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I thought there used to be a thread about this show, but I can't find it. Anyway, I always knew something was funny with the show Look at this:

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1771093

Oh my friggin gawd... Bear is now struggling to make his way out of Chiricahua NM. What a joke!! And... only minutes previous he was in the desert around the supes.
I'm getting pissed that I didn't have the imagination to make the ordinary seem so dramatic and to make money off it... He makes me sick. My money says any of us could out-hike him any day of the week!

ya but could you out Hotel him?

paulhubbard wrote:Oh my friggin gawd... Bear is now struggling to make his way out of Chiricahua NM. What a joke!! And... only minutes previous he was in the desert around the supes.
I'm getting pissed that I didn't have the imagination to make the ordinary seem so dramatic and to make money off it... He makes me sick. My money says any of us could out-hike him any day of the week!

"Reality" shows are less real than pro wrestling ... ;)

That was one of the most ridiculous episodes I've ever seen, on so many different levels. Great, now I know what to do if I should find a wrecked ultralight while carrying my parachute through the Wilcox Playa. And all the swinging around on the paracord? Really? The shot of him at Chiricahua NM was hilarious.

Cynics!! Disbelievers, all of you ! How dare you cast impunity on Bear!! Next you'll be mocking Les Stroud...

@sirena

You said it yourself... "That was one of the most ridiculous episodes I've ever seen...". We keep watching ! Kind of like a train wreck... we don't want to watch but we can't help it...

chumley wrote:That first episode of Survivorman in the Sonoran Desert actually listed the GPS Coordinates briefly on screen at the beginning. Since I don't have Tivo I was never able to go back and determine his exact location. However I'm pretty sure he was in an area within 20 miles of Young. If anybody got those coordinates, I'd be interested to know exactly where...

The best part of that episode was Les expressing fear of ferocious packs of javelina. That's not an animal I've ever thought would be a great danger to me...

I watched this episode on Netflix, and had the same question. I thought it might Aravapia Creek east of the Gailuros, but that was a stab in the dark. I started Googling, found this old thread, Google some more, etc...and hunted down the location---I think.

The episode gives coordinates of 34:00:00 N, 111:02:00 W.

My best guess is that it is a few miles south of a point along a line between Young (as noted above, 34:06:05 N and 110:57:49 W) and Gisela (34-06'06'' N and 111-16'47) to the west, but closer to Gisela.

The stream that he found should be a very good clue. It might be fed by Clover Spring (34-01'39 N 111-06'24' W).

Cooter wrote: The episode gives coordinates of 34:00:00 N, 111:02:00 W.

That's almost at the peak of Jerky Butte.

I have watched the episode about 5 times. The coordinates are for Jerky Butte at the coordinates you give. However, the background footage when he finds the stream doesn't align with any of the mountain formations that I am able to place anywhere within 10 miles of those coordinates. I can't align most of the background near where he starts either. So I'm thinking the coordinates are bogus. Interestingly I found an interview online where he said it was a long off-road drive going up and down over hills, so he must have been in a pretty remote place. The vegetation he uses gives a clue as to the height, you don't find big juniper bushes/trees to sleep under at 2000 ft.

I can understand why Les might be attracted to a place called "Jerky Butte" if he has to spend a week there with little food. ;)

I never realized the antibiotic properties of juniper. That's pretty cool. Is it safe to make a "tea" from the leaves?