A few weeks ago my boyfriend and I headed to the theater for the much-anticipated The Revenant. We loved it! I was expecting a Western, but I got something more. Part artful, part heartfelt, the action never quits and the story is truly unbelievable – except it really happened (more or less).
Based on the novel,The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge
As watched Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass overcome one obstacle after another, I couldn’t help but wonder, could he be even tougher than Bear Grylls? This article will put the semi-fictional Hugh Glass against Bear Grylls in a challenge of survival.
Coming Across a Bear
Grylls recommends keeping your distance and if charged run while dropping something behind you to distract the animal.
Infection in the Wilderness
While Grylls gives a lot of advice on how to avoid infection, I can’t seem to find anything about fighting it once it’s set in.
Buried Alive
Bear Grylls demonstrates what being buried alive in an avalanche can do, but he doesn’t tell us how to extract ourselves from the packed in snow.
Falling Off a Cliff
Bear Grylls is no stranger to accidentally falling. Here he slips off a 30-foot cliff in a glacial revine.
Using an Animal Carcass for Shelter
Grylls demonstrates how to gut a camel to make a temporary shelter in desert. (viewer discretion)
Fishing Without a Line
Bear Grylls demonstrates another way to capture fish swimming downstream though it seems to take a little more effort.
The Ultimate Survivor
It’s not joke that both Hugh Glass and Bear Grylls are both die-heard survivalists. But there are a few differences. Bear works to prevent accidents in the wild, showing ways to prevent injury, dehydration and infection. Meanwhile, Hugh is surviving everything that comes his way including grief, infection, illness and starvation. So Bear is definitely the smarter survivalist, but Hugh is the toughest. Too bad they lived during such different times. I bet Bear Grylls would have loved to take Hugh Glass out in the wilderness for a weeklong survival trek through the Dakota hills and mountains.
Who do you think is the ultimate survivor? Bear Grylls or Hugh Glass? Tell us why.
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