Ray Mears / Desert Island Survival Part 1/4

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Woodlore - BBC - RAY MEARS' EXTREME SURVIVAL - Desert Island Survival.
The classic survival situation has to be surviving on a desert island. In this programme Ray shows essential skills for a castaway while recounting two remarkable tales of island survival, one which lasted 30 years.

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[DemoticVEVO]

In my opinion, Bear Grylls view of survival is, jump off shit, risk breaking an ankle, drink piss, do backflips.

Les Stroud, is more like "Average joe trying to survive", using everything he can to better his situation.

And Ray Mears, gives alot of great advice and knows what he's doing more than the other two, but doesn't really try to survive himself.

That said, I prefer Survivorman, but this is a close second.

[Bouchon211]

@gokucrazy22 Les Stroud sets the scenario for an unskilled person to survive as long as possible and Ray Mears is for an absolute mastery of your surroundings and surviving comfortably or even indefinitely. Bear Grylls is if you wanna just be entertained and/or have a short adventure which ends in your own death (probably from falling off something you climbed for no apparent reason).

[yougfrrck1]

@lands3r not a chance in hell Les is all tv magic as well, he was previously some kind of hippie indie singer/performer when not shooting the show he sleeps in a tent with one of his 3 girlfriends the only one of the 3 that is worth half a shit is Ray

[lands3r]

@DemoticVEVO i agree bear is just a moneymaker

les is pur realistic and ray explains everythng in details

les and ray would b cool as duo survival XD

[kittenmn]

@DemoticVEVO

Bear Grylls is my hero, my scout leader of the world never ever say that RAY MEARS is better than him.

[whynottalklikeapirat]

@mprefero just go indonesia. all the desert islands you can eat.

[m00niee]

@DemoticVEVO

I agree.

[mgiar]

not saying it specifically about this one, but does anyone else think ray has too many supplies when he tries to "survive"? and that wasnt sarcasm, i rather like this show

[superhornet69]

@Cypher1X ...Thank you for the clarification...Semper Fi, carry on.

[Cypher1X]

@superhornet69 Desert Island, meaning an island with no drinkable water.

[bnsaints]

@DemoticVEVO Les is an idiot

[ps3manize]

YEAA BOYY philippines baby xD manny pac man bicth LOL

[Blizzhobbs]

Holy shit that island at 1:18 looks like the one from lord of the flies, it has the mountain and that little stone castle peninsula

[superhornet69]

Technically, if it's in the tropics, how could it be a "desert" island? I believe the correct term is "deserted" or am I just being an asshole?

[mprefero]

I wanna go there! and stay here !

[ForTheFutureOfMusic]

@DemoticVEVO i prefer dual survival.

[angelkane]

wow philippines!

[esh1]

@bvbob1 Use rigid, brittle and smooth surface stone and file it against a bigger stone (with tiny holes) to cause friction and turn the brittle stone into a sharper spear or use wood and thread and turn it into a knife and keep improving it...

These survival guys just don't have time to do that every episode, besides Rey might kill himself missing a meal or Bear would have to eat his own shit and drink his own piss every episode!

[guitarmaster125]

@DemoticVEVO I contain the same opinions towards the three men. I love Les because he is more of a realist than Bear. Ray and Les are a tie and my mind, although Ray provides more information than the Bear and Les

[themadplotter]

@gokucrazy22 what a load of bollocks. Sounds like another armchair survivalist. Bear grylls is a fucking presenter and does things most blue peter hosts could do. Cant compare that to men who have lived most of their life in the outdoors with various local people all over the world and are now sharing it in an informative way with no stupid added drama.

[then33k4]

@gokucrazy22

bear grylls is a pussy compared to les stroud

[Skyrodude]

When I heard: ''voices'' (music) at 1:08... I know this video will be amazing.

[clevelandsteamland]

@gokucrazy22 not really. bear grylls is sometimes good, but he eats things raw which could mean problems from bacteria or digestive problems. he also jumps off things, not knowing how deep the water is below. it is also fixed, meaning everything is checked thoroughly for safety before he does it. in other words, he is a man with bravery and courage but a lot of stupidity.

[gokucrazy22]

@Bouchon211 still, there will be a time when you need to do things like that. even les stroud does it periodically if he comes across one he can scale (example the colorado rocky mountains episode). the reason he can't do major things like bear grylls is that he has to lug around his camera gear. still, I also think that some of the stuff bear does is a little unnecessary...