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On one hand, Les Stroud is more "realistic," as he takes the more practical approach to survival.
However, Bear Grylls does more crazy, outlandish things, albeit with a camera crew.
Which survival expert is better?
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I couldn't vote because I've never heard of either of these guys. Perhaps you need a "Who?" option. 
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I voted for Stroud. Not because I think he's a better "survivor" per se, but because his show is more realistic. He's out there on his own. No camera crew, no people to get him out of trouble if he gets in it. And more importantly, he doesn't spend the night in a hotel, then come back in the morning to "film" his "worst night ever".
Bear is nothing but hollywood. Stroud, while being more demur and tame, is the real thing.
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I voted for Stroud. Not because I think he's a better "survivor" per se, but because his show is more realistic. He's out there on his own. No camera crew, no people to get him out of trouble if he gets in it. And more importantly, he doesn't spend the night in a hotel, then come back in the morning to "film" his "worst night ever".
Bear is nothing but hollywood. Stroud, while being more demur and tame, is the real thing.
Well said...I haven't voted yet because I've been struggling with that.
YES...Bear Grylls has a camera crew. But...he does some pretty insane things.
On the other hand, Les Stroud is definitely the better guy to listen to for survival tips.
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Les Stroud is the man. He's the real deal
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exactly lol....
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Stroud for sure. Bear basically makes a living trying to gross out the audience IMO. One day that guy is going to get a nasty parasite  Eating crap, and bugs doesn't make you a survivor, it makes you
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he drinks his own pee too.
that whole show is based on bear making himself sick. strouds show is much more informative, and also he doesn't puke.
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he drinks his own pee too.
that whole show is based on bear making himself sick. strouds show is much more informative, and also he doesn't puke.
He puked once.
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I have no idea who either one of these guys is, but I voted for Bear just because anyone with the name Bear has to be a tough SOB KING
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I have no idea who either one of these guys is, but I voted for Bear just because anyone with the name Bear has to be a tough SOB
KING
So if I decide to start calling myself "Bear" does that make me a tough SOB
Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls is the son of the late Conservative (UK) party politician Sir Michael Grylls and Sally Grylls, the former Sarah Ford.
link to UK article describing how Bear "roughed it" staying in hotels during some of his "escapades"
But an adviser to Born Survivor yesterday claimed that many of his other escapades were not exactly as they seemed on TV.
In one episode filmed in California's Sierra Nevada mountains he was shown biting off the head of a snake for breakfast and boasting that he was living on 'just a water bottle, a cup and a flint for making fire'.
Viewers were not told that he was actually spending some nights in the Pines Resort hotel at Bass Lake, where the rooms have Internet access and is advertised as 'a cosy getaway for families' complete with blueberry pancakes for breakfast.
In another episode when Grylls declared he was a 'real life Robinson Crusoe' stuck on a desert island, he was actually on an outlying part of the Hawaiian archipelago and retired to a motel at nightfall.
Mark Weinert, a survival consultant brought in for the programme, said one show also wrongly gave the impression that the adventurer built a Polynesian- style raft using only materials around him, including bamboo and palm leaves for a sail.
Mr Weinert had in fact led a team that built the raft, which was then dismantled so that Grylls could be shown constructing it on camera.
In another episode, Grylls was filmed attempting to lasso 'wild' mustang in the Sierra Nevada, when the horses were actually tame and had been brought in by trailer from a nearby trekking station.
Channel 4 confirmed that Grylls had used hotels during expeditions and ordered the production company that made the programme to investigate the other claims.
Les Stroud is the man. What sucks is Stroud is quitting filming Survivorman.
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Bear is more entertaining, but from the begginning I could tell that his way out looked like it was preplanned. Like he scouted the area to look for easy ways out. Its also like the camera crew makes it look more dangerous, but they are basically doing the same thing.
Both do some things I wouldnt do and they both got skills.
Les Stroud IMO would be the better one to watch for survival techniques but the other is more entertaining so i dont know who to vote for.
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I have no idea who either one of these guys is, but I voted for Bear just because anyone with the name Bear has to be a tough SOB
KING
So if I decide to start calling myself "Bear" does that make me a tough SOB
I wouldnt want to mess mith ya <------- hey look a grin,just like the one in my original statement
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lol, yeah I know, it's a sensitive topic with me. I debate this quite often at the office and end up getting frusterated. They've actually used the comment you made as a reason why Bear is better. Just decided to vent on here. No hard feelings 
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Les Stroud all the way. I think Bear Grylls would do better on "Jackass" than a survivor show.
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Both of these guys have done enough in their lives to earn my respect, but I enjoy Strouds show a lot more. Grylls Wiki Stroud Wiki
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