Did anyone else notice when he was in the desert, and he came up to the snake he said that it was "brought in from nearby".. does that mean there is a town nearby?

it could mean that.
or it could mean the snake handler was from nearby
or it could mean the snake was caught by a handler nearby

or that the snake was found nearby years ago lived a good happy life far away then was brought back for the show.

nutz_III
but im guessing

he also mentioned having to send 2 crew members off for medical care for heat stroke. that's one of the problems with this show. he travels with a crew and has all the conveniences of home, but demonstrates how one would survive if one had to. contrast that with survivorman les stroud who allegedly travels alone, & films his own adventures....

can i just say that bear grylls is awsome...and if you want to discuss les stroud go discuss him on the surivivorman page...uuhhhh i do not like him.....but bear grylls is my hero!!!!

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he also mentioned having to send 2 crew members off for medical care for heat stroke.

thats a big problem
when your leader has not noticed that you have not been given enough water, or have been doing too much in the heat.

you would think that the crews health would be something that he would keep an eye on and not wait until they had heat stroke to make the call to pull them out.

nutz_III
leaders lead
followers follow

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thats a big problem

That is very true.

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but bear grylls is my hero

Can you please explain to me in an intelligent way, why he is your hero?

My hero was always my dad.

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My hero was always my dad.

I was about to say the same thing. My dad has been and aways will be my hero. All I can say how sad it is to hear he is your hero.

omg..yawl are so haters...geez
can i just say that i have more than on hero!!...geez..and of corse bear grylls is on of them because he is awesome...
and anyways..the crew members that were taken off the show were probaly refusing to drink water so it would be fair and then they got heatsrtoke...i betcha anything bear stopped and made sure they were ok...it is not like th tv shows are live...geez...why do yawl have to be so mean?????

In other news, Al Gore has declared Bear Grylls to be personally responsible for Global Warming...

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geez..and of corse bear grylls is on of them because he is awesome...

So he is your hero because he is awesome?

Ladies and gentelmen, this is the future of our species right here.

com on matt even you have to admit that a response like

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and anyways..the crew members that were taken off the show were probaly refusing to drink water so it would be fair and then they got heatsrtoke.

just had to be funner that just about anything that could ever be posted after.

and its not bear that is responsible for global warming.. its his car.. no one elses just his..
(and the oil company that he did a promotion for cant for get that)

nutz_III
its funny because he was serious.

What's funny is referring to Grylls as the camera man's "leader"! lol

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What's funny is referring to Grylls as the camera man's "leader"! lol

The senior guy is the leader, man. As the one that was being billed as the "expert" he would be called the leader as well. It comes with the territory.

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What's funny is referring to Grylls as the camera man's "leader"! lol

so oyu are saying that bear fallows the camera guy around? that the camera guy is in front? making the choices where to go and what to do?

is bear the follower in the show?
does he follow everyone else around?

if not sounds like he is the leader out there, after all as typ said the man with the best experience is usually the leader. unless you think the rest of the crew has more experience than bear. or maybe its one of those free love noone is in charge commune thingies..

nutz_III
there is only one leader, every one else is a follower. which one is bear?

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The senior guy is the leader, man. As the one that was being billed as the "expert" he would be called the leader as well. It comes with the territory.

Um guys, I know that you really, really dislike Bear and think that because his name is on the show that HE'S THE BOSS and all. But the "leader" of a TV show is the Producer and/or the onsite director. The "host" of a show is not the boss of all the other people that work on the show. There is also a safety director (or some similar title) for the show MvW as well as consulting experts.

The fact that you all would try and pin something like this on Grylls is why I so often refer to the critics here as haters. No offense, Typ, but it seems completely unreasonable on the face of it.

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Um guys, I know that you really, really dislike Bear and think that because his name is on the show that HE'S THE BOSS and all. But the "leader" of a TV show is the Producer and/or the onsite director. The "host" of a show is not the boss of all the other people that work on the show. There is also a safety director (or some similar title) for the show MvW as well as consulting experts.

Correct. And while you may not have been present for this discussion before, we have, and we have had it numerous times in the past.

A majority of the fans have said that during most of the shooting (the new episodes anyway) it is just Eddie and the camera crew. So if this is true then Eddie would be senior. This is the assumption we have to go with because there is no other information telling us otherwise.

Well, if fans are saying that, they are not well educated on the show. There's at least one clip on the disco MvW site where it shows behind the scenes footage of Bear prepping for a climb, safety advisor and all!

