The Island With Bear Grylls
- Thread starter Ross Bowyer
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Ok,Lets try this.The new series of naked and marooned with ed stafford.Who has seen it and any thoughts.
So it's started.
And he's given the poor ******** a few BG machetes and knives.
Nowt wrong with the knives. Hopefully the parangs have been improved since the recall though.
http://www.britishblades.com/forums...r-Survival-Knife&highlight=bear+grylls+gerber
Recalls. And atleast one of the knives did too.
Though I was trying to be humorous with the comment.
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I'm a bit bored with it now; not sure I could survive that ex copper - doing my swede in after his second sentence!!
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Unsure WHY they insist on swimming and not getting their essentials squared away - thinking it might all be a grab for viewers suspense!! Not sure their campsite was the best?
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First run of knives got recalled as the pommels were not secure enough. They fixed that from the first second batch on. The new knives are full tang and really good.
I agree with that!!!
As for starting a fire I would've been cheeky and just tried to spark one of the batteries for the camera!!!!!
That's called ingenuity not being cheeky!! Never thought of that one!
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Agreed - But I suspect that's more my my problem revolving around tolerance although he could certainly help me exploring my limits.
A couple of them were wearing glasses and they had brilliant sunshine! could have started a fire in minutes with no effort.
Also, why did everybody just sit around waiting for the fire to get lit? They didn't even start thinking about food until nearly the end of the day!
I've set it to series link although spent most of the first episode muttering what idiots they were - especially the ones who kept having a nice swim instead of looking for water or getting a fire going. I would have used a lens or battery from the camera, although perhaps they were told not to. Then again, I might have drunk the coconut water from the nut that was clearly visible as they were struggling with the bow drill
Plenty of rubbish about surprised they didn't find a lighter!!!!!
Also would there really be that much rubbish or do you reckon some of it was planted??
Ha ha! Glad it's not me muttering away at the TV!
I think it's great it being on TV though and the lack of drive to sort out the essentials is quite an insight into how people act (particularly considering that this is not a sample of the population but a self-selected group who you would hope would be more inclined to act)
Its also nice to see something showing some of the reality around how hard things like fire starting can be compared to many TV examples where it seems like a piece of cake.
I think it's great it being on TV though and the lack of drive to sort out the essentials is quite an insight into how people act (particularly considering that this is not a sample of the population but a self-selected group who you would hope would be more inclined to act)
Its also nice to see something showing some of the reality around how hard things like fire starting can be compared to many TV examples where it seems like a piece of cake.
Loved the first episode, a few moments of realisation creeping in and a few useful attitudes starting to show through.
Fair play to them for the first 24 hours - moving about, night out on their belt buckle, water, fire, dealing with a minor scrape.
It would be too easy to criticise, hats off to them I say. Looking forward to third and fourth week though, it will be tough for all of them.
Fair play to them for the first 24 hours - moving about, night out on their belt buckle, water, fire, dealing with a minor scrape.
It would be too easy to criticise, hats off to them I say. Looking forward to third and fourth week though, it will be tough for all of them.
Just watching this on catchup. I can understand the lack of firefighting knowledge, general naivety around safety in tropical waters and sleeping on jungle floors etc but I can't get my head around the laziness. Everyone is just dossing instead of sorting out their priorities. Even the wife who isn't bushy at all is screaming at the TV.
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