

It was then taken apart so that Grylls could be shown building it on camera.” Weinert said he actually led a team of builders to construct the raft. “The same episode had Grylls building a Polynesian-style raft using only materials around him, including bamboo, hibiscus twine and palm leaves for a sail. “In another instance, where Grylls was supposed to be surviving on a desert island, he was actually in Hawaii and spent nights at a motel.” “While filming in California's Sierra Nevada mountains – an episode in which Grylls, 33, is seen biting off the head of a snake for breakfast – Grylls actually spent some nights with the show's crew in a lodge outfitted with television, stone fireplaces, hot tubs and Internet access.” Wild show presented to viewers as naturally occurring are in fact staged. A NY Times blog is reporting that many of the situations on the Man vs.
