Meanwhile, Grady was sounding a lot like Joe with his constantly wanting to move on.
I noticed that, too. He even complained they were wasting time talking about it. If I was in a survival situation similar to the scenarios they are projecting (don't know where they are and don't know what's ahead) I'd want to hear any ideas that might make my survival more likely.
Even if I didn't like the suggestions, it could trigger an idea. Many years ago I was working with my brother trying to troubleshoot some kind of mechanical problem. I don't even remember what it was, but I remember staring at "the project." My brother could tell I mulling over all the possibilities. He told me to "think out loud," for that very reason.
I hope they don't make Grady TOO Joeish.
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The hottest I ever recorded was 170. I never took a thermometer with me again. I figured I didn't want to know.
I don't think viewers take dehydration seriously enough in these scenarios.
I think that's because most have never experienced it the way we have. Don't know about you, but when I'm on the job, I'm aware of the color of my pee. Hope no one finds this topic distasteful, but its the best indicator of hydration level. Yellow is tolerable dehydration, but once it starts approaching orange there is no way to catch up quickly; it takes a period of time to flush all that garbage out of your system. And God help you if it turns brown. I for one would not like to be lost in the wild with any kind of hike ahead of me while experiencing kidney stones.
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I from time to time work installing HVAC ductwork here in Florida.
I do HVAC for a living in Texas so I know what you are talking about. Metal roofs and attics with little to no ventilation. It seems like the houses with no wind turbines on the roof have attic temps that exceed 200 degrees.
I noticed you have posted about this many times but I don't think viewers take dehydration seriously enough in these scenarios. During the hottest parts of summer my partner and I go through a 5 gallon water cooler a day. Every morning we have to stop an get a couple of bags of ice and water to refill the cooler.

I from time to time work installing HVAC ductwork here in Florida. The conditions can be brutal, so I understand completely about being mentally and physically drained. Neither your body nor your thought process functions at full capacity. Quite frankly, you can get to the point of being stupid (literally.) That's why I am a big proponent of hanging out for a day if you find a place with decent resources.
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But what if you found your first water source in 24 hours, a good supply of fish (or other normalish food,) and a decent shelter where you could rest up for a long walk out? Would you feel antsy staying for a day to recharge and recuperate from that first grueling day? If that first day sucked the life right out of me, I would love to have a day to rest up before pressing on.
I think this gets glossed over a lot on this show. Especially at times when they don't come across food and water for close to 48 hours. Even a person who is in good shape will be physically and mentally drained from that.
It's not as if that extra day has to be spent doing nothing.

These primitive survivalist types are impressive, but I would probably get antsy if I was stuck with one who wanted to lounge around a campsite for a week and feed me caterpillars and and cattails.
But what if you found your first water source in 24 hours, a good supply of fish (or other normalish food,) and a decent shelter where you could rest up for a long walk out? Would you feel antsy staying for a day to recharge and recuperate from that first grueling day? If that first day sucked the life right out of me, I would love to have a day to rest up before pressing on.
BTW, I don't know about caterpillars, but cattail root isn't bad. LOL
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These primitive survivalist types are impressive, but I would probably get antsy if I was stuck with one who wanted to lounge around a campsite for a week and feed me caterpillars and and cattails.
I agree with this in certain scenarios. For me it would depend on the scenario and situation I was in. In the cases where they take on the role of a hiker or hunter who wanders off trail it makes sense to keep moving because you are most likely not to far from civilization.
In other cases where they take on the role of someone who crashed a balloon or broke down in the middle of no where in Africa I have to disagree. In this case you have no idea how far out you are and moving on too quickly can get you killed. It makes sense to stay put until you get back to full strength IF you have an adequate food and water source nearby. At least until you can find away to carry water and preserve some food to take with you.
I think Joe, Dave and Grady all exaggerate the wanted to camp for a week. In every case with Joe and Matt he would suggest staying for one extra day to recharge and it was only when they had come across a place with bountiful supplies of food and water and always when they had not seen any signs of civilization.

Let's just be honest and admit that the "primitive survivalist" is clearly superior and in the right the majority of the time. The only things that the military guy has an advantage with is tracking skills and navigation. With supplies you could give the military guy the edge but this show never leaves the guys fully equipped.
Good point, although this new "72 hour window" the show seems to be pushing gives some favor to the military guys, who tend to want to keep moving. Honestly, I would probably act more like that in such a situation, more out of impatience than skill.
These primitive survivalist types are impressive, but I would probably get antsy if I was stuck with one who wanted to lounge around a campsite for a week and feed me caterpillars and and cattails.

Bill seems to be coming off better than he did in the first couple of shows. He still shows some flashes of oddness, but he's been downright useful out in the field.
I wonder if what we are seeing now is the real Bill. Both Bill and Grady are acting different than their pilot episode counterparts. I think Bill was told to act that way and after the first couple of episodes were filmed and in the editing room the producers saw how horrible it looked on film and told him to tone it down.
Meanwhile, Grady was sounding a lot like Joe with his constantly wanting to move on.
I think this is a lot like how I interpreted the problem with Bill. The producers probably saw Grady as being too accommodating of Bill and instructed him to be more assertive.
I'm being serious. You can go back and watch and after 3 or 4 episodes both Bill and Grady have a change in behavior and personality. More so in Bill's case but the point stands.
I guess that's just part of the clashing philosophies of the military vs. "primitive survivalist" theme of the show.
Let's just be honest and admit that the "primitive survivalist" is clearly superior and in the right the majority of the time. The only things that the military guy has an advantage with is tracking skills and navigation. With supplies you could give the military guy the edge but this show never leaves the guys fully equipped.
The "argument" they had in this last episode about camping was stupid. If there is plenty of resources for food/water, shelter and fire you always choose to camp early rather than later and run the risk of having none of these especially in the cold.

Yes, I agree rmontro. As you say, Bill is still kind of odd, but much better than he was in the beginning.
All these primitive survivalist types have been handy with the bow drill for fire, haven't they?
Yes they have. This is the one primitive fire making method that I have never tried, because I've always found it to be intimidating. But in a matchless primitive survival situation, it's probably the most important technique that you could master. I'm going to have to give it a go here pretty soon.