Survival of the preparedest

Survival of the preparedest

'They' (you know...'them'!) accuse Bear Grylls of cheating for 'surviving' by sleeping in hotels and having a support team, so they make a big deal about putting Les Stroud in a desert with no support team and carrying his own cameras and stuff....except he's got a crashed truck with a load of water in it, next to a tree containing berries which he researched beforehand, and found that he could eat. The other day (on TV), they put him in a life raft and ditched him in the ocean, but it's in the ocean under a sticky out bit of land where there were a multitude of little islands with coconut trees. And because he had to carry his cameras, they gave him a little dinghy, which he slept in because his life raft was filling with water. And he had a support team which towed him to shore when it got stormy. It's not like I want to watch the guy die on screen or anything, and I have to say, I'm in awe of his skills, and I don't claim that it's easy or that I could do it....but, if you're the best, and you're going to show us how to survive adverse scenarios, strap a single camera to your head, and get out in the middle of the Pacific on a plank.
He was in the canyons in America the other day - again, on TV, obviously...Nevada way I think - and lit a fire with scrapings from a chunk of magnesium he had in his pocket. How very convenient!...that you had a block of readily combustible magnesium in your pocket! Fancy that...what good fortune! Thanks Les, I've learned.
I've learned that you can survive in the middle of nowhere with a tent, a coconut tree, some berries, something to light a fire with, and gallons of water.
No shit! That's called camping!
Might as well take bog roll too
...and a car.
...and a house.