devils advocate here...
would he purposely endanger his life when all he has to do is make a point? would you?
i spend lots of time working in remote areas and if i find myself in a situation where my ELT and Bluesky Network have let me down and the pilot before me never packed a lunch therefore leaving the survival kit empty, then at least i might be able to find some maggots to eat.
les stroud ("the survivorman") might be less of a showman, but i don't think there is any harm in watching either program.
fly safe all
FP