Sir David vs. Bear Grylls

[Catherine]

I have never seen a show with Bear Grylls. I find most survival shows are ridiculous and have little to do with actual survival skills. I assume Bear Grylls is the same. His shows in the early years might have had some survival information, but that doesn't keep the ratings up. People want sensational so he has to do more and more outrageous things to keep his ratings up.

You camping on a mountainside knew more about survival than he does. He does his survival tricks with a film crew in tow and a whole lot of supplies. What he does is all about dominating the environment and showing how "powerful" he is. Real survival is about adapting to the environment and living within it as part of that environment.

When he kills things on his show it is for the shock value because shocking things boost ratings. 
I doubt he could survive if it was a real survival situation. I just wish people had better sense than to watch things like that.