Ray Mears

[Uncle Alvah]

Well, I gotta tell ya'll that this Mears character is news to me.
Not surprizing, perhaps, considering where I live.
Sounds like a very interesting guy, but if his programs have been given much play here in the US, I've not seen any.
Still, with a hundred or so channels on the dish, I'll have to do a little searching to see if I can come up with anything.
Would love to see a few of his shows!

 

[Chips]

I don't like him at all anymore. I used to respect him alot, and he started my interest in bushcraft, but now, I think he's rubbish. He's trying to start fights to promote his programs, and he seems quite unfriendly from the interviews I have heard.

 

[Toddy]

First time I've heard that about him

He's coming to Scotland next week, so far I know that members of the forum are going to listen to him in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow. No doubt they'll post their opinions afterwards

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Andy2112]

What's not to like about the guy ? i met him last year in Birmingham and found him to be really nice, he even had time for a quick chat after his show when he was signing books.

 

[Tadpole]

I don't like him at all anymore. I used to respect him alot, and he started my interest in bushcraft, but now, I think he's rubbish. He's trying to start fights to promote his programs, and he seems quite unfriendly from the interviews I have heard.

I've met him, and a nicer man you could not want to meet.
AS for starting fights, until I hear him say "Bear......" I'm going to keep ignoreing all the spin and BS from the media. They tell lies to sell their toilet papers.
I've spent hours listening to him talk and answer questions and it is clear from the way he speaks that he has respect for all people, from the new boy going out with all the gear (but no idea) for the first time, to the seasoned old trapper with just an axe, a tin mug and a old tarp.

 

[scanker]

Asking about his reported comments about BG could be a good question for one of the members to put to him in Scotland. Would be interesting to hear his version rather than a tabloid one.

 

[Lithril]

Regardless of what people think he has got many of us interested in this aspect of the outdoors and we should be thankful for that if nothing else, he may have his faults but then so do we all.

 

[stevesteve]

I'd agree with the positive comments below.

I heard him speak last year. He did respond to a question which was either thinly veiled or directly about BG (I can't remember the exact wording).

What he said was that when people start as presenters the production/direction staff try to get them to say more 'entertaining' lines. He reiterated that on Radio 2 at the weekend.

Ray has pushed back against this himself and tried to stay true to what he believes. His comments about other presenters was that he felt that they had allowed themselves to be directed to move away from what they might have wanted to demonstrate and more towards entertainment.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[Traper]

Well, I gotta tell ya'll that this Mears character is news to me.
Not surprizing, perhaps, considering where I live.
Sounds like a very interesting guy, but if his programs have been given much play here in the US, I've not seen any.
Still, with a hundred or so channels on the dish, I'll have to do a little searching to see if I can come up with anything.
Would love to see a few of his shows!

Try here
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ray+mears&search_type=&aq=f

 

[leon-1]

Still, with a hundred or so channels on the dish, I'll have to do a little searching to see if I can come up with anything.

That's down to your guys that schedule programming mate, I have 289 channels, Oops make that 293 as they added 4 in the last week and I can normally pick up one of the series on one of those channels.

Incidentally welcome to BCUK

 

[Tengu]

Ive never seen him on TV and though I have a few of his books, they did not inspire me.

I prefer Mors, Lofty and Nessmuk.

 

[redneck]

Ray is a true gent promoting something we all love in the face of a modern world and patronising media trolls, I think he's great!!

 

[rik_uk3]

Ive never seen him on TV and though I have a few of his books, they did not inspire me.

I prefer Mors, Lofty and Nessmuk.

If they don't inspire do you want to sell them?

 

[mortalmerlin]

I've met him, and a nicer man you could not want to meet.
AS for starting fights, until I hear him say "Bear......" I'm going to keep ignoreing all the spin and BS from the media. They tell lies to sell their toilet papers.

I think you're right there, most of it seems to be media hype.

 

[Ogri the trog]

I don't like him at all anymore. I used to respect him alot, and he started my interest in bushcraft, but now, I think he's rubbish. He's trying to start fights to promote his programs, and he seems quite unfriendly from the interviews I have heard.

I'd like to know what brought you to this line of reasoning Chips.
Having spent a while in Rays company (presence, not working for him) I can only see that hes a decent upstanding gent and I hope that anyone who think otherwise is sorely misdirected.

Ogri the trog

 

[JDO330]

Ray is a true gent promoting something we all love in the face of a modern world and patronising media trolls, I think he's great!!

Well said that man, couldnt agree more.

As far as im concerned he can do no wrong.

ATB, Jon.

 

[NatG]

He's only human, and he's subject to some of the pressures of being a media personality- what he says can get twisted and edited to say something else.

i have great respect for him- mainly due to one event- after i went to see him talk, he stayed behind for a good two and a hlaf hours signing books, and everyone who talked to him he talked back to , he was interested, polite, friendly and above all, generous with his time.

i don't care what he's done on tv, but just for that i like him