Les Stroud/Survivorman calling it quits

[chem_doc]

I don't know if it was reported here or not, but Les Stroud, of "Survivorman" fame, has decided to end his show with this current season being the last.

Can't say as I blame him. It takes time away from his family and I imagine doing week after week of surviving is hard to handle.

But still, this guy, IMO, was the real deal. No camera crew, no hotel stays. Just him, his cameras, and the wild.

http://article.wn.com/view/2008/11/06/TVs_Survivorman_calls_it_quits_after_three_seasons_of_starva/

Doc

 

[tommy the cat]

Agree fully Doc. Love the shows enjoyed 'Off the Grid' seems like a nice guy.
Don't blame him either for giving up...I struggle to get a pass out for a night not alone a week at at a time!
D

 

[addo]

Same as you guys. Cracking shows and bloke, but cant blame him.

 

[Minotaur]

Be interesting to see what he does next.

An 'Off the gird' series would be really interesting, especially if he went to different areas/climates, so did his own thing, and went to see what other people are doing.

I am sure I have seen or read something from him, were he said he did not enjoy them, and they were running out of places to go. Always got the impression that he is more interested in long term, than survival. Then again he has trained with a lot of Survival experts.

There does not seem to be anything on his website.

 

[Singeblister]

Thats a shame I always enjoyed watching him , its anoying that his program never seemd to do as well as bears as it was much better imo

 

[crazydave]

maybe because he was sometime a bit too gloomy in the way he did them. like he says starving and freezing for weeks at a time hasn't been good for him.

he allways did have bad luck though. if anyone else saw his first outing with a canadian news show where if it could go wrong it did. it kinda set the scene for his outdoor career, it used to be online but I havent found it recently.

the problem with all of them is the 1 hour or less format. at least bg went to two parts on some of them which allowed it to slow down a bit and not look so mtv.

 

[BOD]

Oh Well,

Now there is a gap in the bushcraft firmament for our enterprising members to fill.

Who is going first?

 

[Tiley]

I'm intrigued by his programmes - none of which I've seen. Are they available on DVD and, if so, where can I find them?

 

[hog]

From here
http://www.survivorman.ca/

 

[Shambling Shaman]

I can only echo the above sentiments, great guy great shows..

 

[ZDP-189]

That's a big loss to the community. In order to balance it, we need to encourage BG to quit too. Join the petition.

 

[crazydave]

Oh Well,

Now there is a gap in the bushcraft firmament for our enterprising members to fill.

Who is going first?

that dryad fella - andy price is it? good camera manner.