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Yup, another reason why I love rivers.

I think they're both satisfying for their own reasons.

Why's it bad etiquette? I doubt most of us have a site that would be a replacement for this forum.

Like I said, poor planning. lol

Actually being a former military person myself, only idiots would choose to do such silly stuff especially if there are safer alternatives. This guy's just doing it for a show. Seriously. You can try some high risk far from friendly forces where MEDEVAC may not be feasible and then break a...

Yeah I tried the living daylights out of it. Doesn't yield enough to be worth the trouble. I know all about digging. It just doesn't generate enough water and I only have so many cups.

I prefer foam. Figured if the inflatable one got punctured it'd be the end of padding for me.

I used a reflective belt for some key important markers for night time.

I miss the time when that used to actually mean it was high quality.

I don't doubt his service or any of his achievements but to advertise it as the source of his training and then go off doing all kinds of dangerous/highly-not-recommended stuff out in the field and attribute it to his special forces (SAS) training does make the special operations community look bad.

These things are absolute money. My brother has one. I have one that's in ACU and a bit smaller, but the MARPAT tarp (issued gear actually) was amazing.

The POS gear that I generally have is deterrent enough lol

Good stuff!

I use a whistle and blow it every now and then if I'm feeling nervous about predators. I think it works well. Haven't had any trouble. It's the snakes I'm worried about.

Have you built a still that generates enough water to be worth the trouble? I haven't been able to do so. If someone can, I'd like to know how.

If you ever had to be in such a situation, odds are your planning was horrible.

No serious outdoor survival person takes Bear Grylls seriously. He gives a bad name to special operations people everywhere.

My Ka-Bar knife. For boiling water and stuff... I can find clay on river banks (it'll take some time) and construct a bowl. The quality will be bad but it'll do it's job. If I don't find any clay... actually I thought of two things that I might experiment in future. ;)

I have the book and I recommend it highly. However, don't trust the part regarding finding plants to eat etc. It's not that the information is inaccurate, most of us lack the expertise to make any use of it.

Guys, never learn off TV. And as for mushrooms and stuff, there are some which are poisonous that look a LOT like the edible kind. I avoid it all like the devil. All it takes is one mistake and you're gone. The only plant I eat outside are dandelions. In the tropics I'll also eat coconuts...