One of my favorite new television shows is Survivorman on the Science Channel. In this show, Les Stroud is dropped off in some extreme location with no food, no shelter, and no fresh water. Les has to survive for 7 days in the extreme environment while lugging around 60 pounds of video equipment he uses to shoot all the footage.
Les teaches how to build shelter, build a fire, and find food by using only what the earth has to provide. The show does a fantastic job of showing what the human body can endure when faced with no food, no fresh water, and cold, wet clothing in sub-freezing weather for extented periods of time.
The show has been to the Artic, the Jungles of Costa Rica, the swamps of Georgia and even ventured out to show you how to survive a plane crash in the snowy forests of Ontario, Canada. Those are just a few places Les has been dropped off to survive in.
If you’re interested in learning more or catching the show live, hop on over to the Science Channel and catch a time when the show is airing. You’ll be glad you did and who knows, you may even learn a thing or to about survival.
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There is also a nice plug for Survivorman in the latest Wired (Jan 2007), although not as nice as Jason’s plug.
I love that show. Especially the desert episode where the javalinas almost got him.