Think this is Bear Grylls. Ex-SAS TA turned adventurer / presenter? If so, there was a fair bit of debate about the show last year in both the US and UK. Usual stuff. Looked like he spent the night dangling from his toenails halfway up El Capitan when he was actually in the local 5 star hotel.
Couldn't see the problem myself. It's TV and they make it as entertaining as possible. I enjoyed it. Mind you; who's that Canadian bloke who also has a show on discovery? He does do the whole thing on his own. Good effort