I've used that exact episode to point out how ridiculous the show is when it comes to surviving.
Someone should tell him about hypothermia.
Heh, hypothermia...
I caught an episode where he came across a frozen lake in the middle of nowhere Alps. Like any sane and rational person, he felt compelled to demonstrate the proper technique for how to climb out of a frozen lake after you fall in. He lit a fire first, so that he'd have something to warm himself with, said "don't try this at home", and jumped in.
So there he is, neck deep in a frozen lake with his chin and elbows propped up on the edge of the ice, mugging for the camera. He starts in on a narrative about the dangers of falling through a frozen lake in a frozen wilderness.
"You have to act quickly if you fall into a frozen lake. With every second that passes your muscles begin to stiffen and go numb. Your core body temperature lowers." He begins to shiver severely. "Acute hypothermia will set in within a minute or two, but that doesn't matter because you'll die sooner from drowning. Your body will go numb, your arms and legs won't react to your commands, and then you'll sink." His shivering becomes uncontrollable shaking. "So it's crucial that you climb out as quickly as possible" All this time he's completely ignoring his own advice to get out of the frigid water as quickly as possible.
"Wow! I can already feel my lower body going stiff and numb. It's time I got myself out of this water." He's shaking violently from the cold. It's clear he's having trouble holding onto the lip of the ice. "So here goes: I'm going to try to push my upper body up onto the ice, then shimmy and crawl the rest of the way out."
He takes a couple of quick deep breaths to get himself pumped up and ready to show off his hero move. He gives a big grunt and starts to push himself up with his arms. He manages to raise himself about 6 inches then stalls, his arms are jello-y and wobbly. A look of panic crosses his face.
He begins thrashing violently with his legs, trying to kick or swim or something. It isn't working. The look of panic on his face deepens. One of his arms slips and he falls in completely, head and everything submerged below the ice/water.
He pops up a second later, and tries desperately to thrash or kick or push or claw his way up out of the frozen lake. He gets about 12 inches out of the water this time before he again falls back in under the ice and water.
At this point you know the camera crew is starting to get worried. He's obviously in deep *expletive deleted*it. He surfaces again and spits out a tight, hard breath of air. Icy drops of water spray out with that breath. He makes one last do-or-die attempt at climbing out. He succeeds, barely. He collapses on the surface of the ice.
He's gasping for breath, exhausted, shivering uncontrollably, soaking wet and laying flat on a solid slab of ice. He obviously can't move his extremities. "Well <gasp> I'm desperately cold. <gasp> I have to <gasp> get warm soon. <gasp> Or I'm gonna die. <gasp> Thankfully <gasp> I have a warm fire <gasp> burning right over there."
It's painful to watch as he attempts to stand, then hobble desperately, pathetically, over the the saving warmth of his fire. He collapses in front of his fire...
...only to find that it's gone out.
Stupid people are fun to watch on TV, ain't they?
