Morning guys, it is WAY early for me to be up, but I cant sleep due to my back is sore, and I am not going to waste time doing nothing. Plus on top of that, I will be very busy this weekend and will not have time to put up another blog post till next week. Now on to the topic, Dual Survival.
I am not sure how I found out about this show, though I know it was from somewhere on the internet. Dual Survival is about two survival experts who have had opposite types of training in survival. The famous Cody Lundin, (author of 98 degrees, and When All Hell Breaks Loose,) is an expert in primitive survival skills and believes in working with nature. Dave Canterbury is trained in the military ways of survival, believing that nature is against you. Both of these men are put together in typical dangerous survival situations, with tools that everyday people are likely to have with them. One situation was if your car dies in a desert area, what do you do? Would you think about taking out the reflectors in the car headlights to help start a fire? They show what can be used for tools and how to improvise for the things you need. That is pretty typical for every show, but it is interesting how they go around doing things. Dave tries to rely on hunting for meat more, whereas Cody checks areas for wild plants and insects as a food base. They go over the basics of food, shelter, fire, water and security, and show the multiple ways that those can be obtained. These two really know their stuff.
Now, I must admit, when I first heard about the synopsis of the show, I thought that this was going to be an out and out "reality show" kind of bitchfest. From what I remember there was a little amount of that in the first episode, but after Cody made that amazing shelter in the first episode, there was a huge amount of respect between the two men. Sure there still some times that they pick on each other, but all in all it is not that bad. I have to admit, this a bit of a refreshing change from other shows.
The one gripe that I have about this show are They always point out that Cody walks around barefoot, We really do not need to be reminded about that so much.
Overall it is entertaining to watch.
Friday, September 10, 2010
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I have watched the show several times, as well as the other popular "survival" TV shows. I have to say that I'm not overly impressed. Most of the stuff that people see on these shows are not reality at all, and are staged ahead of time. I think that these shows may encourage some people to think that they can wander off in the wilderness with a knife & a piece of paracord & expect to be able to survive whatever comes their way. We have enough clueless people wandering around in the wilderness, getting hurt & killed. I wish they would put more emphasis on what people need to do to prevent winding up in a "survival" situation in the first place. Be prepared!
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