Northern Ireland Outdoors Forum - Hiking, camping and more
General => General Chat => Topic started by: chris on July 12, 2009
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Aint seen one of these treads in here yet,
who is better? Ray Mears Or Bear Grylls?
;D
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Neither. Mors Kochanski is the daddy.
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Be careful with this one mate i asked it. There seems to be alot of Ray Mears fans but i prefer Bear i havent be able to watch a Ray Mears show from start to finish without falling asleep!
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I always think Bear is about emergency survival and Ray is about outdoors living. Ray gets my vote every time.
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Don't get wrong from what i hear Ray is very good. i also like Les Stroud from Survivor man. If it comes down to it and your were stranded somewhere you would be more than happy for any of those guys to be with you.
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What I like about Les is that he doesn't always get it right first time just like the rest of us. He has an everyman quality.
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Very true bear seems to get pretty easy bar the time he decided to mess about with some bees and ended up looking think the elephant man :D
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MAN V BEE
(http://cdn.screenjunkies.com/www/sites/default/files/man_vs_wild_bee_sting.jpg)
(http://i33.tinypic.com/v8fypl.jpg)
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Every time I think about that i piss myself.
funniest thing ever.
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Had to happen some time ;D
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That's gonna keep me laughing all day.
;D :D ;D :D ;D :D :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :o :o :o :o
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And as for good old uncle ray.....
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Is that statement true about his Greatness the iconic Ray?
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hope so might show that there might be some personality under all that ventile ;)
But seriously they all offer something as long as you have the wit to seperate the true nuggets of wisdom form the dodgy stuff/spoon carving/daft advice/set up for T.V./ (delete as needed)
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Tried to watch Bear on 4OD last night, but closest I could get was an offer to by the DVDs for £12.99. I thought they had all their programmes on there.
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The bear grylls stuff is endlessly repeated on the discovery channel. more4 and I think d-max.
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free TV only (licence fee aside)
I know it's on Saturdays on channel 4, but I'm usually busy.
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I do love bear, but ray has his charms too. I think I love bear so much because he does all the stuff I want to do but dont really have the balls to! Ray's style is more accessable and acheivable! dont think any farmers would be too happy if I wadded into a bog and skinned a sheep for my own "sheeping-bag"!
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I do love bear, but ray has his charms too. I think I love bear so much because he does all the stuff I want to do but dont really have the balls to! Ray's style is more accessable and acheivable! dont think any farmers would be too happy if I wadded into a bog and skinned a sheep for my own "sheeping-bag"!
You may discover that Bear's "Finds" and really props that are left there for him to "find." I think people would be really surprised to discover just how much of the TV programs, both Bear's and Rays, are set up in advance. Good entertainment though.
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Yeah I know, a lot of the time tho bear'll say that a farmer left this dead sheep for him so he can show you what can be done. I still like to pretend it's real helps with the illusion! kinda like top gear!!
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Yeh bears new show is bad as he gets all things give to him.
But it has to be one of the best jobs in the world.
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Aint seen one of these treads in here yet,
who is better? Ray Mears Or Bear Grylls?
;D
If i had a pound for every time this question has been asked id have about £20 ;D I always think to myself ,better at what?? ( im not getting at you Chris mate) Very few ever put bushcrfat or survival after the sentence. If its eating id say Ray, if its drinking his own piss id say eddy, if its bushcraft or survival id say Ben mcNutt!! ;)
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First guy i seen doing bushcraft/survival was Les Hiddens (bush tucker man)first book was the SAS survival guide by John ''lofty''Wiseman and lofty has a DVD out so check out these guys first before yous make your minds up.
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John ''lofty'' Wiseman
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Ive got that SAS survival book.
Its my bible.
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yip mine too :)
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I have the one that zipps up in an army cover with compuss, pretty cool. 8)
It one book i hope i have on me if im ever in diffs, it has everything you need to know.
Everyone on NI WILD should have one. :)
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ray ate all the pies and bear is too busy praying ffs ,
a couple of poofs if you ask me !!!
.........................i,ll get my coat.
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ray ate all the pies and bear is too busy praying ffs ,
a couple of poofs if you ask me !!!
.........................i,ll get my coat.
Oh my word ::) You can't say that about Ray. I've gone all of a flutter now ::)
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lol id have got banned from bcuk for a post like that.
(that wasnt the reason i was banned though ;D)
funny thing is that my post was relativly low key compared to what ive seen on it lately .theres even a guy on it promoting poaching with a bloody catapult of all things!!!
how things have changed.
ps whats the law on shooting otters? or neighbours dogs for that matter?. dont worry its not me , i would hardly swat a fly fs,lifes too precious in my opinion.
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You must have done something really bad to get yourself banned from bcuk Pablo, they are such a welcoming bunch over there who are very tolerent of everything and everyone, especially Toddy who just loves Celt Ginger!!!!! ;D
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hmmm all i did was mention hunting piglets with a blowpipe..............
lol actually i had a disagreement with one of the mods who was preaching about carrying a first aid kit. thats reasonable i spose but i suggested that a real bushcrafter would be able to sort himself out with what he could find in the woods.and that the native american indians didnt have packs of elastoplast from the chemists in their packs ;D
but that was back in its formative years i guess and its a different animal now i think.
tony was always a reasonable bloke though.
i think they took umbrage to my username which was `the naughty boy`as well. some people are sooooo reactive lol.
just dont start me on british blades ffs ::) :D :D
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Blowpipe, did you get the piglets stoned? ;D
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Blowpipe, did you get the piglets stoned? ;D
Thats a crackpipe ;)
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ps whats the law on shooting otters? or neighbours dogs for that matter?. dont worry its not me , i would hardly swat a fly fs,lifes too precious in my opinion.
NO u cant do either !
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Sounds like u no what ur talking bout there Jonno lol ;D
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You must have done something really bad to get yourself banned from bcuk Pablo, they are such a welcoming bunch over there who are very tolerent of everything and everyone, especially Toddy who just loves Celt Ginger!!!!! ;D
Ohh yes, I'm her favourite person, especially when I told her what I thought of her and her moderation skills.
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lol welcome to my world!
to be honest i did ridge a bit on the moderators on bcuk,im a fairly laid back bloke but the mods were a cult all on their own,and if someone had a different opinion then they just closed ranks and all your self determinism went out the window.
at that time , there was a suppressive twat who took pride in moderating posts , even tagged himself as the `black moderator`. the same a*sehole owns a certain blades forum based in britain (work it out lol)
seriously,dont ever give power to anyone who abuses it or has an agenda .
aaaaaaaaaaaanyway, its all changed ,probably for the better as its grown considerably and most of the twats i ran into didnt last too long anyway. you just gotta pick out the indicators in what they write ;)
anyone ever gone sheep rustling with a 2lb hammer then? :D :D :D
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Oh its changed alright certainly not for the better. They are still a pile of self opinionated A***holes!!
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You must have done something really bad to get yourself banned from bcuk Pablo, they are such a welcoming bunch over there who are very tolerent of everything and everyone, especially Toddy who just loves Celt Ginger!!!!! ;D
Ohh yes, I'm her favourite person, especially when I told her what I thought of her and her moderation skills.
hmmm must look her up lol
might be amusing.......
come now Paul, im sure theyre a well ajusted group of people who just want to impose their rule on you cause its their site and theyre the boss ;D
can i just add that all this is purely tongue in cheek chaps, i just like fooling around occasionally :D and i actually bear no ill-will to most of you ;D