A legend was born

I wanna see Les sit down with a strong drink and watch a man vs wild episode and give his thoughts haha that would be gold

Les, you helped me get a job. On my interview with the director of IT, one of the questions I was asked was, who would I want with me if I were stranded on a deserted island, and my answer was YOU. He told me most people say their Wife/Husband. I told him I want to survive, not subject the love of my life to slowly dying because I don't know what the hell I'm doing. I GOT THE JOB. Still here 14 years later.

I want to say thank you to Les Stroud!! I got lost in the Alaska last year and because I watched your videos before I left( I have seen every survivorman!!) Because of your videos I was able to survive through 2 winter nights until I was rescued!! You're a TRUE INSPIRATION AND THE REAL DEAL!! Thank you again les, you'll never know how much your survival techniques mean to mankind!! My oldest son who is 15 absolutely loves survivorman!!

Nobody doubts Bear Grylls' ability to survive, but his show also doesn't show his 20 person crew who's standing behind the camera. Welcome to television. With very, very few exceptions, Les has always done it alone. No crew, no assistance, no craft service table filled with Redvines, lattes, and yogurt parfaits. Les doesn't give us a SHOW on survival, we're watching him actually survive. Bear gives us reality TV, Les gives us the real thing. Accept no substitutes.

Bear grylls came and went but Les Stroud is GOLD.

When Les said its about -30 my jaw strait dropped...

Just hearing Les slip into his accent pretty often in this is something to hear. His later seasons you don't really hear it as much.

He pretty much just called out and discredited all the other “survivors” like bear grills in his outtro saying surviving in the tropical is like a vacation, the true survival is in the harsh winter.

His accent seemed about 15% more Canadian in these early episodes.

I'd say people in 50 years will still be watching these and learning ,

1000 dollar coat ! 200 dollar axe !! One match … Priceless 😉

As much as I love Alaska...I am fortunate enough to have never had to truly SURVIVE during the winter. Through the US Army, I was assigned to a unit where "survival" is what we instructed others on...but help and resources were really only a radio call away if needed. But i will never forget the brutal cold and windchill on that glacier.....

You had me at 'I prefer moccasins over boots'.

I remember when I was young I saw Les Stroud shortly after I first watched Bear Grylls. I just enjoyed watching Les even more.

Woah he went to the same exact location and found his old shelter spot! Really neat concept to survive in the same location in two different seasons.

i remember when this originally aired he had a bag of cashews along w his bars. this man is a legend. no one else even comes close, hes the best at wat he does. he deserves every bit of recognition

Les broke the mold. The first survival show.

Honestly, everytime I saw the banner "the lost pilots" I expected Les to tell us an amazing story of pilots who were lost in the area. 🤣😂

Dealing with some severe depression and loneliness .