Posts Tagged ‘les stroud’

Survivorman is Back


03 Sep

You know that old question- if you could be stranded on a desert island with only one other person, who would it be? My answer, unequivocally- Les Stroud, Survivorman. I am thrilled that he’s back on the air with his new show, Survivorman 10 Days, where he gets stranded somewhere, alone, for ten days. Each episode shows five days of an adventure.

He is actually alone, just him and his cameras, but he does have radio contact with his safety crew- usually only used when conditions get too dangerous for all of them- and he admits it. Welcome back, Survivorman.

MythBusters: Duct Tape Island (ep 181)


26 Mar

Duct tape is apparently more than a handyman’s friend, it’s an all-round survival tool, though I think it helped that Adam and Jamie had experience using it for some of these things (like boat building) before.

The shrink wrap was a legitimate tool since it came on the pallet of duct tape. Survivorman would approve.

I appreciated that while they caught the chicken, unlike Survivorman, they did not eat it. Nor did they try to hide the fact that they had cameramen with them (cameramen, or the lack thereof, are the main reason I prefer Surviorman to Man vs Wild.)

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