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chill
climber
between the flat part and the blue wobbly thing
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 19, 2012 - 04:20pm PT
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http://youtu.be/uKlYTn_m2cY
Apparently he don't need no stinkin rock shoes.
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Dos XX
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Apr 19, 2012 - 04:24pm PT
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His credentials are impressive, but I'm not convinced that it's Grylls doing all the climbing in this commercial advert (for deodorant!)
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mitchy
Trad climber
new england
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Apr 19, 2012 - 04:28pm PT
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who the eff is bear grylls, that's like askin' who the eff is chuck norris.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Apr 19, 2012 - 04:29pm PT
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How does he expect to get down with 14ft of rope and no cams?
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Apr 19, 2012 - 04:32pm PT
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TR scene at 1:31.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Apr 19, 2012 - 04:53pm PT
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I personally like his show. I've never watched it, but it has sure had an impact on the Youtube world as kids start posting videos of them doing "survival things" that would never really work, or videos of them trying his stunts and getting hurt.
Darwinism? Natural Selection? Hell yeah. I think everyone should be a rock climber. It'd weed out a lotta people.
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Dos XX
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Apr 19, 2012 - 05:10pm PT
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The shorty rope is for decoration so it looks like he's leading. The black rope that isn't perfectly edited out is for the top rope.
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Sean_Killigan
Trad climber
Garberville
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Apr 19, 2012 - 05:15pm PT
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I personally like his show. I've never watched it
Neat trick, that.
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jfailing
Trad climber
Lone Pine
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Apr 19, 2012 - 05:23pm PT
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Blakey
Trad climber
Newcastle UK
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Apr 19, 2012 - 05:37pm PT
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Don't diss 'da man'.
He is much loved back home in Blighty, see here....
http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=502549
Despite everything, he has raised more for charity than I ever will. it just goes to show that everything (really everything, even this!) has a place.
Regards
Steve
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Fluoride
Trad climber
West Los Angeles, CA
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Apr 19, 2012 - 05:48pm PT
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He's jobless at the moment. He and Discovery parted ways....not amicably.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 19, 2012 - 05:54pm PT
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For a bloke that almost died serving his country my hat's off to him.
I don't begrudge him making a nice living, either. TV will make one do
stoopid stuff. I'd be happy to have a pint with him, or go for a hike.
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mitchy
Trad climber
new england
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Apr 19, 2012 - 05:58pm PT
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maybe he could get a job with YOSAR.
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hossjulia
Social climber
Eastside (of the Tetons)
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Apr 19, 2012 - 06:00pm PT
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I think he's awesome. Can I have his baby?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 19, 2012 - 06:00pm PT
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Grylls joined the British Army and served in the part-time United Kingdom Special Forces Reserve, with 21 Regiment Special Air Service, 21 SAS(R) for 3 years until 1996.
In 1996, he suffered a freefall parachuting accident in Zambia. His canopy ripped at 4,900 metres (16,000 ft), partially opening, causing him to fall and land on his parachute pack on his back, which partially crushed three vertebrae. Grylls later said: "I should have cut the main parachute and gone to the reserve but thought there was time to resolve the problem".[19] According to his surgeon, Grylls came "within a whisker" of being paralysed for life and at first it was questionable whether he would ever walk again. Grylls spent the next 12 months in and out of military rehabilitation at Headley Court[19] before being discharged and directing his efforts into trying to get well enough to fulfil his childhood dream of climbing Mount Everest
I'd call that service.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Apr 19, 2012 - 06:16pm PT
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Actually, I'd call that forgetting your training - it's called a "cutaway" handle for a reason - use it man.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Apr 19, 2012 - 10:44pm PT
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I have yet to dislike this guy
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Cloudraker
Sport climber
San Diego, CA
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Apr 19, 2012 - 11:06pm PT
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Apr 19, 2012 - 11:11pm PT
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I like him. Climber, trying to make a buck in the entertainment industry.
I don't care much for the show. Overdramatized wilderness survival. Someone bought me a whole 13 episode DVD set including his Sierra Nevada episode. I should mail them to Tami so she can catch up.
I'd climb with him.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 19, 2012 - 11:25pm PT
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Social, if he did see combat as SAS we wouldn't know it and he wouldn't be
spewing about it.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Apr 20, 2012 - 01:41am PT
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"Masters of (Hand) Movement"
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Blakey
Trad climber
Newcastle UK
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Apr 20, 2012 - 03:55am PT
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'Social, if he did see combat as SAS we wouldn't know it and he wouldn't be
spewing about it.'
