His name is Ed and he is no Les Stroud (Survivorman). Les goes into the wild alone for seven days, Mike takes a camera crew and has people plant food for him and is protected by British union rules. Mike (Bear) Grylls is show, Les Stroud is dough.
Bear Grylls is an ex-SAS combat survival instructor. I don’t know if he does certain things for show or not, but even if he does, he must be as tough as nails and know what he’s doing for real regardless......
Les is believable 'cause he makes no bones about what he's doing. He also freely admits he has a safety crew. Usually they are a few miles away and available by radio just in case. That's just common sense - this is TV after all. I've seen a couple of shows where Les has said enough is enough, and one where the safety crew called it off early due to severe weather moving in.
Shame about Bear though, hope he heals quickly and can get back to work soon.
Do you have ANY clue what it takes to qualify for the SAS?
Research it. Wasn’t Les Stroud some sort of Canadian musical thespian prior to getting his face on Survivor Man?