# Bear Grylls, Running Wild **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 1, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-grylls-running-wild/729623 "2015-09-01T17:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-grylls-running-wild/729623/41 "2015-09-08T18:51:33Z")
In addition, it depends on where you are. In the eastern US I can only think of the 100 mile wilderness where you’d be more than 2 days away from civilization. Unless you’re so injured you can’t walk or are snowed in, in which case you wouldn’t be able to find food anyway even if you knew where to look. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-grylls-running-wild/729623/42 "2015-09-09T00:34:06Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > It would be one thing if the show had a big flashing disclaimer “for entertainment purposes, don’t actually do this shit”. > > But no, Bear has to give a “this is what a professional would do” vibe to it. The “Man vs Wild” episode did have a disclaimer, that Bear and his team get help if they are really at risk, that they are out to challenges for entertainment, and to consult a professional prior to trying any of it. To paraphrase. > [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > What time is this show put out? It wouldn’t be in a similar time slot to, say, Dr Who? It runs on Monday night at 9pm Central. > [@Scumpup](#): > > Most survival situations are resolved in hours or a few days at most. Going a day or two or more without food is not life threatening. If you did as smart hikers/campers/hunters/pilots etc. do and notified somebody of an itinerary and ETA , then there _should_ be people looking for you and you shouldn’t be making their task more difficult by moving around. This is what we learned in Scouts. Set up camp, cover water, shelter, fire, food, and signals for help, and wait. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-grylls-running-wild/729623/43 "2015-09-09T07:01:49Z")
Deal first with whatever is going to kill or injure you first, and work on rescue when you are out of immediate danger. Usually it would prioritize as urgent medical, environmental, water, signals, food, but would vary on the circumstances. Where Grylls’ show fails entirely as a survivior exercise is that he goes out of his way to make things worse by courting death or injury rather that mitigating risk. It is a fun outdoor adventure show masquerading as a survivor show, along the lines of a vid titled “Firearms Safety” turning out to be Bubba shouting “Hey, fellers, watch this!” as he lights a firework and stuffs it up his ass. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-grylls-running-wild/729623/44 "2015-09-09T15:57:05Z")
I did much enjoy the naked calisthenics on an ice field in Patagonia 😃 - though why he didn’t just freeze to death right on camera, exercise or no, is a mystery. He’s also gone skinny-dipping in Siberia in -40 degree weather. I don’t know what kind of clothes he wears that get warm and dry almost in minutes. Fall in a stream in even moderately cool weather, and hypothermia is sure to follow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-grylls-running-wild/729623.md?page=2)