I remember watching this as a kid eating junk food watching him eat bugs thinking to myself "I can totally survive" with a mouth full of cookies 🤣🤣🤣 I know better now

@anti_honey

3 жыл бұрын

Same. My first time watching these in 15 years, and with a totally different mindset now. His patience and stamina while filming and surviving is superhuman.

@noahdevlin2879

3 жыл бұрын

i did that thing too but i wasnt too confident as i had gotten lost on a mountain before but now i can probably survive as i have done lots of primitive technology training i know how to find water and what to do if this happens

@maxdurk4624

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same way! I love watching him like, struggle for food while I eat a 3 course dinner.

@angelus_solus

3 жыл бұрын

If you're hungry, you can do it. I ate half a dozen grasshoppers just to win a $20 bet. Of course I took off their heads, wings/wing covers, and their legs. Not sure if I could eat a witjuty grub without roasting it first though.

@vision821k4

3 жыл бұрын

one good injury could change all that. don't be over confident.

Les, thanks so much for uploading the full episodes

@bigfootbushcraft7063

3 жыл бұрын

Yes thank you from me also!

@sc0tte1-416

3 жыл бұрын

I agree thanks so much 👍

@ebonhawken574

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@tckiller111

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@sc0tte1-416

3 жыл бұрын

@@Roadamite So he allows that? Because if that was my hard work I wouldn't let that happen.

21:46 he apologizes to the cactus after he gets poked. How Canadian!

@nyxofthenight6883

3 жыл бұрын

August Sawzak haha yeah😂

@JesusFriedChrist

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry there eh bud

@josephfrancis5090

3 жыл бұрын

@@lesleyj.stroud1713 dude I watched you when this show came on the science channel. You started my love for survival. It’s been gosh idk how many years and I still re watch this episodes. You’re the man!

@HighLordSythen

3 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this in the comments. :P

@KingKillersKastleKKK

3 жыл бұрын

He was apologizing to the audience

I met Les at a gas station when I was driving through Canada. I didn’t know who he was, but the gas station attendant said it was “Survivorman”. I thought maybe just some dude who lived off the land in that town. We had a funny conversation about Bear Grylls (whom was big at the time). Totally cool dude and down to earth. Now 13 years later, I’m watching his show to learn how to survive in my own state lol!

@americanman5270

10 ай бұрын

I grew up watching Les on the Discovery Channel. Really sparked my love for the outdoors and "survival" as skillset. Seems like a awesome guy off camera as well!

That was an Excellent Steve Irwin Impression

I love how much education he delivers in this series. About survival, obviously, but also about animal and plant life and indigenous people who lived in the areas he's surviving in.

I love that you uploaded these for people to watch during the pandemic. Seriously! It’s so good. I live out in Arizona, actually- I remember when you first released this years ago, me and my brother must have watched this a dozen times to prepare for a camping trip we never took. ... maybe it’s time to take that trip. I look forward to your podcast !

@danielcallahan4825

3 жыл бұрын

Its been two months have you gone

@ridesmort

3 жыл бұрын

Yall take that trip yet? Been 6 months

@Masterk1988

3 жыл бұрын

I go camping all the time here in az it's not as bad as people think

@liz.1328

3 жыл бұрын

been 10 months have u gone on the trip?

@Skellotronix

2 жыл бұрын

@@Masterk1988 everything is location dependant. I've camped in extreme heat and it sucks. Going from 100+ to 50 at night, it's no joke.

“I can’t believe I just did that!” Oh Les...you were so young....you hadn’t consumed the horrors I’ve seen you eat yet...

@AVeryUnstableAI

3 жыл бұрын

I've never seen him eat anything truly horrible

Today my life changed! I found out that Les Stroud, the man! Had a youtube channel and had uploaded his content there as well! I really enjoyed watching Les on TV with my dad and brother, and now I get to share him and this really cool show that both teaches and demonstrates amazing skills and the natural beauty of the world around us! Thank you Les!

