Survivorman Less Strous is the man

{ February 11, 2010 @ 3:00 am } · { Uncategorized }

No doubt about it the situation that I just watched Less battle the unforgiving elements of the Kalahari dessert. The first part shows Less driving in the dessert until he ran out of gas and at that point the camera crew left him to fend for himself in the desolate environment. Using the truck, few supplies, and a little bit of water Less was determined to make it through his week long ordeal.

During the day he did not move very much in the shade to conserve water and minimalize movement. The temperatures reached over a hundred degrees every single day he was there and at night the temperature plummeted to a bone chilling forty degrees. With the fear of deadly snakes and scorpions most of the nights Less stayed in the safety of the truck, and who would not in their right minds. At one point he suffered from over heating and the decision to use some water to cool off his neck was a big decision and even life threatening that I am sure he was  over exaggerating a tad but other than that he did it himself. He made scorpion traps with jars and roasted those unattractive bugs on a skewer, sucked on some sort of root that contained moisture to stay hydrated because after the fourth day he had ran out of water.

This show is a great reality check of what people would probably do if they were stranded some where. Not like Bear Grylls who climbs mountains and jumps into rivers from cliffs and then goes back to his hotel. Less sticks it out without a camera crew and does what a normal sane not looked after by a “camera safety crew” would do in a scary unfamiliar situation that Less puts himself into. Yes it may be less entertaining but what I like about it is that its the real deal, no jokes.