite frankly everytime a thread is started comparing them i am always disapointed at the way they go downhill.
Louis
I think that has so much photoshopping there is only one single pixel of the original image left, how they ever thought she would be a successes is beyond me.
Survival V Bushcraft
Bear V Mears
Boring.
Lets debate whether it warmer to sleep without clothes in a sleeping bag or not.
Bear V Mears
Boring.
Lets debate whether it warmer to sleep without clothes in a sleeping bag or not.
Survival V Bushcraft
Bear V Mears
Boring.
Lets debate whether it warmer to sleep without clothes in a sleeping bag or not.
Depends on who's in it with you
Survival V Bushcraft
Bear V Mears
Boring.
Lets debate whether it warmer to sleep without clothes in a sleeping bag or not.
Depends on who's in it with you
[video=youtube;_gIi7b6JMms]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gIi7b6JMms[/video]
Thats the QI Klaxon, loose all your points!
I like the simplicity of Ray Mears no flannel just whatever the topic is and if in a programme some background is put in to add interest. We do not know whether Ray has done an Alpha course etc but it doesn't matter. What strikes me about Bear is that what he has done extraneous to bushcraft matters is the whole of the man. Would be rude to call him a doughnut but the periphery is all that we seem to see.
Ah - So his life experience - which to be fair is pretty varied and extensive by most people's standards - is a negative point in your opinion and deserving of the "doughnut" appelation? Interesting point of view!
It's a bit like saying that if you take Ray's extensive travels and sojourns amongst the native tribes of the world out of your view of him, he's pretty shallow. Clearly neither is correct, but it always amuses me that one apparently can't appreciate one without rubbishing the other..............
Grylls = fabulous entertainer and showman
Mears = informative television personality/businessman
Each are in different categories and both have had different accomplishments and come from different backgrounds. Grylls would suck at bushcraft, Mears wouldn't be able to get up Everest. Everyone has strengths, weaknesses and differences, these are facts of life. LET IT DIE ALREADY!
Absolutely bang on!!!!!!!
Tbh I think they are both excellent, and I have learnt off of both!!! I do hate Bear bashing though when in my opinion all he is doing is bringing similar skills to the table that ray does but appeals to an entirely different audience, so as long as the skills are getting out there and people are enjoying what they are watching who gives a monkeys who is better than who!!! It's quite pathetic!!! Great o p though!!!
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Ahhhh..Valerie, yes I remember her well.
Also, Leslie judd, Janet Ellis, Sarah Green, & some bloke's as well
thats true but they simply arent on the telly anymore i was referring to the ones we can actually watch in technicolour 