@Grimpy970

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pleasantly surprised as well! This is such a great resource. As an arizona local, I'd love to see him do this same challenge in the summer. He mentions that the daytime temps are getting to 80 or 90 degrees. That's February/April weather. It still gets frosty at night, so you can get water from the very air. In the summer, it gets 120F at daytime, and *maybe* dips down to 100F at night. How would the Survivor Man deal with midnight heat-stroke? Even at night you can't do any *real* work during the summer months.. I think he'd have died, or at least failed to get to his extraction point, requiring emergency evac after the 7 days

@johnmillay6790

2 жыл бұрын

@@Grimpy970 I think he'd rather live. He did one desert challenge where it got up to 100 degrees every day and he had like 10 gallons of water and it was still brutal. Arizona in summer can get over 120 in the right places that's deadly

I like his natural reactions like when he says “oh” after flinging the fruit from the cactus on the ground and “ow!” When that same fruit pricks him

@JordanMSeverns

3 жыл бұрын

thats "ope". its a midwestern/canadian thing

So far, what every episode of survivorman has taught me is survival is constant starvation.

@Dietz4502

3 жыл бұрын

Or dehydration but mostly the starving lol

@K.SHEPHERD

3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHA

@djuanbenjamin9149

3 жыл бұрын

ive only seen him thrive maybe twice. in the artic where caught all those fish and one an island where he coconut and seafood.

@lamborgini86

3 жыл бұрын

And to keep warm at night

@UserName-tv1sy

2 жыл бұрын

Survival is constant surviving

The earliest episodes were my favorites.

Watched this in high school, in my mid 30s now, still great!

I would love to see Survivorman come back after the pandemic ends, When I was 7 this show came out and I was desperately trying to be just like Survivorman. I watched Les Stroud and Bear Grylls on TV every night it was on and waited for every season of both, but Survivorman was all I listened to when it came to survival- the equivalence to the Bible can only be done with Survivorman. I even tried making my own Survivorman movies in the basement of my grandparents cabin- I loved Survivorman from Season 1 I hope to see him go again, I wouldn’t mind even watching all the Bigfoot Survivorman’s just as long as I can see Les on a regular basis😊❤️

@robluc86

3 жыл бұрын

I watched all the survival shows too. Too bad Bear Grylls was a fraud. Les was and is the real deal.

@gazbo81

3 жыл бұрын

@@robluc86 is bear grills really a fraud. I thought he was in the sas I'm gutted now I thought he was the bollox when he 1st came on the tv

@technicolorwaterfowl849

3 жыл бұрын

@@gazbo81 Bear grills *can* survive rather well, but a lot of the stuff he does is staged to demonstrate survival skills or just to make a better show

@lifesabitch8099

3 жыл бұрын

@@gazbo81 SOME stuff he does is over played or put on yes, but he was in the SAS and his show isn't a show of him surviving in the wild so much, but him telling you how to, majority things he does still real and would work in real survival situations, hardly makes him a fraud I think

@softtacosapex6962

3 жыл бұрын

i know this comment is 8 months old but les is an old man now lol, saw him do an interview recently and he's really put on the years! of course he still looks extremely fit but idk if surviving 7 days alone in the wild would be in his best interest any more

Les let me just say you are the true man when it comes to survival shows. You really focus on realistic survival situations and priorities instead of pulling off wild and dangerous stunts to wow the camera. Hell you even film it all by yourself completely isolated to authenticity in the wild. I fell in love with these episodes since high school. Always a blast to watch. Its always so exciting when you find food and water and build elaborate shelters.

"That's what can into your mind and create FEAR..." *zooms in on ground squirrel*

@SangheiliSpecOp

3 жыл бұрын

Squirrels are nuts

@DanteTorn

2 жыл бұрын

I've played enough Rimworld to know to fear squirrels.

I absolutely love the way Less sais "Uuummmm!!" Like hes eating a gourmet meal at a 5star resto!!!guys awesome!!

"Leave only footprints." We need more people like Les!

