Les Answers! this is a good one jan 26/09

Q: I heard you might make a show about explorers, great idea. Who is your favorite explorer, mine is Shakelton.

douglas mawson

Q: So when can everyone expect the next Les Stroud " Solo " CD ?

hopefully by fall or summer '09

Q: On page 152 of your " Survive " Book there is a picture of you i would think when you were much younger, & there is another guy with you, Who is that ? ... your both standing by a Birchbark shelter.

my old survival buddy and teacher Doug Getgood

Q: Sorry to hear this is the last season of Survivorman, but I understand. What was your favorite location for this final season? (or just sum up your feelings on each one) Thanks, Les.

by far Papua New Guinea because of the beautiful people i met there

Q: With all this good info around I want to practice my survival stuff but there seems like there is alot I want to try, were should I start and how do you like organize what you want to try. Hope this makes sense. Sorry to hear this is the last season but I understand.

Thanks. Kim

start with edible wild plants..move on to shelters and then firestarting - or - just go for it all as you feel most inspired!

Q: What kind of camping do you enjoy I like sleeping out under the stars. no tent. thanks

same here - whenever i can i go outside the tent

Q: When you were out doing one of your survival week episodes. What did you do to help ease the hunger pangs when you have been without food for a day or more?

i try to drink water - once every hour or half hour to keep my stomach feeling like there something in it

Q: What all would you say are the benefits of having someone with you in a survival situation, like Bob and you in your Deep Woods episode? You went over the negatives well but just touched on the positives.

in three words: sharing the workload

Q: Do you think that at some point you will become known more for your music or some other endeavor, or will you always be known first and foremost as Survivorman?

by all means - i have never been a one trick pony - survivorman is just the gate crasher - just the start - but i am proud of it just the same.....keep watching!

Q: What qualities do you look for in a good bushcraft knife?

ability to hold an edge....feels good in the hand......can take some abuse during use......easy to pull from the sheath

Q: What do you do with all the things you make in episodes of survivorman? IE the spear in Africa and the prongs from the Kalahari and Arizona and others things. do you have a special room or something.

yes - i have been considering selling them on eBay for charity though

Q: When I was young I was told if your lost in the Mountains follow the stream or river downstream and you can find civilization does that work.
loved the episode with Bob.

in the US - yeah - pretty much it works - but not always!

Q: I know personally I start to get lonely after 3 days alone. What point do you get really lonely, and is it different each time you do the show?

same day - day 3 through 5 are always very lonely

Q: Now that Survivorman is done, what have you been doing with your time?

hahaha - what time!!! i am still involved in the post technical work for the show....then xmas - then meetings with networks and designing the next series and my music and film concert series

Q - When you're on a commercial airline flight, what do you wish you had in your carry-on that you aren't allowed to take through security?

a bottle of water!

Q: Are you glad Survivorman is over or do you have mixed feelings about it?

well my staff have been asking me to do a blog to give my heartfelt perspective on the Survivorman series so here goes....NO I DIDNT QUIT! like the 200 headlines read.....i NEVER quit......that said I have slept on rocks and snow and in the mud 25 times without food 7 days X 25 times and i am feeling the results of it all....i dearly love what i created....Survivorman!!....but i am not a one trick pony...i love variety....and i love thinking outside the box...after all that is how Survivorman was created....i saw a void.....of course i am not quitting!! but i AM morphing...growing...developing new and even more powerful work.....Survivorman was just the beginning.....and hey - look at it this way....I am changing and morphing and progressing everything i do including Survivorman well beyond itself and into something new without ever 'jumping the shark!'.....if you love or even like my work...if you have caught the moments with the wink in my eye...if you have gasped when i was up against it....if you have felt vicariously the struggles i have faced....then catch your breath....and get ready....there's more to come....through seven years of producing this show you - the viewers - have constantly bolstered me up - and challenged me to do better and for that i am eternally grateful.....the doors are open all over the place for me folks.....think: more world adventures filmed with whatever has become my 'style'...more large scale music and film concert presentations....more books and articles.....thank you all so very much for inspiring ME.....i have been down at times during the making of this series and it has always been a perfectly timed veiwer fan mail that lifted me up and kept me going.....thank you.....now get ready....for what comes next!

Les Stroud aka Survivorman

Q: Do you ever get over to the "Survivorman" Forum on Discovery Channel boards?
I ask because some fans have left you nice messages and "Letters" to you.
Thought you would enjoy reading them.

THANK YOU Les for all you've done to teach Me and others ~Lara

i have yes - but it has been a long time - i should go back on again soon and check them out - thank you

Q-What type of canteen did you have in the Australian episode?

nothing special - just one i picked up at a local gas station before i went in

Q: This might be a stupid question but does the act of your body trying to warm up, is that what makes people so tired and fatigued.

well i guess the answer would be that your body - while working to keep you warm will use up energy - so yes - it can tire you

Q: Hey Les, I have a question about the Kalahari Desert episode. When you were getting overheated that night and kept having to wipe down with a wet bandana to stave off heatstroke, why didn't you get outside the truck? Or was it still hot outside? It is my understanding that as soon as the sun goes down, it cools off rapidly outside. The truck would tend to hold the day's heat in. Your thoughts?

it was intensely windy and the sand was whipping everywhere and in my face - and yes it was was still a hot wind

Q: With all the "FaceBook" and "MySpace" accounts out there that claim to be You or "Survivorman" . Are there any that you are affiliated with or have a friend run it for you ?

i will let my production manager Andrew answer that

Q: how long were you dazed and confused on the nut in the new guinea jungle.

about an hour and a half

Q: do you think Bob learned any Survival stuff out there with you. thanks.

of course!!

Q: I read your a Hockey fan who is your favorite team I assume it's the Toronto Maple Leafs, I root for the Connucks because Washington State does n't have a pro Hockey team I love hockey too. reading your book and loving it thanks. Kim

yep - i am a die hard member of the Toronto Maple Leaf cult! - comes from growing up in Toronto in the 70's

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

Excellant Troop, i got 2 of mine answered Cool

And thats great that he corrected use in thinking he has done his last Survivroman Smile

So,....the show goes on, some day ?.... Sweet Cool

Nice to hear him say thanks back for the positive feed back we give him, very cool.
Great guy, im pissed i didnt get to get out to Seattle to see him, oh well, maybe he will get to Vancouver some time ?.

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Last edited by Drummer Dave on Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:56 am; edited 1 time in total

These are awesome answers.So glad He answered mine.... Cool

Thank you Trooper for doing this. Very Happy

Don't thank me thank les, all i did was email him Laughing

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

Thanks Troop and Les. Cool

When I get a free moment, I will edit this one and add it to the big archive post. Smile

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Well thanks Trooper for forwarding Les the questions and posting the answers.
And thanks to Les for answering them. He responded to both the questions I asked. Very Happy

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"The monkeys are throwing stuff at me again."
-Survivorman in Costa Rica

he responded to all of mine all great q's and a's I am choked up. for thanking us. wow what a guy. hey drummer it sounded as though he is coming back here for his film and music show.

well thanks troop for allowing us to ask Les Questions. and thanks Les for taking time to answer them. I know both of you are busy people. Very Happy

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	TrooperMax wrote:
	Don't thank me thank les, all i did was email him

LOL..Okay....Thank you Trooper for sending the questions to Les and posting the answers.
Thank you Les fo taking the time to answer them....*Hugs* to ya both . Wink

and You're Welcome Les..... Cool

Yea I got all mine just about answered just waiting on Andrew....lol Laughing

Yeah, I wonder when we'll get his answer. Laughing

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oh I have to correct myself he answer most of mine.

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