Man vs Wild

After discovering the existence of a bull-riding monkey I thought it was impossible for our world to contain any more awesomeness, that was before I knew about Man vs Wild. For those of you unfortunate enough not to be familiar with this television show; it's hosted by Bear Grylls (badass) and he goes into remote locations to show you how to survive. I will talk some more about the things that makes 'Bear' such a pinnacle of manliness in just a moment, but before that, CONTROVERSY!

Unlike the similar TV show 'Survivorman' Bear Grylls does not travel alone, he has a film crew with him "every step of the way." Many people who do not understand the purpose of the show have criticized the show for being scripted and over-dramatized. I have even heard someone suggest that Bear is eating shrimp cocktails and drinking wine with his crew when the camera's are turned. I don't care what he drinks off camera as long as he keeps chugging his own urine and squeezing the water out of elephant feces when the camera is on!

Man vs Wild, is way more exciting than Survivorman because all Les Stroud does is sit around, shiver and talk about ('aboot' in his case) how hungry he is. Bear Grylls jumps over lava vents, climbs up slickrock cliffs, submerges himself in icy water and steals honey from aggressive bees. Bear Grylls is the craziest man I've seen on TV since Tom Cruise on the Oprah show, but infinitely cooler.

In fact, on a scale of 1-to-Chuck Norris, Bear Grylls scores a perfect 10 as far as coolness is concerned! I think that anyone who disputes the awesomeness of Bear (damn, I just realized how cool it is to be named 'Bear') should be dumped onto a desert island with Bear and challenged to a 'survive-off.' I guarantee that in a week or less bear will consume his opponent as well as several pounds of wriggling insects.