@sb-di3of

2 жыл бұрын

what about the 150lb of dirt bike wreckage he left behind

@doctorcropse2795

Жыл бұрын

@@sb-di3of they pick it up after the show

When your only purpose in life is to be a passing snack for Les

@88fibonaccisequence

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine getting stuck in a survival situation with him. One night, you wake up to the sound of his narration... "The way to eat these guys... What you wanna do is wait until he falls asleep. Then, you can cut his throat."

les it's because of your show that i knew when I stayed at the grand canyon in a tent on a road trip i did a few years back that Id need winter clothing. 96 during the day, got into the 30s at night

Awesome! Thanks for uploading these full episodes. Something to distract me and keep me entertained during these tough times. Thanks so much Les!

@wf6951

4 жыл бұрын

Staying in you're home through a pandemic is so tough.

@jarredmackay1062

3 жыл бұрын

@@wf6951 actually it can be not necessarily for me or you but for a lot of people it can be

One of the best docu/info series ever made. Hall of fame. Thank you for giving us your best Les Stroud!!

The agave needle and thread trick is pretty incredible.

This guy is the reason I got into survivalism, bushcraft, and prepping

What a gift to the internet

You're a living legend Less. I used to watch these with my old man. Brings me back to the good old days. Thanks for uploading these im sure everyone appreciates it as much as i do! :)

drilled into my brain from his cold episodes "you sweat, you die."

That Steve Irwin bit was funny, though a sad reminder of another badass man of nature who passed just the next year after this aired. RIP.

I love everything about survivor man except for him eating 😂

That desert has been my home for my entire life. Love it more and more everyday.

I recently moved to New Mexico, in the Chihuahuan Desert. I remembered you had an episode in the Sonoran Desert and I'm so glad I found your channel. You're an amazing person and a real mensh for uploading all of this content

I live in the desert I've lived here for almost 32 years I've seen a lot of really harsh dry desert and I've seen some beauty little Oasis that is utterly amazing Arizona has such diverse climate High Desert low desert but it definitely deserves respect

Man I was pumped with anticipation on every new Survivorman episode when it came out. Even though I already loved being in outdoors doing photography, hiking, camping or nature watching, Les and show got me excited to head back out in nature.

I fell in love with this show in high school after one episode. Def one of the best, most necessary shows ever.

@ganiaj87

3 жыл бұрын

@BadDriversOfTennessee Yup, the Utah episode is one of my favs.

Nature is so amazing!, a needle and thread from the agave, and so much more.....

Greetings from Brazil, les. You are my favorite survivor Guy!

@shanaguilar8352

2 жыл бұрын

You have excellent taste, then! I agree with you, by the way.😉😉

In the desert you can remember your name, cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain

@davidbrothers2765

3 жыл бұрын

Have you been through the desert on a horse with no name?

@quinnflorence

3 жыл бұрын

La la la la la la la la . La la la la la la la After nine days desert sand turn to sea. The desert is ocean with it life underground. Hehe 🙃 I got the song reference hehe 🙃 Take care everyone and stay safe out there.

Loved the Steve Irwin impression haha! Thanks for the uploads.

Living in the region, this is priceless.

Yeah thanks I appreciate it. I remember watching them the first time. Love from Texas.

This brings back so many memories from my childhood. Thank you Les for allowing me to relieve my childhood during these strange times. Stay same from the coronavirus everyone.

That needle and thread from the agave is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. I hope one day, I get put in a situation in which I survive healthy, but have the chance to use stuff I’ve learned from you.

I gotta give it to you, sir. Your Steve Irwin (R.I.P) impression was spot-on!

So very nice to watch these and they are so helpful. This is becoming a lost knowledge that is so dangerous to lose. Thank you Les for keeping such useful and applicable information alive and well.

Les can show cub bear grylls how to truly survive!

@JordanMSeverns

3 жыл бұрын

at least bear grylls actually went to the sonoran in the summer time. les is too scared. he came in the spring or early winter

@angelvillanueva9808

3 жыл бұрын

@@JordanMSeverns bro regardless, Bear was never by himself and he is always extreme, yea it’s cool but for actual survival ? Les will sweep him 😅

@schmeegil2240

3 жыл бұрын

@@JordanMSeverns yh with a film crew lol , he's a posh twat .

