Reality TV Survival Shows Entertain
But Offer Little Real Survival Knowledge
I had the opportunity to spend a rare moment on a nice August day, due to some health issues, I had the opportunity to sit, have coffee and converse about all things survival, prepper and people in general. What a great day. My rare day of socialization allowed me to bounce a few ideas off of my friends and see which things that they liked. We sat, enjoyed some good local java, swapped some amazing stories, refreshed old memories, brain stormed some new ideas and hopefully set in motion some new opportunities. Some of the new opportunities include adding a skilled ground water treatment specialist to the ranks at PracticeSurvival.com.
The theme of our conversation meandered a bit, but gradually a common theme began to emerge; People and their survival and prepping plans are similar to a hungry person at a buffet; they load their plate with lots of food but end up only eating a small amount. Similarly, most preppers watch entertaining shows about survival in the wild like Bear Grylls, Dual Survival, Man, Woman vs. Wild and Survivorman. They are great shows, and the hosts have lots of wilderness experience and have varying levels of skills. Unfortunately most of the viewers do not share those skills often not having any skills all, nor do they have the physical conditioning, endurance or experience that the hosts demonstrate. After watching these shows the viewers are pumped up. They believe that they can do the trek in the wilderness. BUT!! Most of them have been so long without riding a bike, taking a hike period it could literally kill them. If you were to give them a pack fully outfitted to live off of the land they would have a stroke in minutes. They get winded climbing the stairs. The viewers head off to buy all of this great gear, but they really don’t know what to do with it and it is unlikely that they will ever make it far enough to figure it out.
Let’s get real! Real survival and self reliance requires endurance, it also requires hands on practice. Without both of those factors the likelihood of success is greatly diminish. So get off of you posterior and let’s get doing. Check out the parent website PracticeSurvival.com for lots of educational and helpful survival insight.
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