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Bear strands himself in popular wilderness destinations where tourists often find themselves lost or in danger.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 1 - The Rockies
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #1 - The Rockies

    S1:E1

    Host Bear Grylls parachutes alone into a remote area of the Rocky Mountains equipped with only the clothes on his back.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 3 - Panama (1)
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Panama (1)

    S2:E3

    Grylls travels to Panama, where he travels in the equatorial heat through mangrove swamps and rain forest, and endures more than 100 mosquito bites and one painful snake bite.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Man vs. Wild Season 7 Episode 1 - Men vs. Wild with Jake Gyllenhaal
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #3 - Men vs. Wild with Jake Gyllenhaal

    S7:E1

    Bear brings along a companion, actor Jake Gyllenhaal, to test how he measures up to unpredictable and unforgiving Mother Nature.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 7 - African Savanna – Kenya
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #4 - African Savanna – Kenya

    S1:E7

    Grylls parachutes into the Sierra Nevadas, simulating the situation of the hundreds of hikers who become stranded there each year. Equipped with a knife and a canteen, Grylls travels through the alpine, woodland and chaparral areas of the mountains. He unsuccessfully tries to tame a wild horse, and eats a live snake. Using techniques gleaned from the Mono Indians, he brushes his teeth with a manzanita leaf. Most of the ground he covers is traversed by river, using a raft held together by grape vine.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 6 - Sierra Nevada
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #5 - Sierra Nevada

    S1:E6

    Grylls parachutes into the Sierra Nevadas, simulating the situation of the hundreds of hikers who become stranded there each year. Equipped with a knife and a canteen, Grylls travels through the alpine, woodland and chaparral areas of the mountains. He unsuccessfully tries to tame a wild horse, and eats a live snake. Using techniques gleaned from the Mono Indians, he brushes his teeth with a manzanita leaf. Most of the ground he covers is traversed by river, using a raft held together by grape vine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 12 - Siberia (1)
    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Siberia (1)

    S2:E12

    With temperatures dipping to -50°C, Grylls has to keep warm before hypothermia sets in. He uses snares to catch his food, and a fire to keep warm. He puts up a scenario for the great dangers to walk over a frozen lake, and how to survive without drowning and/or before hypothermia sets in.

    Director:Tony Lee
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Man vs. Wild Season 3 Episode 7 - Oregon
    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Oregon

    S3:E7

    Grylls takes on the deepest river based canyon, Hell's Canyon and the dangerous Snake River.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 2 - Moab Desert
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Moab Desert

    S1:E2

    Bear Grylls is dropped by a helicopter into the Moab Desert in Utah in almost 45 degree temperatures, with nothing but a knife, a canteen, and a flint. He battles dehydration by soaking his t-shirt in urine, and eats two raven eggs, one raw. Lastly, he demonstrates how to escape from quicksand before swimming across the Colorado River. He also explains how to use the flow of rivers as tools to find civilization.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 3 - Costa Rican Rain Forest
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Costa Rican Rain Forest

    S1:E3

    Grylls parachutes into a Costa Rican rainforest in the Osa Peninsula, with only his knife and a canteen. He's careful about the water he drinks, but gets violently ill anyway. He climbs down a waterfall using a vine, and floats down a river to the ocean on a raft he crafts out of balsawood to demonstrate how someone lost in the jungle can make it to civilization. He encounters snakes, mosquitoes and dangerous river currents.ve swamps.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 4 - Alaskan Mountain Range
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Alaskan Mountain Range

    S1:E4

    Grylls is dropped in the Chugach Mountains in Alaska, with skis and his usual gear. He demonstrates Glissading as he traverses snow and glaciers, and climbs down a 200ft (61m) waterfall. He catches a salmon, which he eats raw, and finds a skiff from an abandoned lodge. The skiff sinks, but he reaches the shore and is spotted by a ship.