@squid416

3 жыл бұрын

@@JordanMSeverns lol yeah if I had a crew with me at all times and was able to sleep in hotels when the camera wasn’t running, I’d be up for anything to. You need to remember that everything Les does, he’s doing himself, Bear Grylls is as fake as they come, the only thing real about that guy is the fact that he was in the military, doing things for shock factor is not survival it’s entertainment.

@Malryth

2 жыл бұрын

As far as I know there wasn't a "personal" grudge between Les and Bear Grylls. However, I'm not sure if it will be in Season 1 but when Les does a long "walking away from the camera" shot he exclaims in the commentary that he had to come back for the camera. Something that Grylls guy never had to do. I am Canadian and it's a joy to see "young" Les in this First season of Survivorman all over again.

Its amazing how he somehow does this all while filming, I just couldn't do it in general!

boy that grasshopper kabob really got my mouth watering....add in the prospect of tapeworms...heaven!

I definitely appreciate these old episodes.. you never know when you're going to need skills like this.. especially with the way things that are going right now.. I think soon here quite a few of us are going to be heading for the hills literally..

Never heard about les until I saw the gq thing about rating the survival scenes in movies lol. I do live in uk though and it's all bear grills over here well it used to be anyway

@schmeegil2240

3 жыл бұрын

Yh n he's fake af

@Yorkshire_Celt

3 жыл бұрын

Ed Stafford is the one.

@leoarmitage908

3 жыл бұрын

@@Yorkshire_Celt I prefer les because he uploads these for free but Ed’s great too

Still to this day want to try a grasshopper kebab because of this episode

Remember watching this during the summers with my uncle ❤

This is the Les I liked, I don't care for his cooking show or whatever that's about. Too bad that turtle did him in with a viral infection

Watching these videos over the pandemic 😷 we face right now. It brings back memories of me and my dad sitting in the living room on weeknights and weekends, TV set to science channel or the discovery channel on cable and watching this I actually was trying to take notes in my small notebooks that I wasn’t using in school. My dad and I enjoyed these videos, I hated how he keep saying next camping trip he making me eat a bug like Lee did. I freaked out going,” no gross! You can eat the bugs I looking for plants and fruits from trees that won’t kill me that I can eat.” We would just end up laughing in the end. Wow, I can’t even believe I been watching these kind of videos for 20-21 years of my life. I still have wonderful memories of these videos from my childhood. But now I watching them on my own, my dad and I have not gotten along for a while and well bitter sweet memories right now. Yet I am Thankful these video were aired on tv and saved here on this KZread channel. Now I am never without my survivor man videos and my memories. Take care everyone and stay safe out there. “ let’s enjoy life!”- (Pitbull 2010)

I remember watching this when it was brand new thinking "thank goodness this is the farthest thing from Bear Grills!" I was hooked from the first episode!

@schmeegil2240

3 жыл бұрын

Me too 🇬🇧.

@raymondcampsen3747

3 жыл бұрын

this was out wayyy before bear grills even thought about tv, honestly bear grills stole the idea from Les

@leoarmitage908

3 жыл бұрын

@@raymondcampsen3747 not really stealing it’s educational

@raymondcampsen3747

3 жыл бұрын

@@leoarmitage908 no it definitely was stealing lol he literally took the entire idea besides being all alone but your right it is educational but still took the idea from Les

@leoarmitage908

3 жыл бұрын

@@raymondcampsen3747 I’d call it magpieing I respect bear too much for his service to my country in the Sf to label him as a thief

We call them Javelina in AZ. Thanks alot for posting.

