Survivorman

With my bouts of insomnia, I tend to catch a lot of late night TV. One particular show I've watched many times would be Survivorman. Just as the tag line states, the premise of the show is quite simple.

"No Food, No Shelter, no fresh water, no tools... no camera crew. One man - alone in the wilderness for seven days"

Les Stroud is the Survivorman, but before becoming the man I watch attempt to survive in the most remote places on the planet, Les attended Fanshawe College in the Music Industry Arts program, before moving on to become a garbage man for the City of Toronto. Today he has 3 seasons of Survivorman completed and has 'survived' everywhere from Alaska, the Rockies, Australian Outback, Sierra Nevada, the Amazon Rainforest, to the Cook Islands.

Every episode he is stranded alone with only his harmonica, and a multi tool. In various episodes he'll utilize equipment found pertaining to his scenario (ie. if you are mountain biking and get lost he'll use parts of the bike, etc.) The beginning of the episode is filmed by a camera crew before quickly departing and leaving Stroud to film his adventures for the next 7 days. Essentially the show teaches the viewer how to survive alone with minimal resources, and maximize the possibility of rescue. All in all, it serves me as great late night entertainment, with the hopes I'll retain some of this expert advice next time the boys and I head out on a camping trip.

Rumour has it Les has decided to hang up his harmonica, and won't be making any more Survivorman shows stating his reason was due to the physical and emotional toll of filming/surviving each episode.

I typically catch the 11pm or 2am episodes, but for any normal sleeper who might be interested, you can always catch re-runs on OLN, Mon-Fri at 8pm.