MM, have you seen "Suvivorman" or "Man vs. Wild"? If so, any comments?

http://www.livestrong.com/article/14680-eliminating-manipulation/

Yes. They are informing and entertaining. However, I wish they would focus more on survival skills (i.e. details on how to build a fire during a down pour without matches, etc).

Thank you for posting the interesting and informing link on how to identify and control manipulative behavior. I'm curious, though, why did you post it in response to my request above?

This thread is entertaining too.



The Survivorman show seems more realistic. The other show seems like they do more things just for entertainment value. It seems in just about every show the dude is climbing up something. Also there was a show where he was going through an underwater creek, and it got blocked, so he swam underwater to get to the other side of the blockage. That's just nuts.

Anyway, I enjoy watching the shows. For me, I find the geography interesting, that is, learning something about different areas of the world. Also meeting the different types of challenges is interesting.

Thanks for your comments.

Oh, one more question. Which type of environment do you find most difficult?

The barren arctic. A close runner up is the barren desert. My favorite environment is the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. I thoroughly enjoy bagging peaks. Although so far I've only climbed in the western hemisphere. What is your favorite thing to do outdoors?

It's interesting it says "Posted by:teresaq".

I would think the barren arctic, especially in Winter, would be extremely difficult. I remember saying the film "Nannok of the North," and was just dumbfounded that the Eskimos (we call them that; not sure if that's the technically correct term) were able to survive when literally there was nothing to see but white for miles and miles. They would create igloos on the spot to shield themselves from the Winter storms and hunt seals.

I would think some jungles could be quite difficult, because of all the poisonous things, and possibility of cutting yourself, and having problems with infections, and things like that.

I guess just looking at it, in terms of favorite thing to do outdoors. Actually, that's not true. I love body surfing.

Oops! Accidentally slipped teresaq in there. Thinking about freezing in the arctic and drying up in the desert must have messed up my mojo.

Yeah, the Inuit have learned how to live in the barren arctic. They spend half the year gathering up enough food to get through the bitter winter. A guy crashing landing in the area doesn't have that advantage.

My least favorite place to teach survival is the tropics. I do three back-to-back survival classes for Union College every winter in Honduras on an island in the Caribbean. The biting bugs are enough to drive a guy crazy. On top of that, they're too small to eat. Ugh!

Body surfing. Right on. I used to love it; but then I tried long board surfing. That's all she wrote. I got hooked. Catching a wave is very addicting. I also enjoy boogie boarding when the waves aren't right for surfing. Have you tried either one? BTW, I'm originally from California. Spent most of my 49 years there.

I grew up in San Diego. I've tried boggie boarding. I like the feel of the waves all around you in body surfing.

Sweet! A fellow Californian. My wife and I watched a civil war era movie last night, and the story focused on a band of confederates retaliating against the town of Lawrence (KS) for the part they played in capturing and incinerating their loved ones. Don't know if it was based on fact or not. But it made us hate war even more than we already do.