Despite what anyone says about either Survivorman or Man Vs Wild, both have different qualities, both are great shows that I love. They have both changed throughout the seasons. You can't say that Man vs Wild is fake.
OR Season 1
The RockiesRate
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Bear Grylls gets dropped in the middle of the Canadian Rocky Mountains near Canadian Border and must find his way back to civilization. On his way out, he must evade the danger of grizzly bears, jump 70 feet into a river, and abseil down a cliff.
Moab DesertRate
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The Moab Desert in Utah is one of the top extreme sports destinations in the United States, with more than a million visitors each year. But sweltering temperatures and deadly predators can make it very dangerous. Bear is dropped into the desert to demonstrate how a lost hiker can make it back to civilization, with merely a bottle of water, a knife and a flint. On his journey, he travels down a maze of narrow canyons, stumbles upon rattlesnakes, and escapes quicksand, showing viewers how to survive in one of the harshest environments on the planet.
Costa Rican RainforestRate
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Each year, 500,000 Americans visit Costa Rica to explore some of the world's most amazing and environmentally significant wilderness preserves. Last year alone, more than 50 visitors had to be rescued by the Red Cross. Bear sets out on an incredible jungle adventure as he parachutes into the rain forest of Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula to demonstrate how someone lost in the jungle can make it out alive. His journey takes him up 100-foot trees and down waterfalls that descend more than 120 feet. He encounters snakes, mosquitoes and dangerous river currents, while ...
Alaskan Mountain RangeRate
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Thousands of skiers, snowboarders and mountain climbers visit Alaska each year in search of virgin snow, and hundreds of people end up lost in the wilderness. Armed with only a bottle of water, a knife and a flint, Bear's challenge is to make it to the coast from where he hopes to find signs of civilization. During his journey, he travels down extreme mountain slopes, over glaciers and through bear-infested forests, and navigates a small boat through treacherous ice floes. Bear shows viewers what it takes to survive in one of the coldest environments on earth.
Hawaii: Mount KilaueaRate
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The Big Island of Hawaii is home to the world's most active volcano, Mount Kilauea. Since 1992, it has been in a state of constant eruption, spitting out clouds of poisonous sulphuric gases from the soil. Here, the landscape is denuded of plant life, devoid of water and few animals are ever seen. Beneath the unstable surface lies a river of molten rock boiling at temperatures above 2,000 degrees F. Surrounding this volcanic landscape is a dense rain forest, which offers environmental relief but features dangers of its own. To highlight the skills necessary to survive,...
Sierra NevadaRate
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Every year, 4 million hikers and climbers are drawn to the majestic Sierra Nevada, one of the greatest mountain ranges in the country. With more than 400 miles of terrain and mountain peaks reaching 14,000-plus-feet high, the Sierras are breathtaking. But this spectacular wilderness is deceptively dangerous; hundreds of people become stranded there each year. One wrong turn can turn into a struggle to stay alive. Bear shows viewers how to survive in the Sierra's three major mountainous regions: alpine, woodlands and chaparral. He parachutes into an alpine lake, ...
African SavannahRate
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A parachute from hot air balloon brings team Bear to Masai country in northern Kenya, a savanna favorite with safari tourists. Bear shows how dangerous getting behind there can be, say as your vehicle breaks down, and how to survive and seek rescue. Starting on the arid plain, Bear treats his graze wounds with medicinal aloe vera, navigates by the sky and shows healthy respect for both elements, notably the scorching heath and a volcano, and the mighty wildlife, especially big cats, elephants, rhinoceros, and when he must cross a river the crocodiles and ...
European AlpsRate
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Every year, 120 million people ski and climb the 80,000 square miles of the Alps, Europe's greatest mountain range. Unfortunately, every year hundreds of people die enjoying this beautiful wilderness because they're unable to survive the potentially fatal conditions at heights sometimes reaching 15,000 feet. Armed with a knife, a water bottle, a cup and a flint, Bear parachutes into the Alps to demonstrate vital survival skills. From a radical new technique to save lives in crevasse zones to building a snow shelter and showing viewers how to escape from a fall into a ...
Desert IslandRate
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When people fantasize about being stranded on a desert island, they never realize how inhospitable that climate can be. The feelings of isolation, vulnerability and hunger soon kick in, making it essential to know how to survive. Equipped with just a handful of supplies, Bear parachutes to one of Hawaii's 130 uninhabited surrounding islands, evading toxic coral, highly poisonous jellyfish and sharks as he swims to shore. Bear demonstrates how to survive as he spears fish, collects rainwater, builds a shelter, and plans his escape from one of humankind's most dangerous...
EvergladesRate
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This premiere episode finds host Bear Grylls stranded in the swamps of the Florida Everglades, where each year at least 60 tourists need to be rescued. With more than a million alligators, thousands of snakes and even black bears roaming these waterlogged lands, the area has more than its share of hazards. Bear demonstrates how to keep alligators at bay, deal with vicious razor-sharp grass and find stomach-churning food that will keep you alive if you find yourself stranded in this beautiful but dangerous destination.
IcelandRate
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While hundreds of thousands of tourists visit Iceland every year to witness freezing glaciers, steaming geothermal areas and huge black sand deserts, more than a thousand visitors find themselves requiring a rescue. Adventurer Bear Grylls demonstrates how to make a snow cave, find water in deep tunnels and avoid frostbite in this Arctic environment. Because finding food is a problem in this climate, Bear is forced to eat a sheep's eyeball and catch a ptarmigan (a wild bird). He also has to deal with blizzards and 50 mph winds as he attempts to reach safety.
MexicoRate
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After sky-diving down, Bear crosses the vast, scorching-hot Mexican Copper canyon, south of the US border. Bear finds the dehydrating heat by day -and icy nights- his greatest challenge while climbing up and down high, steep, unpredictable cliffs. The arid land, surprisingly varied with volcanic hot springs, waterfalls and a glacier, offers little water and sustenance, so he must filter unpolluted pools or finds steaming water and eat what he can catch, like fat grubs and tail-removed scorpions. Exploring a cave with a self-made torch, Bear braves his animal phobia, ...
Kimberley, AustraliaRate
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Even by Australian Outback standards, Kimberley is a vast and desolate wasteland, home to an inhospitable wildlife with a record concentration of poisonous species. Bear braves it, paying due tribute to traditional Aboriginal survival skills, showing how stranded tourists may still hope to get out alive. Even he wrestles with the scorching heat, leaving most of the and dry and very hard to find water or food, so you can't be picky, eating anything not dangerous and drinking what you can, even recycling your own filtered fresh urine. After a storm in a hastily ...
EcuadorRate
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Bear starts a testing journey trough tropical Ecuador paragliding down in the Andes, then works his way down into the Amazon jungle, trying to follow the course of water gradually swelling into a mighty stream, passing a cave requires getting over his aversion from bats. Wildlife is abundant, yet food not so easy to get, even if you know some local tribal techniques. He eats both a crucifix spider and giant larvae for the protein, making him all the more happy when a self-made bow and arrow allow him to fish-hunt in pools, for piranhas who aren't numerous enough to be...
ScotlandRate
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Bear is dropped in the Scottish Highlands, the wildest UK region, notably Cairngorm National Park, every year still quite risky for its many tourists. The unforgiving winter elements scourge Bear with icy wind, cold and precipitation, so he must regularly seek shelter in between threading carefully on snow, ice, slippery moss and sliding pebbles or dealing with snowy slopes with avalanche risk, a rotting deer carcass is inedible but can be skinned for a coat, alas too heavy to carry long. Food and potable water are scares, so he purifies with moss and sets rabbit ...