Man vs Ocean

I just watched Bear Grylls of Man vs Wild launch off a remote Hawaiian island on a handmade bamboo raft straight into a couple of tiger sharks. Wow! This episode was much more real for me than any other. I’ve been stranded while windsurfing for hours at a time with my energy sapped away by the elements and so I know how tough it is to just be out there with the winds, the waves and the creatures all conspiring against you. I completely expected Bear to give up and call in the helicopter after a few hours. Instead he drank the spinal fluid of fish he caught with Hibiscus twine, smeared his face with coconut oil he had prepared earlier by climbing a coconut tree, and stared down the tiger sharks who tried to bump him off his rickety raft, and finally attracted a sailboat by reflecting the sun off his knife. I think I’ve just found my next hero after Steve Irvin. Respect.