The Island With Bear Grylls

[Macaroon]

Ah - had to use a mechanical aid eh?

I'm 104 yrs. old, I'll have you know! Blummin ageism rears it's head!

 

[John Fenna]

Yea its crazy easy. Only 250 people have died climbing it. Sounds just like getting the train up Snowdon. I might book it in for next year

Fewer than died crossing the road in England last year....

 

[John Fenna]

I'm 104 yrs. old, I'll have you know! Blummin ageism rears it's head!

And Welsh - I have to throw in Racism as well

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Cheers for that Ken...

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.

 

[John Fenna]

Hi Bushcraftsman, I agree with what you are saying BG doe's play up to the cameras but that's his job, but you can't take it away from him as he is trained to escape capture at all costs and survive short term rather than long term as for Everest, I have been away for the last three months to climb Everest until the disaster that saw 16 Sherpas killed by an avalanche, and as you may know all climbing has be cancelled for 2014, as for BG he is the youngest to ever climb Everest which was quite a challenge after breaking his back after a parachute jump that went badly wrong, but I do think the guy is good at what he does regardless of what others may think and I will be watching his latest show to see how 13 guys who as far as we know have had 'No Survival Training'? get on!!! one thing for sure he never gives up!

All the Best

Backpacker

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

 

[tom.moran]

Friends and colleagues have summited, some of them more than once.

It's not that hard.

Ama Dablam is hard.

i reckon your bluffing

 

[Macaroon]

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!

 

[John Fenna]

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!

 

[tom.moran]

ive got a mate who climbs k2 3 times a week he 'says' its not that hard



































but then he is a goat

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

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

 

[John Fenna]

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!

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Pah!
try Cat Bells on a chilly may morning - tougher than you think!

First mountain i ever walked up and still my favourite. The views are stunning

 

[Blaidd]

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)

 

[Bluffer]

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.

But you felt you had to use absurdity because I pointed out that there were more challenging summits?

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

But you felt you had to use absurdity because I pointed out that there were more challenging summits?

Sorry what was absurd ?

 

[Macaroon]

What's wrong with a little absurdity now and then? I find it can often be a very efficaceous medicine when used well

 

[John Fenna]

Life is absurd - either play along or spend your life swimming against a tide of the ridiculous!

 

[ReamviThantos]

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.

 

[General Strike]

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.

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.

 

[jpa1]

I thought that Grylls was TA?

It was the SAS Reserves that he was a member of.