Re: [Paddlewise] disaster- talk to the guy

From: Michael Daly <michaeldaly_at_rogers.com>
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 22:46:12 -0500
On 30 Jan 2004 at 15:27, John Fereira wrote:

> Even "Survivor" always holds it challenges in warm climate venues. 
> Having a bunch of half naked people running around on beaches would
> get better ratings than a bunch of young people in thick parkas on
> "Survivor Greenland".

What's interesting is the difference between the US version and the 
original UK version of the show.  The Brits sent a bunch of 
competitors to Canada for one show.  They dropped them in the 
wilderness just north of Frontenac Provincial Park (just north, in 
turn, of Kingston, ON). They chose the spring, which put them into:

Prime mosquito and blackfly season.
Very cold lakes and rivers.
Warm days and cold nights.
etc.

They had to canoe their way to freedom - but they didn't know how to 
canoe.  The competitors weren't chosen for their cleavage and they 
barely survived.

Them yankee survivors are such wimps by comparison.  :-)

Mike
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