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  11. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 5 - Hawaii – Mount Kilauea
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Hawaii – Mount Kilauea

    S1:E5

    Grylls is dropped by helicopter at the top of Mount Kilauea. Made up of an expanse of solidified lava which stretches for 33,000 acres, this environment is one of the world's most inhospitable. He first traverses lava fields, which catch his boots on fire, then heads into the jungles of Hawaii. Grylls uses a kukui nut torch to explore a lava tube and finds water, then uses smoke to placate a bee hive to get honey. Ultimately, he finds the sea (and people) by following seabirds.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 8 - European Alps
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - European Alps

    S1:E8

    Grylls parachutes into the French Alps with a knife, a canteen, a cup and a flint, taking the parachute with him. He demonstrates how to survive falling into a frozen lake, how to build a snow shelter, and how to use a self arresting device to stop from plummeting into a crevasse. He also eats maggots and uses them to catch a trout. He performs a Tyrolean traverse and makes himself a pair of snow shoes out of young trees and parachute lines.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 9 - Deserted Island
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Deserted Island

    S1:E9

    Grylls is kicked out by helicopter into the water near a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. He demonstrates long distance swimming, shelter building and coconut harvesting. Grylls builds a bamboo raft to look for ships, and is surrounded by tiger sharks. He fishes off his raft using a fish bone hook, and shows how to signal a ship using the reflection produced by his polished knife.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 10 - Everglades
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Everglades

    S1:E10

    Grylls drops into the swamps of Florida's Everglades, where at least 60 tourists need to be rescued each year. He trudges through the swamp and shows how to construct shelter, deal with razor-sharp sawgrass, get out of a muddy sinkhole and avoid alligators and rattlesnakes. He eats frogs and cooks a turtle Seminole-style.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 12 - Mexico
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Mexico

    S1:E12

    In Mexico, Grylls must find his way out of Copper Canyon, and his only supplies are a water bottle, a flint and a knife. He demonstrates how to build a simple compass and climb sheer cliffs safely. For shelter, he uses ancient caves and makes fire with a traditional "fire saw." Grylls also demonstrates techniques for finding scorpions or grubs and fishing without a rod or line.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 14 - Ecuador
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Ecuador

    S1:E14

    Grylls paraglides onto the edge of the Andes and follows rivers into the Ecuadorian jungle, is attacked by huge colonies of spear-nosed bats[disambiguation needed], and observes giant weevil grubs and piranhas. He builds a bamboo bridge and a bow and arrow to successfully catch fish, but it doesn't always go his way and he's forced to ride the rapids of the Amazon on a single tree trunk.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Man vs. Wild Season 1 Episode 15 - Scotland
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Scotland

    S1:E15

    Grylls shows how to navigate the Cairngorms region in extreme weather using ice formations and moss growth, and how to test snow slopes for avalanche potential. He uses moss to purify water and skins a red deer for shelter. For food, he traps a rabbit and cooks it to demonstrate how to prepare it. Grylls also crosses deep marshes and uses fallen trees to cross ravines.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 1 - Sahara
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Sahara

    S2:E1

    In the sun-scorched Sahara Desert, Grylls uses survival tactics of the indigenous people, including eating a scorpion and a sandfish. He also explains how to escape from quicksand.

    Director:Tony Lee
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 2 - Desert Survivor
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Desert Survivor

    S2:E2

    In the desert, Grylls offers tips on skinning and disemboweling a dead camel for water.

    Director:Tony Lee
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 4 - Jungle (2)
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Jungle (2)

    S2:E4

    Survival techniques for Panama's mangrove swamps and jungle.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 5 - Patagonia
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Patagonia

    S2:E5

    Grylls parachutes into Patagonia, the southernmost tip of South America, where he first encounters a vast ice field, then forages in a beech forest, wades through a frozen bog and swims through icy water.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 6 - Andes Adventure
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Andes Adventure

    S2:E6

    In Patagonia, Grylls skins a hare, scales a cliff, tracks a puma, drinks dirty water, and crosses the Perito Moreno glacier, a vast frozen labyrinth of ice caves and crevasses.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 7 - Bear Eats
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Bear Eats

    S2:E7

    In this special film Bear Grylls takes us to nature's kitchen. It seems nothing--except maybe the fat of on a camel's hump--is beyond Bear Grylls.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 8 - Zambia
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Zambia

    S2:E8

    Bear Grylls ventures into the landlocked country of Zambia in Southern Africa. Before heading into the bush, he shows you how to survive some of the world's biggest rapids.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Man vs. Wild Season 2 Episode 9 - Namibia
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Namibia

    S2:E9

    Grylls parachutes into the heart of the Namib desert. He eats a puff adder and encounters the indigenous bushmen.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"The Rockies" is the best rated episode of "Man vs. Wild". It scored 7/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/27/2006. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Panama (1)".