@Masterk1988

3 жыл бұрын

Yup and packs of them walk down the wash next to my house all the time ... They smell just like skunks can always tell when they are close lol

@10feralratsinacoat76

3 жыл бұрын

Someone once told me they look like a pig someone hit in the face with a shovel and I’m inclined to agree

Moved to Phoenix and love to watch him master the desert in his second episode is amazing. He’s on my tv all day every day. Tv worth watching instead of shit and garbage normally on.

I love this show-thank you les!! I've watch your shows since day1 on discovery channel -now I can enjoy them here😚

Watching these again after some years - still love em. :) Also great for refreshing some knowledge, tomorrow we're heading out into the mountains at some 38+ Celsius. :)

This series truly is one of the best things to make it onto TV. None of the wildly edited super jump cut stupid reality TV show nonsense.

Love watching the warm ones during the Winter.

hand drills are insanely difficult hes so knowledgable

@DanteTorn

2 жыл бұрын

I've tried many times to start a fire with a hand drill and not managed to do anything but blacken a bit of wood. It's definitely way more difficult than it looks.

Les you are amazing for doing this for us. I’ve watched you since season 1. It’s so good to see all of this again.

Thanks for uploading, Les! Finally I can show my favourite survival show to my friends!

Dude theres Nopales all around!!! you took somany footish of it! Will feed U and Hydrate You!

Thank you so much for uploading these full episodes. I remember watching the show as a kid and enjoying survivorman a lot.

This is one of the first episodes i ever watched and it got me hooked

Les, I’d just like to say how much I admire you and your life’s work. You’re the real deal, mate.

And I had to walk it twice to get all the gear. That is why you are the man. Thanks for all of the videos!

Big fan of the Survivorman show!! But....Personally, as someone who lives in AZ, a more realistic scenario of the Sonoran Desert would have been summer when temperatures are in 100+ degrees not winter at 70+ degrees. Les was truthfully about what season it was which why I love his shows. Thanks for teaching us how to survive!

@hmmmmmmm69

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, i think he got the lucky draw being dropped in AZ in the winter, because if he did do this episode during the summer, there would 100% definitely be more early/late day than mid-day shots. I mean shit, it hit 110+ a few years in a row.

@MissX905

2 жыл бұрын

@@hmmmmmmm69 It's all planned in advance. You think he'd go into the desert in over 100 degree temps? I don't. And he knew that water source was there. It's a show. No way he survived on 4 grasshoppers and a scorpion, raw 1 at that lol

@Rattslinger

2 жыл бұрын

I respect Les, but this episode had me rolling my eyes as an AZ native. If he did this episode in July, he'd be trying to deal with 125f during the day and 120f at midnight.

Near Young AZ. I spend a lot of time in AZ in the winter. Gorgeous area! Now I know how to survive without my RV!! :-p

This episode was always one of my favorites growing up in Arizona. A lot of this stuff has stuck in the back of my mind any time I go out camping years later!

Thank you Mr Stroud.

Is Survivorman available in a box set? Les Youre one of the best survival instructors out there! I love your work! Thanx for uploading more episodes!

@pvtmiller21

4 жыл бұрын

yes it is on his website

i live in Tucson and have run face to face with Peccaries/Javelinas countless times and every time they just stopped, looked at me for a second and then went on their way. i have never been "chased". Now if you are walking with a dog, then they can get aggressive but if you are by yourself they will leave you alone. they will also snap their jaws as a warning if you are disturbing them. its a sound that you can feel in your chest that's like smacking two big blocks of wood together.

@qualitylawncare819

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he got a bunch of things wrong on this one. Javelina are definitely not aggressive. And you can eat the entire paddle on a prickly pear lol.

@The_Eastbound_Hyena

17 күн бұрын

He wasn't talking about hood javelinas.

I truly appreciate the free content

Les helping us all 🇨🇦, God love him.

Another great video Les thanks and thanks for all the other videos I am really enjoying them as I am sure many other people are too.

I’ve never seen a guy that gets hurt as much as Les does. 😂 Thanks for putting up the videos and showing us the way it really is out there!!!

This is completely underrated

Hey quick tip for anyone eating cactus fruits from the wild. Burn the Glochids off. If your foraging bring a plumbing torch, and if your surviving usa flaming stick lol.

