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I would pay to see you strapped to that propellor doobrie Sean

Filth

"Special Forces experience"

Brief stint in 21SAS and invalided out is hardly the super sneaky-beaky / on the balcony career his publicists hint at.

TBH he's deeply annoying and I think makes dangerous TV, suprised no-one has died swimming uneccessary lakes etc.

Rog Thedodge wrote (see)

"Special Forces experience"

Brief stint in 21SAS and invalided out is hardly the super sneaky-beaky / on the balcony career his publicists hint at.

Well precisely, old bean.

No disrespecting da 21 (as I believe the "yoot" puts it).

Are you sure he wasn't second man on the balcony?

 Compared to Ray or Les, Bear is more entertainment than "proper" survival. I do give him credit for having been SAS, bloody hard to pass selection, but:-      

• some of the things he does are un-necessary, there are better ways to do them
• some of the things he shows are "old" way of doing things, better ways, safer ways , are now used
• quite a few of his "technecics" look like they have been 'lifted' from Lofty Wiseman's book on Survival - older version - if you look at latest one, you can see how some things have changed

 Still he's the one on TV , with his own clothing range! not me.

 The boss loves him!!!!!!!!!!!! h

Jeremy Brims Ness wrote (see)

Bear Grylls I think is a total idiot, you call that survival more pissing about if you ask me, I would rather watch Survivor man, Ray Mears and Bush tucker man than five minutes in the SAS Bear Grylls, his episode what annoy me was when he tried to get honey from the killer bees nest and got stung then his eyes swelled up almost blinding him, I thought in survival you avoid unnecessary dangers like that.

You're not wrong Jeremy mate! He has done some damned stupid things on Born Survivoor/ Man vs Wild since it began. His getting ill to the point of suffering really terribly debilitasting diarrhoea was another one, upon his stupidly eating a raw crab from tropical marshland. Derrr!I still like the guy though as he is funny! Doing silly things like that in the same way I like a certain Mr Simpson! lol

Do none of you remember being young and bored ,and then finding something exiting and outdoorsy on the TV .

His shows are as much for children as for anyone ,and before anyone comes out with "and what a bad example he is  doing unsafe things" remember there are loads of people complaining about how kids are wrapped in cotton wool .     

Are any of us really qualified to rip the p**s out of him for raising the profile for outdoor adventure , or has this become an egocentric elitist website ?

As my dad said to me on too many occasions as ayoung man "When you're about to disappear up your own a**e pull yourself out !"  

blimey, Jim.  i think we're allowed to find him annoying without the risk that OM will personally ruin his career!

and he is annoying.  you'll note that no-one has suggested he give up and disappear though.  some slight tolerance on our egocentric parts

Se@n wrote (see)

It's entertainment, Simon. To be taken with a pinch of salt. Good luck to him; if I could get away with it I would

Mike fae Dundee mountainbolx.com wrote (see)

Se@n wrote (see)

Oh don't start with the bloody class war stuff again, Mike. It only ends in tears

Or The Disgruntled Fifer, A.K.A. Walter Pigeon (awright mate) might want to say something.

By the way Jim, I think BG is not having, "the p**s ripped out of him", for raising the profile of outdoor adventure but for exploiting the already high profile of outdoor adventure for his own ends in a really crass way and acting, not engaging in true survival situations. I mean, why kill and eat a raw turtle on camera  when you could probably have turtle soup served to you at the hotel you're staying in that same night?

Just about anyone who is young and reasonably fit with a modicum of determination, luck and financial backing can summit Everest these days, nearly 3,000 people have successfully summited and survived to date.

Well, they do say, "use it or lose it."

Anyway, why ain't you working?