Hey Reilly,
He may well have been in 21 SAS, back in the early 90s, back then 'selection' for the Territorial SAS was not that big a challenge.
In the early 90s, through to post 2002, The 'TA' SAS had no operational deployments. His bio used to claim an 'operational deployment' to North Africa. That claim has dissapeared. It is highly possible, if not probable that he would have done a training exercise out there.
Most people who know anything about the stuff he does on TV conclude he's a chump, and watching the stuff he's in can make you wince. He is though, a very successful chump, and as I said earlier he does a lot for charity, for which he should be congratulated.
Also there's a minor industry that surrounds former SAS 'spewing' about their past, largely because of events that took place in and after the first Gulf War. The Official Secrets Act was found inadequate to stem this flow of material and was supplemented in the mid 90s by a 'Disclosure Contract'. This has proved more effective and is the principle reason that 'Andy McNab' and 'Chris Ryan' dominate that particular 'SAS revelations'/groupie market.
Regards,
Steve
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kc
Trad climber
the cats
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Apr 20, 2012 - 08:13am PT
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The question for me, is, along with the other questions already asked here, is who the heck is belaying him?
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Apr 20, 2012 - 08:48am PT
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Bear has climbing skills and other credentials fer sure but I totally hate his show. Massive overhype and the high degree of staging and off-screen aid from "invisible magic wilderness helpers" when he can't make some survival plan work makes the show just... lame. Guess you can't blame a guy for making a living though.
Survivorman Les Stroud could disembowel Bear with a sharpened stick, sprinkle him with pine nuts and eat him raw for breakfast.
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Branscomb
Trad climber
Lander, WY
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Apr 20, 2012 - 08:57am PT
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For some reason, we keep getting his catalog. All that jungle sweatiness and dirt smeared on his face and climbing up through waterfalls. I look for venomous serpents snapping at his heels in the pictures, but no see yet.
I suppose us Yanks had the Whittaker twins, esp Big Lou, so we can't get on the Brits too hard for Bear Grylls.
At least his somewhat weak chin profile and strangely bent nose keep me from feeling totally lacking in the manliness department.
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Ado
Trad climber
Dalmeny, Australia
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Apr 20, 2012 - 06:25pm PT
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How many of you that are panning the guy have read his biography? Feel free to hate his show (but you must watch it to hate it). There's little in the show to allow you to draw conclusions about the man or his life. Yes the show is staged and a melodrama. But that is one tough dude and his climbing skills under poor or wet rock conditions make my palms sweat. He was in the French Foreign Legion as well as the SAS. Skydivers will tell you his parachute skills are not great, yet he jumps into landnings that few of them would risk. It's too easy to sit behind a computer and criticise, much harder to get out there and do. He's had a big life.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 20, 2012 - 11:25pm PT
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Riley, why the hatin'? You don't get into the SAS by being a poseur.
Don't know about using O2 on the Big E but maybe he values his brain?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Apr 20, 2012 - 11:32pm PT
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I worked with SAS guy's back in the 60's- super professional. A lot of guys bullshit about being in SAS, Special Forces etc.
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Morgan
Trad climber
East Coast
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Apr 21, 2012 - 11:25am PT
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This clip should be rated GT, for gratuitous trundling.
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NigelSSI
Trad climber
B.C.
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Apr 21, 2012 - 05:14pm PT
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I actually watched an episode of 'man vs wild' this morning, and here are a few of the things I witnessed that stood out...
The 'setup' was landing way out in the rockies while paragliding.
Finds leaky canoe... Uses 'chute as a sail held by both hands to get 1/2 way across the lake before swimming the rest of the way. Occupying both hands in a canoe which will require bailing?
Finds a waterfall... Insists on building a rope ladder out of parachute chord to get down the REST of the way after down climbing a soaked old dead tree leaning into the waterfall. All the while there's a clear and easy path to walk down beside the falling water.
Comes to a ravine... Builds deer antler grappling hook to make a zip line from the top of the 150' rim to a tree. Proceeds to traversing on TOP of the wire to the tree. The cameramen are filming him from the more obvious paths down.
Stumbles into a nice valley, and sees a big rail bridge across it. Decides climbing one of the 100'+ steel supports is a better option than walking up to the ends of the bridge. So after climbing way the heck up this steel tower, he can't get over the lip because it's capped by big cement blocks which overhang at the lip. Like any sane person, he decides to tie a knot in some chain he found, and throw the end up onto the top of the bridge until it catches... then swing out, and climb up a chain dangling 100 something feet in the air.
