Goodbye Survivorman

Les Stroud, better known as TV adventurer "Survivorman," was chased by a jaguar, nearly dropped dead due to heatstroke and spent a sleepless night among lions. But now, he's tired of it all and ending his popular series about living in the wild.

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"It takes a lot out of me as I really do what I do for real, with no camera crew, no nights in hotels like others do, and it takes a toll on my body," Stroud told Reuters.

"You can only do seven days surviving without food a certain number of times a year. I'm pleased with what I have done, I've been copied around the world, but 25 times I've not eaten anything for a week while sleeping on rocks. I need to move on."

(In the Calgary Herald)

The article goes on talk of some of the specific happenings on the show. Consider being out in the Kalahari Desert in 61 degree Celsius heat (142 degrees Fahrenheit) - and I thought that Egypt at 45 celcius was bad! I've said - only half jokingly - that they should try to do something like this as a show on the Food Network. One of the things that I find amusing about this show is the stuff that gets eaten on it. Ever wanted to watch a show wherein someone demonstrates how to catch scorpions and what parts of them can be eaten?