You all should just listen to me. I have T3H Korrect!!! *grin*

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Well, if fans are saying that, they are not well educated on the show.

many fan are not educated on the show
many fans are not educated on outdoor skills at all.

but if a critic wishes to point out that bear is not alone, and that bear and crew are not really running around "in a survival situation"

many times they get shot down ASAP as a "HATER"

discovery has never had a "real" behind the scenes look at the show. even with the "new" transparency about the crew..

just who is out there on location?

if two members of the crew had to be relieved due to heat stroke. whoever was in charge of safety was doing a poor job. the crew either did not takes seriously the precautions given them about the location. or they were given horrible advice.

now if you cant keep the crew in good health filming a show about staying healthy in the area..

you might want to think about the advice you are giving out.

is bear responsible? like you said not likely.

but hes the front man with his name on the show.
and as fan after fan points out, "he has so much experience adventuring" who should the public look to for an explanation for a poor job done?

nutz_III
you want the glory you have to risk the blame.

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but if a critic wishes to point out that bear is not alone, and that bear and crew are not really running around "in a survival situation"

many times they get shot down ASAP as a "HATER"

Most of the time that I have seen, the haters aren't just "pointing out the Bear is not alone." They are jumping all over the fan just for being a fan. And they go far beyond "Bear is not alone" to "BEAR is, like, totally fake, man. EVERYBODY knows that. You must be uneducated. Here, read this fake wiki. Yadda-yadda."

The term "haters" is apt for those people.

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if two members of the crew had to be relieved due to heat stroke. whoever was in charge of safety was doing a poor job.

lol You're a hoot, nutboy.

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is bear responsible? like you said not likely.

Thanks for admitting you were wrong.

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hey are jumping all over the fan just for being a fan.

really i thought many times they jump all over the bad advice given by bear and touted by the fan as great advice? thats when the fan just start calling people haters..
such as this post

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omg..yawl are so haters...geez
can i just say that i have more than on hero!!...geez..and of corse bear grylls is on of them because he is awesome...
and anyways..the crew members that were taken off the show were probaly refusing to drink water so it would be fair and then they got heatsrtoke...i betcha anything bear stopped and made sure they were ok...it is not like th tv shows are live...geez...why do yawl have to be so mean?????

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if two members of the crew had to be relieved due to heat stroke. whoever was in charge of safety was doing a poor job.



lol You're a hoot, nutboy.

you dont think that the man in charge of safety, should be strung up for not providing enough water or breaks to the crew, that they got sunstroke? if it was a military operation and the troops did not have enough water and support what do oyu think would have happened?, or if it was a union job and the staff were under prepared and over worked for the conditions?

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is bear responsible? like you said not likely.



Thanks for admitting you were wrong.

you must be totally missing the fact that even if its not BEARS JOB to watch the crew, how much was he not CARING about them to not see it happening? he was there and as many have said "hes has all this experience and training" but the fact is

Bear did not notice anything until two camera men that might have been less than 50 meters from him has to be flown out because of heat stroke.

either bear is not trained to notice such things( and if he was trained in north africa that would be questionable) or he was not looking, or was not caring..

responsible no.
but bears not much on dessert survival either.
to not seeing it happening.

nutz_III
at least he did not have a tourist with him to keel over from heat stroke..just his camera crew

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Well, if fans are saying that, they are not well educated on the show.

If you need to "educate" yourself on a show before you watch it, there is a problem

What ever happen to correct English?

Well, if fans are saying that, they are not well educated on the show.

they are not well educated about the show.

Or better

They are lacking in knowledge about the show

If Edward was not responsible for the crew that still does not justify the fact of him not noticing the danger to the crew and stepping in and taking control. A true leader leads. In a crisis situation I would have expect a person like Edward that touts himself as a leader to step in and take control

People, What has happened to Man vs Wild show? Yikes!!. I just watched Patagonia. The first part was for what purpose? Don't use socks when you already have crampons? Lower yourself down a hole for no reason other than to get wet so you can take off your clothes? Then we skip to part 2. Hanging out with a Gaucho. Bear whines and needlessly eats raw meat while Gaucho does the real stuff. Then he is a Christian. Great but where did that fit in. I have seen more survival skills on the Food network. What next Tony Bourdain? cooking for Bear. Or Rachel Ray surviving on $40 a day.
Bear get you act together what is the show about? last season had a premise. Lots of people can go places, walk around state the facts and then get airlifted out but that is a travel show.

And finally the disclaimer. I guess that says it all, there is no Man vs Wild show now that the curtain has been pulled back,just a show with a nice guy who was in the army likes to climb, take off clothes and jump out of planes. Hey kids don't try any of this at home.

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