• Thorry@feddit.org
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    11 hours ago

    Survivorman is Les Shroud and he is the real deal. He was a survival expert long before he started to make TV. His whole deal is he just gets dumped somewhere, along with a shitload of camera gear. Then he has to walk out, often walking parts twice to go pick up his cameras.

    It’s more about nature with Les and not so much about the surviving part. He does explain a lot about what to do and what not to do, but being in nature and being a part of nature is a large aspect of his show. It isn’t sensationalized, the dangers are never overstated. And he usually has a satphone on him and an agreed time and location for extraction. But he is actually out there for a week all on his own and not like most shows where the crew just drives to a location to shoot a scene and then go back to the hotel later.

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      4 hours ago

      Aye, that’s the mentality to have. You are under nature’s thumb so you work with her, not try survive or fight her.

      I might check this guy out. Some of the most impactful “survival” methods are very simple things. It’s more about doing these things as you go so you aren’t ever in a survival situation and you can actually spend a long time out there by just being respectful and aware of your situation and environment.