July 13, 2007

• a lot bigger and nicer than you thought, huh ??!!?!?!

  
  
  i meant the pool, not the ass !!!!!!

  according to caveman, its the biggest pool in nyc .  admission is
  free, but be warned, they're pretty strict about what you bring in,
  what you wear, what you do ...  and the water is only 3 feet deep
  haha .  perfect for chicken wars though !  btw, i'm the
  chicken war jjang, so don't mess !!!

  
  
  
  

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  i have
  a rather hectic few days coming up next week, so to get a lil
  relaxation in before that, i'm thinking about checking out the
  astoria community pool tomorrow with caveman .  if any of you are
  brave enough, come join us !

  
  also, in case any of you were wondering, bear hasn't yet responded to my post on the fan message board
  .  but i decided to go ahead and ask him some more questions
  .  i have to admit though, i was a bit dismayed, because the
  questions that i really really really wanted to ask
  were already posted by other fans (listed below) .  made me
  kind of feel like i need to step it up a bit to show my man vs. wild
  fan worthiness .
  
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  eagle_74
  Member
  Registered: 06-29-07
  Posted document.write(''+ myTimeZone('Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:48:01 GMT-0700', '07-03-07 11:48 AM')+''); 07-03-07 11:48 AM
  
  

  Bear, since you drank the water from elephant poo, should i save my poo when im out in the woods or squeeze it into a my water bottle if I'm out of water. Is my poo good to drink?

  
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  lightningladyphotog
  Member
  Registered: 06-25-07
  Posted document.write(''+ myTimeZone('Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:03:28 GMT-0700', '07-01-07 01:03 AM')+''); 07-01-07 01:03 AM 
  

   
  
  Hi Bear, your show is really great. I just started watching it.

  I
  have a question about the scenes where you ate a scorpion in the Copper
  Canyon and a small snake in the Sierra Nevada, just eating them raw
  (sans stinger for the scorpion of course).

  I was curious why
  you didn't cook them first. I'd be concerned about parasites, and
  cooking would probably make that scorpion taste a bit less gamey. "Old
  cheese" I believe was your description I would think they would taste a bit tough (shell?) too without cooking.

  Fresh fish I could see
  eating raw right out of the stream, but if I had to eat
  creepie-crawlies I'd put the food on the fire first. I live in the
  Sonoran Desert, and I heard that some insects (grasshoppers for one)
  could have tapeworm eggs and although parts of them are edible they have to be cooked.

  The Sonoran Desert surprisingly
  offers quite a lot to eat, but it can be tricky. Some things are edible
  raw, some have to be cooked, some are not edible because they are soap
  or medicine, and some could leave a hiker hurtin'.

  Have you ever felt any ill effects from a survival food you ate raw?

  By
  the way, congratulations, it really is a great show! I'm not much of a
  TV watcher, but I will make the time for yours! Good stuff!

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  train2live
  Junior Member
  Registered: 07-03-07
  Posted document.write(''+ myTimeZone('Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:54:03 GMT-0700', '07-03-07 12:54 AM')+''); 07-03-07 12:54 AM 
  

   
  
  Questing for Bear,
  Age old question I am
  sure nature calls sometimes when you are out and about so do you just
  do drop right their and use what ever handy leafs? or are their better
  methods for doing your business in the bush... also if could mind share
  how the SAS did it and didn't leave a trail?

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  but i posted some more questions for  him anyways :
  
  ogeeb
  Junior Member
  Registered: 06-19-07
  Posted document.write(''+ myTimeZone('Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:54:28 GMT-0700', '07-11-07 10:54 AM')+''); 07-11-07 10:54 AM 
  

   

  Hi Bear,
  I know you must be very busy filming because you haven't responded in quite some time.

  Someone may have already asked these questions... but here goes anyways -

  1)
  In the "Rocky Mountain" episode, you just barely make your 5 day
  deadline. During those 4 days, did you ever think that you might not
  make it?

  2) Also, under such harsh conditions (ex. worrying
  about a bear attack in the Rockies, extreme heat and humidity in
  Australia's outback, etc.) are you ever able to get a good night's sleep?

  3) When you were stranded on the island, you used coconut as sunscreen. Often times you're traveling under the blazing sun, especially when you were in Australia's outback which is notorious for its ozone hole - do you always wear sunscreen?  How do you protect your skin?

  4)
  Most of the time you seem pretty comfortable in your gear, but in the
  "Alaska" episode, you hike for miles in ski boots. I can't even walk 2
  feet in ski boots - did you leave them on to keep your feet warm?

  5) Lastly, how do you know so much about plants??

  Good luck in your journey!

  have a great weekend and try to stay away from as many people as possible (except if you're going to come swimming with me!) because strep throat is on the loose !

  
  
  

   

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