Extreme Survival Military Survival 1 of 4

June 25th, 2010 | by admin |


Ray Mears tests his own courage as he takes part in the RAF’s three-week survival course in Cornwall. He joins a team of 20 jet pilots, navigators and helicopter crew as they learn to survive at sea and on land. RAF aircrew can find themselves in action almost anywhere in the world, flying over desert, sea, jungle, woodland or the Arctic. If they are shot down behind enemy lines, they have to be able to survive in every environment. “In a few seconds, a fighter pilot can be catapulted from their jet worth millions of pounds into a Stone Age situation where they’re surviving hand to mouth,” says Ray. From learning to survive on water, the course moves to Dartmoor where Ray spends a week living rough in shelters, learning how to trap squirrels and birds, light fires and cook what he catches. It’s wet and cold. When they go on the run for three days and nights, a hunter force is let loose to capture them. — Ray Mears (born 1964) is a British author and TV presenter on the subject of bushcraft and survival techniques. He grew up in Southern England, and started tracking foxes at a young age. It was his Judo teacher who gave him the idea to learn survival skills. He has been teaching survival skills since 1983, when he founded the “Woodlore” School of Wilderness Bushcraft. His Outdoor Survival Handbook was published in 1990, and his first TV appearance was in 1993 in the BBC2 series Tracks. His presentation style is often praised as authoritative but relaxed and friendly …

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  1. 25 Responses to “Extreme Survival Military Survival 1 of 4”

  2. By mmmmmarcus on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    And on that note, I’m ending our conversation.

    Arrogant prick.

  3. By kringsb on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    @mmmmmarcus Lol, i saw “Military” and thought it would of been good, I was obviously wrong. And incase you didn’t notice, Its was only part one…

  4. By kringsb on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    @mmmmmarcus Lol, i saw “Military” and though it would of been good, Turns out i was wrong….

  5. By mmmmmarcus on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    @kringsb No. Not only will a barrel cactus dehydrate you severely, but you will be poisoned by several other alkiloids, many of them are potent deliriants– chemicals that make you badly hallucinate. And not the fun way. It causes sheer terror, anxiety.. not something that will help you in any way.

    Regarding the surgeonfish, it doesnt matter whether its the belly or spine. Ciguatoxin is present throughout the entire fish.

    If you hate mears so much, why did you watch this? fanboys..

  6. By kringsb on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    @mmmmmarcus Bear suggested that you could obtain “fluid” from the Barrel Cacti, which if you where in a survival situation it could by you extra time.
    As for the Surgeonfish he doesn’t drink water from the fishes stomach, he drinks the fluid from the spinal cord.
    All of Bear’s ideas are suppost to buy you extra time in the wild.

  7. By mmmmmarcus on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    @kringsb Bear grylls suggested you could obtain water from Barrel Cacti. You cannot, due to the presence of Oxalic acid, which causes severe dehydration.

    In another episode, he suggests you can obtain drinkable water from the belly of a surgeonfish, which is a terrible idea, due to the presence of ciguatoxin– you’re better off just being dehydrated in that case.

    As a person who regularly practices bushcraft, i can tell you that gryll’s advice will get idiots like you killed.

  8. By kringsb on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    @mmmmmarcus Lol, Bear Grylls would own this fat cunt any day. Bear teachs you more than this lump of shit does.

  9. By Mrtvababa on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    @trex250 and when u get horny?

  10. By Mrtvababa on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    @trex250 and when u get horny?

  11. By hedus42 on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    @StealthySparton bear grylls suck soooooooooo much cock, he pretends to be a survivor and in somme of his programs you can see the hotel on the back…. true survival (Fuck No)… try to eat the shit he does during his “adventures” and you will get some stomach disease, and probably die dehydrated because of dierrea and unclean water

  12. By bosnakedisniksic on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    one small mistake in begining. he said bosnian hunter forces. its actully asshole serbs that hunted him. fuck serbia long live Bosnia Allahu Ekber

  13. By StealthySparton on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    I prefer Bear Grylls, but both would be emense together.

  14. By mmmmmarcus on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    Bear grylls is a piece of shit. All he does is eat bugs and club domestic rabbits.

  15. By Wiegieboard on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    @trex250
    Agreed. He is literally THE man I’d want to be with.

  16. By ToninoTomasino on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    I wonder if theres a way to learn really good military style survival skills WITHOUT joining the military

  17. By LOLDISNEYLAND on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    LOL Slumberjack.. I can imagine a lumberjack sleeping on a log..

  18. By DUFFYXX on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    All right I am going to have a look on it. If I need help, I come back unfortunately… See u

  19. By WHATyouCANTbe on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    If you cant get a US G.I. Goretex Bivy. Best bet would be to get the Slumberjack Modular sleep system. A little steep but worth the cost.

    God Speed

  20. By DUFFYXX on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    Hi overthere. Would you mind to give me some good brands for a goretex bivy ? Many thx because quite hard to find good stuff cheaper around France

  21. By Klekle2007 on Jun 25, 2010 | Reply

    Bear Grylls is better…

  22. By Alec3d on Jun 26, 2010 | Reply

    I reckon aye haha

  23. By yourass117 on Jun 26, 2010 | Reply

    Behind enemy lines!

  24. By FoGGeRdk on Jun 26, 2010 | Reply

    1/ sex
    2/ bash on head

  25. By D0g63rt on Jun 26, 2010 | Reply

    Prepare, hahaa! Good one.

  26. By noordwinter on Jun 26, 2010 | Reply

    @CurttoonSr: LOL yep

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