Posted on 07/25/2007 4:29:29 PM PDT by GSWarrior
Do people really expect him to sleep with the ants?
All shuck and jive as usual.
Oh, you poor, poor man.
You're right, they can be mean. Been out on round ups of wild mustangs, they don't like you to get near them.
So did the guy that was eaten by that Grizzly bear. LOL
Any guy that gets a drink of water form the core of elephant dung is a born survivor in my book. Now, on to the quiz shows!
I watch the Bear on Discovery Channel, but I perfer “Survivorman”. At least he drags his own cameras around instead of a camera crew.
I’d never heard of that show til recently. I plan to check it out when it starts airing again.
Yea! But he was friends with that bear. Ate his girlfriend too.
I have always enoyed it also, but....if you can’t do the walk.....
WHEW! For a moment there, until I read the article, I thought this story was about that guy who lived for years in Alaska in a cabin he built back in the 60s. Remember that show?
This is like the time that Pied Piper Pitt did a quick stopover to visit Cindy Sheehan in a hot Texas ditch and then spent the two nights in the Crawford area in an air conditioned motel.
That one I do like myself.
I think that there’s some staging involved with that show too. I remember one episode in particular filmed in the AZ desert. One important part of that episode involved his search for water. He had to trek quite a distance to find a little spring. IIRC, he didn’t find water until the third day out.
At the beginning of each show, they give the latitude and longitude where they drop him. I got curious and looked up the spot on Google Earth. Then I turned on the layer indicating where known water sources are. The spot where he started out was about 500 yards west of a water source. There was another in the opposite direction about 1000 yards away. A third was located to the south, also about 1000 yards away. So which way did he go? North. And it looked like he had to dodge one tank in that direction too, as well as a few houses along the way! North was also the only direction he could go without hitting a road within a few miles.
He's not much when it comes to survival, but there is some wonderful and grand places to look at that most people will never see in person.
First time I watched him try and build a fire I like to have split a gut. LOL
He should have practiced somewhere?
Survival shows can’t let someone die on TV. If that was worth the ratings, we’d be watching execution TV.
I've seen it and it was a great show I've seen a couple times about Dick Proenneke. Two of the best DVDs you'll ever purchase:
Product Description
"Alone in the Wilderness" is the story of Dick Proenneke. To live in a pristine land unchanged by man... to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed... to choose an idyllic site, cut trees and build a log cabin... to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available... to be not at odds with the world, but content with one's own thoughts and company... Thousands have had such dreams, but Dick Proenneke lived them. He found a place, built a cabin, and stayed to become part of the country. This video "Alone in the Wilderness" is a simple account of the day-to-day explorations and activities he carried out alone, and the constant chain of nature's events that kept him company.
Other videos/books about Dick Proenneke:
One Man's Wilderness * An Alaskan Odyssey
More Readings From One Man's Wilderness: The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke, 1974-1980 (Paperback)
If you or people you know love the outdoors then the inspirational story of Dick Proenneke surviving the Alaskan wilderness is a must see.
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