As you may have noticed, I have had a link to Survivorman on this blog.
Les Stroud is best known as the star of the highly-acclaimed hit TV series Survivorman (seen on OLN Canada, The Science Channel US, Discovery Channel International).
To give you a better idea who Les Stroud is, the following is taken from his website...
"Les Stroud continues to forge new pathways as a prolific, creative force. In the year 2000 Stroud took a few small cameras out into the wilderness of Northern Ontario, Canada and spent a week surviving alone without food, water, equipment or camera crew. He single-handedly created, produced, wrote, filmed, hosted, edited and wrote the theme music for these first two original, one-hour pilots for what would eventually become the series Survivorman."
"He remains the only producer in the history of television to produce an internationally broadcast series entirely written, videotaped and hosted alone. Survivorman has gone on to become the highest rated show in the history of both OLN Canada and the Science Channel US and is quickly becoming one of the most popular shows on the Discovery Channel US along with becoming hugely popular worldwide.
Survivorman Productions Inc. was listed as one of the 'Global Top 100' on the coveted list for Realscreen magazine. The show was also the number one pick of Wired Magazine's 'Top Ten' list for February 2007, and Stroud made the 2007 'Top 100 People We Love To Watch' list for Entertainment Weekly magazine."
I started to take note of Les only last year and have become hooked on what he does and accomplishes with his endeavors, whether it is Survivorman or his other programs.
With more than 20 years experience as a naturalist and outdoor adventurer and instructor in survival, white water paddling, sea kayaking, hiking, dog sledding and winter travel, all of us in the Scouting world could all learn a thing or two from Les and his experiences. Make sure you check out his Website and Blog.
Also, if you live in Canada you can catch Les on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos, January 8, 2008 at 11pm (Pacific) on CBC Television.
Yours in Scouting...LE
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