I have to say it was pretty enjoyable TV... Not many shows are funnier. XD
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Apr 21, 2012 - 06:10pm PT
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did he,,,yu know,,,DRINK HIS PISS LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!
He cheated, he drank the camera man's piss
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mitchy
Trad climber
new england
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Apr 21, 2012 - 06:23pm PT
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the cat is crazy. we were walkin' across death valley and he says to me, I'm so damn thirsty, i would lick a set of balls just to wet my whistle. Nek minnit, shorts around my ankles and he's goin' to town. How's that for a damn story.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Apr 21, 2012 - 07:30pm PT
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Don't mince words Riley. All this sugar-coating is giving me cavites ;)
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Apr 21, 2012 - 07:46pm PT
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His skydiving skills are not evident on his show. Any fluffer can land in the stuff he does.
Having a malfunction at 16,000 feet and not cutting it away must have taken an awful long time. That is pretty stupid. Coming from a guy who has had a dozen reserve rides.
Modern gear is just so good. Yeah, the military guys jump with a lot of weight and gear, but you should try being a tandem master with a couple of hundred pounds of squirming flesh hooked to ya.
Tandem training is pretty fun. You more or less try to kill each other...
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go-B
climber
Habakkuk 3:19 Sozo
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Apr 21, 2012 - 08:46pm PT
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Bad dude, he climbs cracks without his feet!
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zBrown
Ice climber
Chula Vista, CA
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Apr 21, 2012 - 09:41pm PT
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How does he expect to get down with 14ft of rope and no cams?
Uh, via the helicopter where the filming is being done (@1:55)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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Apr 21, 2012 - 10:56pm PT
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NOthing but climbing and trying to screw is more fun than ripping posers and wannabe posers on the Talko.
I, personally, have watched one episode of Bear's show at a friend's. I learned how to collect water. That wouldn't have helped Millis and I on the Tower, where we brought no more than two quarts of H2O (idiots); but it's nice to know how. One thing Millis was good for (there were lots of others) was the apt movie quote, on occasion. On the tower, our last morning, before we left that POS ledge a pitch above the Evil Tree, I blurted out: "Here's another fine mess and I'm willing to share the blame." His reply was: "Don't worry, Mouse. What we have here is a lack of communication. But we have half a pack of Rolaids. Eat some." We thought, as we packed, that each of us had packed two quarts per man. We packed two total. He was right.
As I read all these posts, I see the picture of Bear emerging thus:
1. He's a Brit, but even so, he is manlier than Lolli, in her estimation.
2. He drinks piss and brags, but he gets paid by the teaspoon, probably (which raises a question in my questing mind--does piss taste better the second time around?).
3. He appears "gay" in the deodorant ad, but how manly is that?
4. His show has been dissed by Diss-covery.
5. Tami sees him for what he is.
6. He can't get down from the Tombstone w/o the chopper (easy to figure).
7. He and Hossjulia should both be marooned on the Tombstone, drink each other's piss for a few days and nights and see which one gets the heave-ho.
8. Barring that,we need to dress his ass in a meat shirt and tie him tight to a Camp Curry dumpster overnight.
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Apr 22, 2012 - 12:43am PT
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Hey Riley,you've got to come to the point. ;) I propose an open invitation to bear : come to the crag and lets see watcha got.
Waiting................
une poseur
Don't even get me started on claiming service.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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Apr 22, 2012 - 02:18am PT
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"Throw pies at them and they will become men."
Throwpie, post the photo of your daughter and her first free solo, please.
"Men, I'm sending you on a mission. I want you to go to a website. The mission is to read the article and report back to base."
"Aye-aye, Skipper. Is Bear going with us, sir?"
"Not nearly man enough, I'm afraid. God speed, lads."
"AAARGH!"
http://community.artofmanliness.com/2012/01/11/how-to-climb-a-rope-like-a-navy-seal/
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Apr 22, 2012 - 12:16pm PT
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Good for manly Bear, because I don't want to be manly enough to squeeze a drink from a ball of elephant dung.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Chula Vista, CA
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Apr 22, 2012 - 12:29pm PT
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oops, wrong thread - how do you delete?
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zBrown
Ice climber
Chula Vista, CA
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Apr 22, 2012 - 12:47pm PT
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I met an older fellow at the YMCA, very thin runner, who used to run world class marathon times when he was younger. He told me his only training other than running, was climbing those ropes.
