i don't like how they presented that show at the beginning, as in "full on real, 1st take"
but, i can appreciate what he is doing, and he was/is still highly trained, weather he is truly putting his life on the line now days or not
Les Stroud's show is cool too, but make no mistake, he shows that he has a crew to help him if needed now, so he doesn't get hammered by fans like Bear has, i'm pretty sure neither show talked about their help when they first started airing