Bear Grylls mountain bike survival

[highlandsflyer]

I really can't believe the episode where he has to control a car with no brakes down a mountain.

They advise not to use the emergency brake to try to stop a car in the event of brake failure.

Wow.

No, best save it for parking the car securely at the bottom of the cliff.

 

[marin man]

Dont use the handbrake....a woman must have written that scene .....they must be mad...

 

[DM]

I only got as far as "across the nation, there are an estimated 40 MILLION clubs devoted to the sport" (mountain biking).

40 million clubs? What, each with 0.5 members?

Sloppy research, but not life-threatening; the rest of it is potentially dangerous mis-information and misguided macho crap.

My granny was a lot tougher than "bear grills".