For those one-percenters out there who don't like to travel:
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Apr 22, 2012 - 02:34pm PT
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OH wow, climbing isn't portrayed accurately in the mainstream media????
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throwpie
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Apr 22, 2012 - 02:52pm PT
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Mister_Roborto
Trad climber
Queensland
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Apr 22, 2012 - 08:24pm PT
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Bear was part of a team guided up Everest using oxygen and fixed ropes set by Sherpas that Bear speaks of with respect..
Bear was a reservist in the British Territorial Artists - he was unable to complete advanced competencies due to a back injury. Had he completed his training, his intention was to seek a full-time role that would have led to active deployment.
Bear's military credentials were scripted by marketing marketeers. Bear asked that those claims be removed from further marketing.
The man is a keen Christian. I went to a talk he gave - he was quite funny.
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Blakey
Trad climber
Newcastle UK
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Apr 23, 2012 - 02:45am PT
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Just in case this confused an already confusing set of credentials....
Mr Roberto mentions the British Territorial Artists
Bear was a reservist in the Territorial Army, the 'TA'. The unit he was in was 21 SAS, they have a historic title 'The Artist's Rifles', this was a historic unit that served in the Boer War and First World War.
During WW2 it was an Officer Training Unit, disbanded at the end of the war. The title was resurrected when 21 SAS were formed.
Steve
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Apr 23, 2012 - 03:06am PT
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That guy is a TV host, I crap cooler stuff than he espouses.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Apr 23, 2012 - 03:48am PT
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Shakespeare was an adapt practioner.
Adept, not adapt.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 23, 2012 - 11:45am PT
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This is so hilarious. You would think we are debating the Second Coming.
I find it even more hilarious that some would take him to task for making a
mistake. Would the majority of us be spewing nonsense here were it not for
the intervention of the Angel of the Idiots? And to begrudge him making a
nice living while providing harmless entertainment just seems small-minded.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 23, 2012 - 04:08pm PT
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Yabbut there's no reason to get mean about it! :-)
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mooch
Trad climber
Old Climbers' Home (Adopted)
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Apr 23, 2012 - 04:13pm PT
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marketing marketeers
somethin' like barking barkers??
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Apr 23, 2012 - 04:45pm PT
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no reason.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Mar 20, 2016 - 08:03am PT
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It's true; Bear Grylls is manlier than me. I doubt I will ever get myself into a situation where I will have to drink my own piss.
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SalNichols
Big Wall climber
Richmond, CA
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Mar 20, 2016 - 10:42am PT
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There was an episode where he swam down a snowmelt river in the Canuckistani Rockies wearing levis and a grey sweatshirt. When he came out of the water you could clearly see the outline of the pfd. The program is a great excuse to drink beer. Every time you see something batsh%t crazy, you drink. It's worth a 12 pack/episode. Invite your friends.
That said, he is still manlier than me. The water in that river was cold enough to give me a permanent clitoris.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Whoa! No wonder he drinks 'is own piss! God knows how quickly
lactic acid can build up on a 5.7!
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Bwahahahaha.....Burch. He makes me look good in that video.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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absolutely rock solid for the entertainment value. and a tip o' the hat to Grylls for getting out, um, rock climbing.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Jun 19, 2018 - 07:19am PT
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The take-away, always wear a helmet when bat-manning up a rope secured by a grappling hook randomly tossed up a cliff.
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TradEddie
Trad climber
Philadelphia, PA
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Jun 19, 2018 - 08:23am PT
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Anyone see the episode where him and Zac Efron spent the night in cave in the "Catskills", hiked all the way to Minnewaska, did some pointless rope traverse near Gertrude's Nose, then rappelled Awosting Falls to the Evac Point, ignoring the wheelchair accessible path from top to bottom?
Manly for sure.
TE
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Jun 19, 2018 - 02:01pm PT
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I like the one where he squeezed the fluids out of an elephant turd and nearly barfed after drinking it.
I wonder what kind of medical insurance he has,...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 19, 2018 - 02:39pm PT
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I bet if he wasn’t worried about you selling the tawdry details he’d be fun to have a beer with.
But then almost any Brit meets that metric.
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madbolter1
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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Jun 19, 2018 - 06:37pm PT
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No.
No, he's not.
I just checked, and I can attest for my part that he cannot be manlier than me. He might be as manly, but no manlier.
I'm loaded for bear.
Oh, wait. That didn't come out right.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Jun 19, 2018 - 09:56pm PT
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Barely grillin'
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