12-08-2008, 05:05 AM
. . .at least parts of it. . .I was reading the article on how Bear Brylls just got injured and they mentioned the scandal which I seemed to have missed. . .
Adventurer Bear Grylls injured in Antartica
. . .Bear Grylls, host of Discovery Channel's "Man vs. Wild," was injured Friday night while on an expedition in Antarctica unrelated to his duties for the network.
The British adventurer fell and injured his shoulder while taking part in an expedition for Ethanol Ventures to promote the potential of alternative energies like bioethanol, Discovery said in a statement.
Grylls on Sunday was headed to the U.K. to get medical attention. The severity of the injury wasn't immediately released.
"Bear has a strong religious faith and a loving family to help speed his recovery," Discovery said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Bear as he makes the long trip back to the U.K."
The Antarctica expedition was raising money for Global Angels, an international charity that champions the needs of children. Grylls has supported the charity for the past few years.
Grylls rose to international fame with "Man vs. Wild," each episode of which finds him parachuting into a different uninhabited territory without a map or much else in the way of camping equipment. He then spends several days trying to find his way back to civilization.
In one notable episode, burning up in the heat of the Moab desert, he urinated on his own T-shirt, which he then wrapped around his head to cool his soaring body temperature. Another time, he hungrily bit the heads off maggots he found in a frozen animal carcass crushed by an avalanche, cheerfully explaining they were a good source of nutrition.
But last year, it was revealed that elements of the series were faked. On a few occasions, he checked into motels when he was depicted on TV as having slept under the stars. Discovery aired re-edited episodes, with disclaimers and new voiceovers.
STORY of injury. . .
GRYLLS' THRILLS BOGUS: EXPERT
SURVIVALIST CHARGED WITH CUSHY SHORTCUTS
Discovery Channel he-man Bear Grylls, the host of the survival-skills show "Man vs. Wild," is barely the man he seems to be on TV.
On the program, Grylls appears to camp out in quickly-built shelters deep in the wilderness while battling hypothermia and dehydration. But when the cameras stop rolling, Grylls has actually moved to luxurious hotels.
In the last two seasons, he and producers have contrived other scenes to make it appear as if Grylls is more skilled than he really is, a consultant for the show told The Times of London.
"If you really believe everything happens the way it is shown on TV, you are being a little bit naive," said Mark Weinert, an Oregon-based survival consultant, who said producers hired him as an adviser for the show.
"Discovery Communications has learned that isolated elements of the 'Man vs. Wild' show in some episodes were not natural to the environment, and that for health and safety concerns the crew and host received some survival assistance while in the field," a spokeswoman for the network said. . .
. . .According to Weinert, while filming in California's Sierra Nevada mountains - an episode in which Grylls, 33, is seen biting off the head of a snake for breakfast - Grylls actually spent some nights with the show's crew in a lodge outfitted with television, stone fireplaces, hot tubs and Internet access.
The Pines Resort at Bass Lake is advertised as "a cozy getaway for families" and is a luxurious hotel with its own spa on a lake.
In another instance, where Grylls was supposed to be surviving on a desert island, he was actually in Hawaii and spent nights at a motel, Weinert said.
The same episode had Grylls building a Polynesian-style raft using only materials around him, including bamboo, hibiscus twine and palm leaves for a sail. Weinert said he actually led a team of builders to construct the raft.
It was then taken apart so that Grylls could be shown building it on camera.
In another episode. . .
'Faking' scandal from last year. . .
Adventurer Bear Grylls injured in Antartica
. . .Bear Grylls, host of Discovery Channel's "Man vs. Wild," was injured Friday night while on an expedition in Antarctica unrelated to his duties for the network.
The British adventurer fell and injured his shoulder while taking part in an expedition for Ethanol Ventures to promote the potential of alternative energies like bioethanol, Discovery said in a statement.
Grylls on Sunday was headed to the U.K. to get medical attention. The severity of the injury wasn't immediately released.
"Bear has a strong religious faith and a loving family to help speed his recovery," Discovery said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Bear as he makes the long trip back to the U.K."
The Antarctica expedition was raising money for Global Angels, an international charity that champions the needs of children. Grylls has supported the charity for the past few years.
Grylls rose to international fame with "Man vs. Wild," each episode of which finds him parachuting into a different uninhabited territory without a map or much else in the way of camping equipment. He then spends several days trying to find his way back to civilization.
In one notable episode, burning up in the heat of the Moab desert, he urinated on his own T-shirt, which he then wrapped around his head to cool his soaring body temperature. Another time, he hungrily bit the heads off maggots he found in a frozen animal carcass crushed by an avalanche, cheerfully explaining they were a good source of nutrition.
But last year, it was revealed that elements of the series were faked. On a few occasions, he checked into motels when he was depicted on TV as having slept under the stars. Discovery aired re-edited episodes, with disclaimers and new voiceovers.
STORY of injury. . .
GRYLLS' THRILLS BOGUS: EXPERT
SURVIVALIST CHARGED WITH CUSHY SHORTCUTS
Discovery Channel he-man Bear Grylls, the host of the survival-skills show "Man vs. Wild," is barely the man he seems to be on TV.
On the program, Grylls appears to camp out in quickly-built shelters deep in the wilderness while battling hypothermia and dehydration. But when the cameras stop rolling, Grylls has actually moved to luxurious hotels.
In the last two seasons, he and producers have contrived other scenes to make it appear as if Grylls is more skilled than he really is, a consultant for the show told The Times of London.
"If you really believe everything happens the way it is shown on TV, you are being a little bit naive," said Mark Weinert, an Oregon-based survival consultant, who said producers hired him as an adviser for the show.
"Discovery Communications has learned that isolated elements of the 'Man vs. Wild' show in some episodes were not natural to the environment, and that for health and safety concerns the crew and host received some survival assistance while in the field," a spokeswoman for the network said. . .
. . .According to Weinert, while filming in California's Sierra Nevada mountains - an episode in which Grylls, 33, is seen biting off the head of a snake for breakfast - Grylls actually spent some nights with the show's crew in a lodge outfitted with television, stone fireplaces, hot tubs and Internet access.
The Pines Resort at Bass Lake is advertised as "a cozy getaway for families" and is a luxurious hotel with its own spa on a lake.
In another instance, where Grylls was supposed to be surviving on a desert island, he was actually in Hawaii and spent nights at a motel, Weinert said.
The same episode had Grylls building a Polynesian-style raft using only materials around him, including bamboo, hibiscus twine and palm leaves for a sail. Weinert said he actually led a team of builders to construct the raft.
It was then taken apart so that Grylls could be shown building it on camera.
In another episode. . .
'Faking' scandal from last year. . .
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