Ah - had to use a mechanical aid eh?
I'm 104 yrs. old, I'll have you know! Blummin ageism rears it's head!
The Island With Bear Grylls
- Thread starter Ross Bowyer
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I'm 104 yrs. old, I'll have you know! Blummin ageism rears it's head!
No worries Barbie. My point is nobody is in a position to judge how difficult something is until they have done it themselves. I accept there are more challenging climbs than Everest but its still a great achievement.
He was once the youngest to summit - his record was broken.
I broke my neck playing rugby in my teens - and never knew about it for years!
To be fair - BG has proved very successful in his career ... but I still respect him about as much as I do some prominent and successful politicians
I'm off to bed - I'm going to need a fair bit of Egyptian P.T. if I'm going to race Paul to the top of K2!
Pah!
try Cat Bells on a chilly may morning - tougher than you think!
I'm off to bed - I'm going to need a fair bit of Egyptian P.T. if I'm going to race Paul to the top of K2!
I just googled naked pogo. Remarkable image results. This could catch on
I just googled naked pogo. Remarkable image results. This could catch on
I wish I had not just googled "naked Pogo"
I will now have nightmares!
To be fair, BG was trained to "kill bad people and steal their s**t", as the morale patch says, and then get away with most of your bits still attached, rather than a bushcraft upbringing . (Like Sir Ran Fiennes, except Ran got asked to leave after blowing up the set of Dr Doolittle)
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But you felt you had to use absurdity because I pointed out that there were more challenging summits?
Life is absurd - either play along or spend your life swimming against a tide of the ridiculous!
On the bow drill video at 39 seconds, the german commentator says he's s**t at fire making, how rude. Ps I believe Ran Fiens got kicked out of the SAS for pinching the explosives and detonators and not for the act of blowing up the Dr. Dolittle set which was considered a fair enough act.
I thought that Grylls was TA? I'm sure that in terms of physical fitness he's way out of my league. I don't think he could survive a week in a hotel with fewer than 3 stars...and he has all the characteristics of someone I wouldn't want on an expedition - in fact he comes across as the sort of person that gives outdoor pursuits instructors sleepless nights.
