man vs. wild "deadman" repel

[HB 4X4]

so, a frozen hershey bar is not an acceptable pull-pal sustitute?

maybe for bear

not to hijack but did you ever see him drink the water out of the elephant poo?:Wow1: :Wow1::Wow1:

It was a camel, actually. Or was there an Elephant one too? I don't recall it...

 

[kellymoe]

The idea behind the deadman anchor is dead on. I have resorted to using the method once while descending a climb. I had run out of slings from setting up previous rappel stations and found a bush growing out of a crack. I broke off several small green branches and slotted them between two large boulders. Strung the rope around them rapped off and pulled my rope down. One small branch would have given way but many small branches made for one strong anchor. I was still way sketched out though.

 

[timh]

I love this thread. Since the 1st time I saw BG's show I thought all he really did was show you every way to kill yourself in a survival situation.

My favorite is when he was in Baja, he found a bee hive and suggested that it was a good idea to get the honey from the hive for some sort of nourishment. He got stung and his face swelled up like a balloon:clapsmile...moron!!

 

[HanzoSteel]

Les Stroud ******!

 

[hillbillyjake]

It was a camel, actually. Or was there an Elephant one too? I don't recall it...

i'm 99% on it being an elephant. i can see this image in my head of him holding a turd the size of a basketball over his face to get a drink:coffeedrink:

this guy is definetly a hack

 

[SunTzuNephew]

Mr. Grilles is a liar and a poser, and his show should be viewed only for entertainment (if that).

 

[HB 4X4]

i'm 99% on it being an elephant. i can see this image in my head of him holding a turd the size of a basketball over his face to get a drink:coffeedrink:

this guy is definetly a hack

Maybe I am thinking about when he did that with the digested food he pulled out of the camels stomach.

 

[HB 4X4]

It's no more unrealistic than Les Stroud. Whether it's realistic or not it's safe to say Bear Grilles has bigger balls than anyone here and has accomplished some very daunting tasks in his life.

 

[hillbillyjake]

i think he found a dead camel and climbed inside of it to spend the night. i just wonder how they found a dead camel in a super 8 parking lot

 

[Mr. Leary]

i think he found a dead camel and climbed inside of it to spend the night. I just wonder how they found a dead camel in a super 8 parking lot

lol!

 

[SunTzuNephew]

It's no more unrealistic than Les Stroud. Whether it's realistic or not it's safe to say Bear Grilles has bigger balls than anyone here and has accomplished some very daunting tasks in his life.

Of course he has! And so has his photo crew, and the helo crew ready to take him to the hotel at night.....

Given the choice of trying to survive with 'bear' or Les Stroud, I know who I'd pick.

 

[Mr. Leary]

Of course he has! And so has his photo crew, and the helo crew ready to take him to the hotel at night.....

Given the choice of trying to survive with 'bear' or Les Stroud, I know who I'd pick.

Agreed. The choice is easy for me. I don't really want to eat dung, no matter how many vit-a-mins are in it!

 

[Christophe Noel]

Bear Grills is such a bummer. He's actually extremely talented, smart and some of his adventure accomplishments are truly impressive. However, he cloaks all of those achievements with far too much theatrics on his "survival show." With regard to his legit accomplishments, did anyone see his show about flying the powered paraglider OVER mount Everest? That was ballsy.

Regarding snow bollards, I've rapped off many a bollard. As has been said, the snow conditions determine the size of the bollard required. You can also judge the fear factor of a fellow climber by the size of the bollard they cut. A few years ago in Alaska I was cutting a bollard and my partner said, "we're going to need more rope just to get around that thing!" I'm known for cutting a pretty massive bollard.

I've also seen a pair of long underwear used as a deadman during my American Mountain Guide cert program. It was crazy. It took a snowmobile to pull it free.

 

[Christophe Noel]

The other goofy aspect to his survival show is the silly number of risks he takes. I've done tons of solo aplineering and sea kayaking. I think twice about little hazzards like burning my hands with hot tea or dropping a glove down a coulior. I'd certainly not risk busting both gams by jumping out of a friggin' tree!!

 

[Mr. Leary]

I agree with you, Flounder. He is talented. I would like to see him film his own show with no support crew. I think he will start acting a lot more like Les Stroud. BTW, that everest show was very cool.