I've not eaten anything too exotic. My wife ate 3 or 4 "onion rings" until the waitress came to apologise and said its calamari rings.

Not sure who she wanted to hit first, the waitress or me laughing at her expression

 

I had a squid pizza in Gran Canaria, it was covered in black ink. Mmmmmmmm.

 

Dont care what you say in his defence, BG is just a posh boy who was spending his time playing at being a soldier in the TA ( if he wanted to be a soldier that badly, why not sign up full time ? ) and climbing mountains when other people had to get PROPER REAL jobs.

Funny how you find most of these explorer / adventurer / round the world yachtsmen types are all upper class, ( probably how they can afford to dissapear off round the world for 6 months on some jolly ) spending daddies allowance on pretending they are Indiana Jones.

Personally I think he made it all up, and has never done any of these things, but conned some gullible TV producers into paying him for drinking his own **** out of a dead snake, whereas before he had just had to do it at home for fun.

 

LOL, he did the SF course, may not have been regular but I'm almost certain its not that easy, call it a hunch.

 

I don't really rate his born survivor programmes much either,to me i can see it's more from an entertainment side than anything else.I remember watching the one when he got stung by them bees in the desert for a little bit of honey,one of the most silly things i have seen.

 

Would his detractors care to compare achievements and their contributions to society?

2007
Teamed with Gilo Cardozo of Parajet Ltd, Bear became the first man to fly a powered paraglider to a height above Mt Everest in the Himalaya. (click here for technical data) Sponsored by GKN, the expedition raised over $1 million for Global Angels and other charities, looking after some of the world's poorest children. (GKN Mission Everest Home)

2005
Bear's Channel Four Series 'Escape to the Legion' airs with winning reviews and ratings. Click here for the Channel 4 website.
Bear, along with the Round the World Sailor Dame Ellen MacArthur, is awarded an Honorary Commission by the First Sea Lord and Admiralty Board of the Royal Navy, at the rank of Lieutenant-Commander. Approved by the Queen in recognition of services to Her Majesty's Royal Navy. Click here.
Bear leads the first team ever to attempt to paramotor over the remote jungle plateaux of the Angel Falls, Venezuela, in aid of the charity 'Hope & Homes for Children'. The team were attempting to reach the highest, most remote high tepuis, made famous by Conan Doyle's 'Lost World'. Click here.
Bear breaks the world record for the highest ever open air dinner party, slung under a hot air balloon at 25,000 ft. Details of this adventure, in celebration of 50 years of The Duke of Edinburgh Award, can be found on the official website. Click here for more info.

2003
Bear leads the first team to cross unassisted the frozen North Atlantic Ocean (view website) in an open Rigid Inflatable Boat. (In aid of the Prince's Trust.)

2002
Star of a worldwide advertising TV campaign for 'Sure for Men' Deodorant featuring Bear's ascent of Everest.
Gains a BA Hons Degree from London University (part/time) in Hispanic Studies.
Made an Ambassador for the Prince's Trust Charity, started by His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales.

2000
Bear leads the first team to circumnavigate the UK on jetskis. (In aid of the RNLI Lifeboats.) 'Facing Up' the account of Bear's Everest ascent is published and reaches into the top 10 Best seller list.

1998
Youngest British climber to reach the summit of Mt. Everest . (In aid of SSAFA Forces Help, the Tri-Services Charity.)

1997
Youngest British climber to reach the summit of Mt. Ama Dablam, Himalaya, (once described by Sir Edmund Hillary as 'unclimbable'.)

1994-1997
Served with the British SAS (21 SAS). Passed UK Special Forces Selection, serving as a sabre soldier, trained in unarmed combat, desert and winter warfare, combat survival, medics, parachuting, signals, evasive driving, climbing and explosives. Served in North Africa twice. In late 1996 Bear broke his back in a free fall parachuting accident in southern Africa.

Are people really myopic enough to dismiss all that just because some scenes on one of his documentaries are staged?!?!

Ns04

 

Im not putting the guy down i just don't rate the programme much,but if i got some spare time and im flicking through the channels and born survivor happens to be on,ill probably watch it just to see the mad things he does.As for the other mentioned above fair play to the guy.

 

Thats nothing, ive eaten a McDonalds cheeseburger.