Misty Mountain Drop [HD]

I liked this show better with Dave.
There was something that made the first two seasons excellent that I am just not getting from season three and this new character, Teti. As a military veteran, I am aware of the excellent training and skills you can learn in just 4.5 years, so I bet you could learn a lot from 20 years. However, I do not believe the skills I earned or that of Teti are going to be sufficient enough to be considered a wilderness survival expert. Honestly, if I want to learn to survive in a non-combat environment, I am not going to go to a military veteran. A couple years in any terrain is not enough to consider yourself an expert.

If I want to learn how to survive in the Midwest, I will go to the Pathfinder School (by Dave), for the South I would go to Equip to Endure, for the desert I would certainly go to Cody's school. All of these survival schools have trained instructors who have lived these scenarios for many years and are in fact, typically the people that train the military to survive...

Joe argues for arguments' sake
The show used to have a lot of really great knowledge, but it's degenerating into some kind of teenage drama. I know that Dave lied and I don't agree with what he did, but he contributed a lot more to the show and teaching us survival than Joe does. Joe wants to do what he wants to do when he wants to do it, and it's starting to just get boring.

When there was a disagreement between Dave and Cody, you got the feeling it was because while they had different viewpoints, they still really just wanted to help each other make it out of the situation alive and unharmed. When Joe and Cody disagree, it feels like it's just because Joe HAS to be right and Cody should just submit. I'm glad that Cody doesn't, but time that used to be devoted to explaining survival skills seems to have been diverted into second rate drama... for what purpose I don't know.

This might be a bit of a spoiler, so stop here if you haven't seen all the episodes. I'm just going to give an example of...

Good, but Dave made it better.
I care less that Dave fudged a bit on his military experience to Discovery Channel. No one can doubt he had more actual survival skill than Cody and Joe put together. While Cody foraged for insects, Dave was bringing home the meat. He's an excellent hunter, trapper, and all around survival expert. How many guys could catch and kill a beaver with an old oar? Or make his own arrow head from a glass bottle and nab a turkey? Dave should have his own show. The new season is good enough to watch, but not nearly as good without Dave.

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