Will He Or Won’t He?
There is a new show on the National Geographic channel called, Alone in the Wild.
It’s an experiment to see if advernture man, Ed, can survive 3 months in the wildnerness of the Yukon Territory in Canada.
He is not a survivalist and has no experience in this. It may turn out that he gives up altogether and not complete living up there for the 3 months.
I saw the first episode where they drop him off into the middle of nowhere. There are no camera men with him either, or producers camped out nearby in swank tents.
He ate some fish, found a few berries and slept in an enclosed hammock.
That was enough to break the man by day TWO.
He starts crying into the camera (Blair Witch Project style) complaining he can’t think straight and that he only slept for four hours the night before.
I asked my husband, “Did he say it’s Day 2?”
He confirmed that that is what the man said.
I said, “He’s complaining about only getting 4 hours of sleep? He must not have kids.”
And then I kept thinking about the men and women on this site who train for shows and the kinds of diets they have. I don’t think he’d survive that lifestyle either.
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July 28, 2009 at 7:09 am
Ha ha ha!! He is NOT gonna make it! LOL. He should also not have children. One day tops of having a new baby in the house, and he would have that flashlight up to his face, sobbing with a little snot drip emerged and re-emerged from his nose. "Help me.. It won’t let me sleep!!!" Ha ha ha. You made my day!
July 28, 2009 at 7:24 am
Sounds like entertaining television.
If this was on the board in Atlantic City, just based on your description of his wimpy behavior, I would take the under.
Two days. Impressive.
July 28, 2009 at 7:32 am
What a wuss…Wait until you read the blog i’m about to post
July 28, 2009 at 7:50 am
Boy he must be proud. Crying for national TV audience on day 2. I guess his next adventure will be going thru BUDS training to become a Navy Seal.
July 28, 2009 at 7:55 am
he wouldnt survive a ghost story telling session with boy scouts
July 28, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Oh, man. I better never make a show like that. I made a vow to either Succeed or Die Trying to lose my weight, and one outcome or the other WILL happen. I’d be dead out in the wild in no time… ;P
July 28, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Here’s my take on these survivor man shows. These people are gluttons for punishment and love making themselves the victim. They often have ample opportunity to capture or kill large amounts of game or vegetation and yet they just eat enough to survive. If I had their knowledge and a show like that, you’d see me feasting three times a day every episode. I’m sick of seeing these docile dudes wander around for an hour hunting a bug and then watching them cook it for the next half hour until the show is over. They know damn well how to find huge food portions in the wild but they don’t because they want to ratchet up the drama of being forced to survive.
Instead of catching a snake, why not search around for 4 more? Why settle for 1 bug and an edible stem? why not go for 20 of those bugs and a whole damn armfull of edible stems? They’re right their and these guys know how to find it but like I said the are gluttons for punishment.
July 28, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Bwahahahaha after only 2 days? Even after eating some berries and fish??? OMFG LAME.