Thank you so much for uploading these. I absolutely loved this show while it was on Discovery and could watch these a million times

Thanks Les! Stay cool like the other side of the pillow bro!!! Your content has inspired me to rediscover my love of nature!

Hahha..I love your rendition of the Crocodile Hunter,Les..that was cool.

Eating scorpions, les yu a beast 🍺

Thank you so much for putting this on KZread haven't seen it since it was on the Discovery Channel been wanting to see it thank you

I’ve been binge watching for the last 3-4 days. I’m in AZ so when I went from most popular to oldest videos I came Arizona. Of course I’m going to watch. Loving all the informative tips. Tips? Not the right word. Arizona is deadly in the summertime. You can run out of gas or your battery can die on the side of the road in July with hundreds of cars passing you bye..Cell phone is dead three cops have passed you but no one has stopped you are hot and thirsty you are now on the verge of dehydration why won’t anyone stop and help because it’s too damn hot!! Now imagine being in the desert where there is no traffic and there are no police officers ignoring you.. you’re not very far from civilization but because you decided to take the ATV out to target practice in the desert only 25-50 miles in the dead of summer ( you are now at risk ) It happens it happens a lot people go out for a little joy ride and the heat overcomes all things practical. The Arizona desert is so dangerous because we live so close to it so people don’t go out prepared. Families will travel 25- 75 miles with their guns and ATVs thinking they will be home by 6 PM. There is a story of a mom son and boyfriend who went to the desert just for a little joy ride. That joyride turned out to be hell! Like I said they were only 50 miles from civilization. Unfortunately when you are dehydrated and began to hallucinate and there is absolutely zero shade and it’s 118° out by day and cold at night and prepared with zero shelter 🤦🏻‍♀️ it’s not good folks. The one thing I have learned from every survival instructor that I have watched on KZread is always be prepared unfortunately this threesome was not prepared. They made it out alive but 💩

Les, thank you so much for putting all episodes on youtube! You are the man, love your content!

creosote bush - we had one in our yard for 52 years. every rain we got made our whole yard smell so awesome due to that bush.

I had some fun times out in that desert we didn’t do any survival stuff and it didn’t matter we had good times miss that place I still have family n friends there so a return trip is possible

This show is soooo good and educational. Thank you for uploading them for us Les!!

@MissX905

2 жыл бұрын

There's no way you'd survive out there on just eating grasshoppers like he did. You think he truly didn't know that water source was there? He set up his "camp" at the beginning for the effect and then goes in the direction where he knew the water was. People die all the time in the desert so this is false hope when lost out in the desert. JMO

@hunterjames4433

2 жыл бұрын

I think you should try it! There’d be one less idiot to deal with

@sb-di3of

2 жыл бұрын

@@MissX905 jesus man he was just saying thanks. but thanks for sharing your intellectual genius caveman wisdom

@MissX905

2 жыл бұрын

@@sb-di3of Anytime lol

This was one of the first ones I saw of you. Bro bro you are my soul individual that keeps my outdoorsman Alvive

Should have done this episode in summer where it gets well over a 100 during the day

thank you so much, this is really cool of you.....I am loving this right now !

Once again thank you Les. So needed this during quarantine.

I went through a tcap binge phase and re discovering this is nostalgic and and 110% re binge worthy. Les is the bees knees

@SonoranAstro

Жыл бұрын

LMAO same

I smile every time Les gets the fire going. I love his reaction

Killer stuff as always! \m/ And a good Steve Irwin-parody as well!!! :D

Didnt he have gloves while collecting grass? Why not use them when starting a fire?

Great to have a recap of these shows. Brings back memories from watching it back in the old days many many moons ago.

In the childhood we used to catch grass hoppers, didn't knew that we could fry them, and make ourselves a good source of nutrition, if we were in the egde of survive:) thanks a lot! There are still tonnes of grass hoppers in our steppes in Kazakhstan, so now I know how I can survive if I need to:)